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  INDOOR CLEANING: Better Approach.  …… Let's start with a story…... Mrs. Alabi got home from a three-day business trip on a Friday evening, and she suddenly realized that the next day won't be for resting as she had thought. The sitting room was like it had just hosted a party involving people with different personalities. She could see open books and magazines on the chairs, clothes, plates, cups and shoes scattered about and at this time, she could only imagine what the kitchen would be like. She’s a mum of two kids of preschool age and a wife to a ‘work from home’ Man who cares little about home arrangement and cleanliness just like some men do.  How will Mrs Alabi enjoy her weekend despite all she met at home? Introduction: Yes! it's an opportunity to write again after a very long break. Right about now, you will be reading about something almost all of us do daily, well, except for the big bosses and the older generation. We all clean, sweep and make efforts to tid...

Let's talk about down syndrome. Introduction   Every living thing has genetic composition that must be complete in numbers and in structure for proper functioning and compatibility with life. Humans may be born with genetic abnormalities, some which may not allow the child to continue living or cause serious defects immediately after birth or later in life. Many of these genetic abnormalities are major reasons for spontaneous miscarriage in early pregnancy. An example of these genetic abnormalities include: Down syndrome.  What is down syndrome?  Every human being is born with 23 pairs of chromosomes (genetic materials) amounting to 46 in numbers. It becomes an abnormality if any of these chromosomes are either in excess or in shortage of numbers and structure. The case of down syndrome is that of an abnormal number of chromosome number 21, hence it is also called Trisomy 21. This singular problem is the cause of their looks, behavior and characteristics. Although people ...

The Hebrew women were known to the Egyptians to have given birth by themselves without the help of a doctor or midwives, however, the real story says that the midwives deceived Pharaoh. They were actually present to conduct those deliveries. In our world today, many are self professed Hebrew women and most pregnant women would like to be one during labor. hence, a Hebrew woman is a woman who delivered safely without complications or with little intervention. In this day and age, A Hebrew woman will be a strong woman who has ample correct information on pregnancy, labor and delivery because she reads and asks questions. She understands that she could make use of technological advancements in cases of difficult deliveries. She knows that indeed skilled midwives were present in those days too and so she will submit herself to only a skilled birth attendant when labor comes.  She  signs up for antenatal care immediately and as soon as she has been confirmed pregnant by blood test ...

  Prevention of Hypertension.   It is first important to note that it is almost impossible to prevent what you do not know about. To prevent a monster from entering your house for example, you have to know its strategies and which route it enters people's houses,  either by the window, roof, wall or by the door. In a lighter mood, I am trying to say that you need a handful of knowledge of whatever you want to do away with. So let's start with the definition; What is hypertension? It is the force in the blood vessels the heart needs to overcome to pump blood through the body. It can be likened to increased pressure in pipes of water making the pump work harder and harder to get water to the site it is needed. The pipes are blood vessels while the pump is the heart. It's that simple. Hypertension is quite common these days, among both young and old alike. I can boldly guess that 4 out of every 10 people on the street are hypertensive, well that's just a hypothesis. Hypert...

  Keeping pests out of your kitchen.  I was visiting a friend recently for the weekend and just towards the evening of one of the days, well, at about 8pm, I entered the fairly dark kitchen to find out that I have to compete with a few granny cockroaches and hundreds of little ones to the extent that one mighty one almost fell into the pot of beans I wanted to open. It wasn't a funny sight, I came out of the kitchen wondering what could be wrong, It's a big house belonging to a middle class couple. I started to assess the kitchen hygiene critically and it wasn't long I discovered what might have caused the scene I just watched.  A kitchen is a dedicated place for food and food items. We may not be able to do without cooking, or eating in a day, all table activities are connected to the kitchen, it's like a food refinery. These food goes directly into us and their content is absorbed into our system including the ones that came from the pests.  A pest is any creature ...

  Relationship Between Hypertension and Menopause.  Do we know that women after menopause (post menopausal) are more at risk of hypertension than premenopausal women? I will be focusing on hypertension from a post menopausal view in this article.  Menopause is said to be attained when there's lack of Menstrual flow for 12 month completed. The average age for menopause is 51yrs, although some women attain it early, this is called Premature menopause, usually at age less than 40yrs. What is hypertension? It is the force in the blood vessels the heart needs to overcome to pump blood through the body. It can be likened to increased pressure in pipes of water making the pump work harder and harder to get water to the sight it is needed. The pipes are blood vessels while the pump is the heart. It's that simple. Now, according to American College of Cardiology 2018, someone is judged to have normal blood pressure with values less than and elevated blood pressure at a value of 12...