HEALTH: EBOLA VIRUS AWARENESS (KEYPOINTS)

• Ebola is caused by a virus
• It causes a severe illness, with bleeding.
• Up to 90% of the people who get this virus will die
• There is no vaccine and no treatment available
• People can quickly become infected

VIDEO: SEE 8 YEAR OLD GIRL WITH THE BODY OF A ONE YEAR OLD

This is not quite the story of the 'curious case of Benjamin Button'. Its a story that hits home. Ummi Salma Abdullahi suffers from spine deformalities caused by Tuberculosis.She is to undergo a record surgery to correct the deformities she suffered from tuberculosis as an infant.  You can watch her video HERE

SEX: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW STD THAT ALLEGEDLY KILLS WITHIN DAYS (VIDEO INCLUDED)

There are still people in this world (as hard as it is to believe) who see nothing wrong with having unprotected premarital/extramarital sexual relations(this is not a debate on the rightness or wrongness of either).They'll even jokingly tell you that everyone will die one day, so why not have fun dying? For those people and for the others who are more cautious, this bit of news should interest you.

FOOD: THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF CORN (MAIZE)

I've been craving corn literally all year (yes all 3 months). Its just weird how we often crave those things that we simply can't get (absence does make the heart grow fonder). So yes i've been craving corn all year and i was so so excited to finally see corn about a week ago, at the bus stop leading to my house. I was so happy that i stopped and went to the vendor ( a nursing mother, this detail would become relevant shortly). The fact that she had burnt the corn cobs to black perfection did not deter me in the least, i bought my corn and headed home.

HEALTH: UTERINE CANCER; CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, PREVENTION (MUST READ)

Recently news about people passing on due to cancer has become very common place. We hear the stories and our hearts cry out, we shed tears, we mourn our beloved ones with all that we have, but the one thing we often forget to do is get informed and even more importantly, get tested. The truth is that just like us, no one ever thinks it can happen to them but almost everyone who ever suffered from a disease simply didn't think they needed to get tested until it was almost too late. When it comes to our health, to prevent is always much wiser than to cure, hence i bring you a brief breakdown on uterine cancer today. Make sure you read this