Stress: How do I manage it?
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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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
Learn moreWHAT IS LIFESTYLE MEDICINE?
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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Are you a Lifestyle Medicine enthusiast? Are you interested in Lifestyle Medicine certification? Do you want to belong to the professional body in Nigeria? Certification in Lifestyle Medicine is available
Learn moreAir Pollution: We can’t breathe
By Ore Taiwo Makinde. The distress call, “I can’t breathe” became a popular chant for freedom against the unprecedented oppression, unparalleled racism and unnecessary deaths depicted in the killing of
Learn moreBLACK LIVES MATTER: HOW ABOUT YOUR SKIN?
By Ore Taiwo Makinde. In the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jnr led a civil rights campaign in which he advocated that people should be judged not by the colour of
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The Therapy of Forgiveness
By Ore Taiwo Makinde. Image credit: freepik. Have you ever had to say the words “I forgive you” to someone who hurt or disappointed you? A co-worker, friend, spouse, sibling,
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The Therapy of Music: Can Music Bring Healing?
By Ore Taiwo Makinde. Image credit: freepik. The historical link of music with healing “The hills are alive with the sound of music…”. Many of us still sing these fond
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