Dr Adebayo, When is the right time to treat hepatitis? I mean, after first diagnosis? And where can it be treated in the country (Nigeria)? Kemi (Lagos) Dear Kemi, Thank you for your question. The term “Hepatitis” generally refers to inflammation of the liver which be as a result of a number of causes – …
Monthly Archive: July 2011
Jul 27
Help. My friend has only one testicle
Dr. Adebayo, What can you say about males with one testicle? I’ve heard stories on how a kidney can function well if well-managed. Can one testicle function well as well?. A guy has been with one testicle for as long as he can remember. What are his chances? Concerned Guy Dear concerned guy. Thank your …
Jul 23
Biggest Internet Shakeup Ever: Any domain name up for grabs!
The days of the ubiquitous “.com” may be numbered. The Internet body that oversees domain names voted last month to end restricting website domains to suffixes like .com or .gov (and other tlds) and will receive applications for new names from January 12 next year with the first approvals likely by the end of 2012. …
Jul 23
Fighting Fatigue
Have you ever woken up feeling very tired?! That statement seems like a contradiction. You will expect that after a full night’s rest, one should wake up fully invigorated and prepared to go through the day ahead. Yet, I woke up just feeling that way this morning! I woke up feeling very tired. For a …
Jul 23
What you should know about kidney failure
13 year old Jide is in pains. His legs are swollen. He feels hot and cold intermittently. Food no longer gives him pleasure. He longer enjoys the cool embrace of a lovely night sleep. His parents have exhausted all their savings in their quest to getting a cure for his aliment. They have tried many …
Jul 19
Achieving Intimacy in Your Marriage (Debunking 7 Myths) Part 2
4. SheMyth: Men always want sex This is arguably a forgivable myth. You have probably heard it said time and time again, “…all men think about is sex”. So you have come to accept it as the truth. That may even be your experience as far as relationships with the opposite sex go. It may …
Jul 18
Achieving Intimacy in Your Marriage (Debunking 7 Myths) 1
Please permit me to ask you a question: who was your very first instructor on sex? By instructor I mean the very first source that you could understand that opened your mind to what human sexual intercourse is all about. Your parents? A cousin? A friend? A magazine? A movie? If you are like most …
Jul 17
Kolomental!
He is in the middle of the road. He struts majestically with many scurried glances thrown his way now and then. But he is oblivious to all. He wears his mangled hair with pride. He has no shirt and what to him is a pair of trousers can at best be described as a …
Jul 17
Fever in Children
Children by their nature and by virtue of their level of maturity cannot articulate their complaints like an adult can. The presence or absence of Fever is an important pointer for physicians on health state of a child. An unaddressed fever in a child can lead to convulsions (a condition known as febrile convulsions). These …
Jul 17
The Myth of Abandonment
Health Myths For a while I couldn’t really understand why people get all frantic at the close of a year and the beginning of a new one. Resolutions (many soon forgotten and abandoned!) made; new hope kindled; joy, lightness and mirth abounding. It was all perplexing to me a particular time of the year would …
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