Category: Wellness

Health is Not An Accident

I look forward to when I will die. But I want to do it on my terms and with a sense of having fulfilled purpose. The sad reality is most people don’t die suddenly. What will kill the vast majority of people in coming years, is already lurking in their bodies today. It is wisdom …

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Myths About Stroke – World Stroke Day 2018

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  The Tech Age The tech-age hasn’t left my mum behind. She is right there in the mix of things. She is active on Facebook – where she frequently posts. Even though she’s not made a single post on her Instagram account, she has almost 100 followers and frequents the platform to know “wassup”. I …

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Corporate Wellness Conference 2014

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The 2014 Corporate Wellness Conference has the theme, “Employee Wellness; Key to Corporate Profitability and Sustainability”. The focus of the conference is to transform organizations by increasing the quality of lives of its workforce. Corporate Wellness Conference, a premier event in employee wellness is an initiative of Weight A Minute Wellness Company Limited, a wellness/lifestyle …

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What you really need to know about Ebola

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It is no longer news that Ebola is in town. Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian diplomat on the 25th of July 214 became the first known case and mortality in Nigeria of the current Ebola Viral Disease outbreak in West Africa. As of today 13th of August 2014, there are 10 known cases of the disease …

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Will you eat a soup made from human placenta?

Waiting for your comments: After Wang Lan delivered, she brought home a baby girl and her placenta, which she plans to eat in a soup — adopting an age-old practice in Chinese traditional medicine. The health-giving qualities of placenta are currently creating a buzz in Western countries, where some believe it can help ward off …

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What you should know about diabetes mellitus

What is diabetes mellitus? Diabetes is a disease of the pancreas, an organ behind your stomach that produces the hormone insulin. Insulin helps the body use food(glucose) for energy. When a person has diabetes, the pancreas either cannot produce enough insulin, or the body uses the insulin incorrectly, or both. Insulin works together with glucose …

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What you need to know about breast lumps

It was her nightmare becoming a reality. She lost her mom to it. An aunt was also a victim. Now at 32 years old she had felt the lump. She feared it had came for her too. Thank God it was not so. The doctor said it was not! Today let’s look at a cluster …

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