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In our world today, there seems to be an increase in the prevalence of rape more than before, although it might have been because of the increase awareness of ways out and increase reportings bringing up parts of the iceberg buried in water. Now everyone's tentacles are more sensitive to prevention and reporting of rapes, many thanks to various campaigns all over the world. Rape like every other negative actions surely has its negative consequences, yet more on the person that was the victim than on the rapist. It's a matter of a few minutes of enjoyment for one and a life-time damage for the other. The major aspect of life that's so much affected in this damage is health. Health at all its levels: physical (body) mental (mind) and social (relationships) is usually gravely affected. The damages done is more grievous and likely to be on a long term effects if the case is not properly handled by a prompt report to a health facility or a facility that handles rape for example ...

The skin is the largest organ of the body, covering the whole body surfaces from the scalp to the feet. It is the 1st thing to notice on sighting someone. In a very subtle way, the skin has a way of telling someone's age, nutritional status, hemodynamic status(whether someone has enough red blood cells), and presence of an ongoing disease or illness.  The skin has so many functions ranging from physiological functions like protection from the sun and outside world, salt and water balance, production of vitamin D to cosmetic functions like beauty and racial differentiation. Absence of skin, skin diseases or skin failure due to one disease or the other can be disastrous and may lead to death. Hence the skin should be taken care of and its integrity maintained. Here are ways you can care for your skin.  Eat a balanced diet: Not many people understand that the skin could be a reflection of nutritional status. Avoid junks, go for more nutritious food.  Fruits and vegetables ar...

The word infertility simply means not fertile, to be fertile means to be able to give birth or reproduce or bring up one's kind. Infertility is a medical condition that entails the inability of a couple  to achieve conception after one year of regular unprotected intravaginal intercourse. Infertility is one major problem that puts strain on marriages and also a major home breaker anywhere in the world.     Infertility is generally of 2 types, when a woman has never been pregnant, it is termed primary infertility while if a woman has had a child before or has ever been pregnant regardless of the outcome but later finds it difficult to get pregnant, we say she has secondary infertility. Whether at the primary level or secondary level, infertility is usually a burden on the shoulder of affected women.     The society cast a stone of suspicion and barton of responsibility on the women alone. In most cases and in most cultures, the woman is always blamed be...