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By E.Y Ayangunna. My encounter with a victim of intimate partner violence. I once attended to a woman who presented with a deep clean cut on her elbow which she
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By Ore Taiwo Makinde. My sleep was disrupted. I had quite a challenging experience a few nights ago. It was an unpleasant experience because my sleep was disrupted. Growing up,
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Check your blood pressure (BP) category here. BP classification has changed. You were probably in the normal category before now. However new evidence now points to the need for us
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By Ore Taiwo Makinde How to manage stress is a question I often get from patients, co-workers and friends. I get questions such as, ‘How do you manage to come
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Do you need sleep education? Most likely, if you have ever been sleep-deprived. Sleep deprivation has become rampant globally and is associated with several lifestyle-related diseases like cardiovascular disease and
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Body Mass Index Calculator The Body Mass Index commonly referred to as your BMI is a measure of your body mass in relation to your height. It is a pointer to
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Sleep deprivation: Is sleep for the weak?
By Ore Taiwo Makinde. I was driving along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, heading to work. Striving to meet up with resumption time while struggling to stay alert, I tried desperately to
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A simple definition. Lifestyle Medicine is a medical sub-speciality which deals with the evidence-based approach of helping individuals and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviours that promote health and quality
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