Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormone disorder that affects women of childbearing age. It can cause various symptoms, including excess facial and body hair and hair loss.
While some women with this condition experience excess hair growth in unusual places in the body, others experience severe hair loss, also called female patterned baldness.
Why does PCOS cause hair loss?
The female…
It is not abnormal to lose a bit of hair. We lose about 50-100 hairs daily. However, when it begins to fall incessantly and in large quantities, you may be experiencing alopecia areata.
Alopecia is a relatively common autoimmune disorder that causes people affected to lose hair unpredictably. Sometimes it appears in small circular bald patches on the head or the temples. It can be extreme and…
If your heart is burning with anything other than passion, there’s cause for concern. Heartburn is a burning feeling in the chest caused by stomach acid travelling up towards the throat (acid reflux).
If it keeps happening, it is called gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Lots of people get heartburn from time to time. There is often no apparent reason why.
Sometimes it is caused or…
Africa’s only Covid-19 vaccine production plant, Aspen Pharmacare, might be forced to shut down its operations due to low patronage.
In November 2021, the company based in South Africa obtained a license to repackage and sell Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine for distribution across Africa.
However, it’s since been hit by low demand as Africans don’t seem very keen on taking…
There’s been a mysterious increase in cases of child hepatitis worldwide. The condition first spotted in the UK has now jumped to 300 cases in Europe, with small numbers also reported in the Americas, western Pacific, and South East Asia.
Adenovirus, which resurfaced as the pandemic began to ease is the suspected cause of the surge in hepatitis. The first case was discovered in Scotland. Now…
Hair Loss is a common condition that can happen because of several reasons. Seeing your hair fall off incessantly can be quite alarming.
The myths surrounding this health condition are numerous, from Shampoo making you lose your hair to your inheriting hair loss from your mother to hats causing hair loss. It goes on and on. However, most of them are unfounded and true.
This condition can…
The world is seeing a spike in child hepatitis. The United States and the United Kingdom have reported viral and acute hepatitis cases in children.
Globally the case count is 169, with one death. However, the UK seems to be hit the most with 114 cases, some of the children needing liver transplants.
Most of the children affected are between the ages of 1 and 6. The symptoms begin with nausea and…
In recent years, the world has made giant strides in the fight against malaria. If you’ve heard previously, it’s true; medical scientists have developed a vaccine against malaria.
To mark World Malaria Day, observed on April 25, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed this new vaccine. The organisation also encouraged parents to immunize their children from 6 months to 5 years…
Zika virus, which sent the world into a panic frenzy in 2016 after babies were born with brain damage because their mothers had become infected, may be resurfacing.
Scientists have warned that there’s a strong possibility of a fresh outbreak with just a single mutation potentially strong enough to trigger a volcanic spread.
According to the study published by Cell Report, the new variant can…
An American doctor Jocelyn Fitzgerald has raised the alarm on Twitter over the culture of silence that enshrouds childbearing and its sometimes dire after effects, including Pelvic Organ Prolapse.
According to her, women are deliberately being kept in the dark about some severe health conditions, including Pelvic Organ Prolapse, that they may develop from bearing children.
In a tweet thread shared…