10/07/2021
Managing Sickle Cell Crises
How to recognise and treat an important aspect of Sickle Cell Disease – Sickle Cell Crises.
Category: Nigeria Health Care
Discussing health problems that affect the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria – how they present, available resources for treatment; and other challenges.
25/04/2021
Parentage Fraud – 5 Things to Know About DNA Paternity Test
Paternity DNA Testing in Nigeria can be expenisve – fiancially and emotionally. Here are some tips to help you understand how it works and ways in which results may not be conclusive.
11/01/2021
Covid-19 Vaccine Differences – Analysing New Vs Traditional
Improve your understanding of the Covid-19 vaccine differences – simplified.
10/11/2020
AskAwayHealth Personality Interview – Dr Anne Olowu
If you want to build a career path in Public health, start early. There
are many sub-specialties in public health that are fundamental to health and wellbeing. Each sub-specialty is as challenging as it is gratifying.
13/07/2020
Understanding Sickle Cell Anaemia Treatments in 2020
Despite the preventive measures, people with SCA can fall seriously ill.
It is important to note that illness can start from age 4-6 months when levels of the natural foetal haemoglobin, which prevents sickle red cells even in the person with SS genotype begin to drop.
06/07/2020
Haemoglobin C Disease : Which is worse – SC or SS genotype?
Haemoglobin is a protein of different chains whose chemical structure is controlled by our genes.
Haemoglobin C (Hb C) is one of the most common structural haemoglobin variants in the human population.