Uterine fibroids are benign (non-cancer) smooth muscle overgrowth in or around the womb (uterus). It is the most common tumor of the female pelvic organ with around 1 in 3…
Waist trainers.Sweat belts.Sauna belts.Lately, there has been a rise in women wearing corsets and waist belts. Some wear it for fashion. To get the famous hourglass shape. Others wear it…
Vaginismus refers to painful vaginal penetration. It is the body’s automatic reaction to the fear of some or all types of vaginal penetration. The vaginal muscles tighten up on their…
Worldwide, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women and the second most common cause of cancer death in Nigerian women. The incidence of invasive cervical cancer has…
You’ve come across adverts for different products that promise to make your vagina smell nice. Nice, for most women, means that their vaginas should smell like flowers. But that couldn’t…
What do PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) and a phobia for needles have in common? Amber. Amber is a health practitioner in her twenties who has been living with PCOS for…
Breastfeeding is perhaps the oldest practice in human history. It is the healthiest and simplest means of fulfilling the nutritional demands of newborns and infants. Nigeria has one of the…
Pregnancy is special and daunting, but hypertension in pregnancy can make it more challenging. Hypertension is blood pressure that is greater than or equal to 140/ 90mmHg About 1 in…
Diabetes is a disease caused by your body’s inability to manage sugar in your blood. This dysfunction leads to elevated blood sugar levels that spells trouble in many parts of…
Drug use during pregnancy is inevitable because mothers go into pregnancy with conditions requiring medications (for example, diabetes, asthma). Also, in pregnancy new complications may develop and old ones may…