Well, here are the facts on hepatitis so as to have your doubts cleared. Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. Shikena! This can be caused by viruses, alcohol or anything that can harm the liver, including some drugs. We shall focus on viral hepatitis however, being a dreaded form of hepatitis.

While one has to be grateful for a safe delivery, I'd like to point out that a lot of attention still has to be paid to the mother's health, not just the baby.

Development of teeth is not always the primary reason for children having high grade fever, stooling, vomiting or coughing profusely as people insinuate.

The prostate is a vital gland in the male. It secretes fluid that helps to maintain the vitality of the sperm. Prostate cancer is regarded as the most commonly diagnosed cancer in males. It is rare before 50 years but its occurrence increases thereafter.

There is usually some degree of "help" for a nursing mum, especially that coming from experienced mothers. Deciding on which advice to follow may also be challenging, hence this post.

Your newborn is so precious that you and your family would want to do everything to protect him/ her. With a healthy baby, your family stays happy.

The umbilical cord of a baby usually falls off 5- 10 days after delivery. However, it needs to be kept clean and dry for proper healing to take place, in order to avoid complications.

It should be carried out 3 to 5 days after your menses, and you should repeat this every month.

Quite a number of people are aware of some of the benefits of breastfeeding (especially exclusive breast feeding - "baby friendly") to the baby, but not many are conversant with how valuable it is to the mother and the family as a whole.

LASSA FEVER was named after the town LASSA in Borno state, Nigeria, where it was first discovered in 1969. The host is a rodent, a multimammate rat, Mastomys natalensis.