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How to Quit Cigarette Smoking: A Step-by-Step Guide

October 20, 2025 Dr. Chimaobi Felix

Cigarette smoking remains one of the leading preventable causes of illness and death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the tobacco epidemic claims over 7 million lives each…

Clinical practice & resources Health systems & policy Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cancer) Nutrition & lifestyle

Cigarette Smoking in Africa: A Serious Health Risk

October 19, 2025 Dr. Chimaobi Felix

Cigarette smoking continues to pose one of the major preventable health threats across Africa. While prevalence in some countries remains lower than global averages, the region is nevertheless confronting a…

Clinical practice & resources Health systems & policy Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cancer)

Fake Drugs in Africa: A Menace to Public Health

October 16, 2025 Dr. Chimaobi Felix

Counterfeit or falsified medications represent a growing threat to health systems around the world, However, the proliferation of fake and substandard medicines across Africa is an urgent health crisis. Recent…

Health systems & policy Mental health & wellbeing Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cancer) Nutrition & lifestyle

Quitting Vaping: What works!

October 15, 2025 Dr. Chimaobi Felix

Vaping—using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) such as e-cigarettes and vape pens—has grown rapidly over the past decade. Many users start vaping in part because it is marketed as safer…

Mental health & wellbeing Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cancer) Nutrition & lifestyle

Gym Rats; The New Rave. Health, and the Real Value of Exercise

October 12, 2025 Dr. Chimaobi Felix

Everywhere you look these days—on Instagram reels, TikTok challenges, neighborhood gyms—young people are chasing gym memberships. The “gym rat” identity has become aspirational: lean bodies, sculpted muscles, #gymfam. But beyond…

Clinical practice & resources Infectious diseases (malaria, TB, HIV, etc.) Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cancer)

Life-Threatening Hypersensitivity to Artemisinin in Severe Malaria

October 11, 2025 Dr. Chimaobi Felix

Artemisinin-based therapies form the backbone of treatment for severe malaria. Yet, as with any drug, rare life-threatening adverse reactions may occur. We reviewed the potential severe reactions to artemisinin derivatives…

Health systems & policy Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cancer) Nutrition & lifestyle

Silent Killer in the Young: Rising Hypertension

October 11, 2025 Dr. Chimaobi Felix

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, has traditionally been considered a disease of middle age and beyond. Recently, however, clinicians are seeing more cases of more severe hypertension in younger adults—those…

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How to Quit Cigarette Smoking: A Step-by-Step Guide

Cigarette Smoking in Africa: A Serious Health Risk

Fake Drugs in Africa: A Menace to Public Health

Quitting Vaping: What works!

Gym Rats; The New Rave. Health, and the Real Value of Exercise

Life-Threatening Hypersensitivity to Artemisinin in Severe Malaria

Silent Killer in the Young: Rising Hypertension

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