Labour Pains and Analgesia: The Salient facts.
Annually, 218 per 1000 women conceive in sub-Saharan Africa: it implies that most of these women undergo labour at some point and experience the wrath that labour pains inflict on…
Annually, 218 per 1000 women conceive in sub-Saharan Africa: it implies that most of these women undergo labour at some point and experience the wrath that labour pains inflict on…
We carefully curate books that will take you for a spin once you read them. Such books don't explain medicine or health as we know it per se: they devour…
The R21/MM, the new malaria vaccine that researchers tried in Nanoro, Burkina Faso, has an efficacy of 77% in children aged 5-17 months - after receiving three 4-week interval doses…
When it comes to exercise, there’s no one size fits all. You choose what’s convenient for you as long as you achieve a desired degree of fitness. You must exercise…
According to the WHO Global Health estimates, ten diseases (conditions) accounted for 55% of the 55.4 million deaths globally in 2019. There were seven non-communicable diseases. The ten causes of…
Health has never been more crucial than during this time – a period of despair – the global pandemic that has threatened the existence of the human race. Cardiovascular diseases…
Oral rehydration solution (ORS) remains the first-line therapy to replenish lost body water and salts due to gastroenteritis. Global deaths due to diarrhoeal disease have substantially reduced – thanks to…
Outpatient parenteral therapy is when a patient receives intravenous medications while commuting. They don’t require an admission unless their condition worsens. Outpatient parenteral treatment is becoming a standard of care…
There’s no doubt that hydroxyurea has revolutionised the way clinicians manage patients living with sickle cell disease. It is the primary therapy of choice among this population in high-income countries.…
To stay healthy should be everybody’s priority: however, current evidence shows otherwise. About a billion people globally are malnourished. As some strive to find what to eat, others eat in…