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So while at the meeting with the Ogun State Alternative Medicine Board, at some point the Executive Secretary asked everyone to stand and introduce themselves. Say what you practice, what…

One of the things that came up in a recent meeting we had with members of the Ogun State Alternative Medicine Board was a very simple question: What exactly do…

We hear a lot of complementary practitioners complain that medical doctors don't want to work with them, hospitals don't want to work with them, doctors look down on them, and…

I have been thinking about the whole argument around aesthetic medicine and aesthetic practitioners that has been going on recently, and I think there is another part of the conversation…

When we talk about important organs in the body, the heart, brain, lungs, liver and kidneys usually get most of the attention. The spleen is rarely mentioned. In fact, many…

Parasites are one of those things that most people do not really want to think about. The idea that something can live inside the human body, feed from us and…

Have you ever wondered why your blood group is different from someone else's? You may be O positive. Someone else may be A positive. Another person may be B negative,…

If someone asked you what blood does, you would probably say it carries oxygen around the body. And that is correct. But that is only part of what your blood…

Last week, I spent almost ten minutes looking for my glasses. I checked the living room. The kitchen. My bedroom. Even the fridge. Don't ask. Eventually, my neighbour looked at…