Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a heterogeneous genetic disorder that mostly affects young girls of fertile age (Norman et al., 2004). Polycystic ovaries contain multiple fluid-filled cysts. In PCOS, excess androgen …
What do you think of when you picture a 14-year-old girl? Perhaps you think of your daughter, visibly growing from a child into a woman, or maybe you remember putting …
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer affects 1 in 8 men throughout their lifetime. The risk of having prostate cancer is higher amongst black men, they’re two times …
Cervical cancer is common and affects lower uterine cervical tissue. It is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) which is transmitted through oral, vaginal, or anal sex. Cervical Cancer: Global …
The HPV Vaccine Cuts Cervical Cancer Cases by Almost 90% Read More »
Literacy – the ability to read and write – has a long history. The earliest forms of written communication dates all the way back to 3500 B.C., with Mesopotamia, Egypt …
Malaria infected mosquitoes continue to disperse the life-threatening disease throughout Africa. This continent experiences 94% of total cases and deaths. This is disproportionately high compared to the rest of the …
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Imagine being the mother, and only parent, of six children in Nigeria, Africa, who has to decide between keeping her seventh child, held safe within her womb, or feeding the …
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Since the advent of the antibiotic resistance era, Africa has faced the worst epidemic of Tuberculosis (TB). For a long time, the Tuberculosis crisis has been driven by Human Immunodeficiency …
Tuberculosis in Africa- An Epidemic Driven By HIV Crisis Read More »
Nigeria, the land of my ancestors; the nation where I was birthed. Nigeria is a beautiful country endowed with abundant human and natural resources. With a population that exceeds 200 …
HIV is a virus that compromises the immune system’s ability to fight infection. CD4 cells, which are a kind of immune cell called T cell, are negatively affected and eventually …
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