Words: Dr Yusuf Mikail OLATUNJI Moringa oleifera is the popular drumstick tree. It belongs to the moringalea family native to India. It is also found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Africa. The tree, in its completest form, can grow up to a height of 5-10m. Moringa possesses an extremely rich seed, edible leaves, and flowers;

Words: Dr Harisha JANAMARAJU It’s a given, that, since the dawn of time, or civilisation, certain women couldn’t bear children. The sad part was they were ridiculed with spiteful tags and tabs which inferred that infertility was a flaw, a major fault. Worse still, it was only women that had to endure the brunt of

Words: Dr Minati SAHA Kidney stones, or renal calculi, nephrolithiasis, or urolithiasis, are not a contemporary phenomenon. They have been known, or documented, since ancient times. They are called ‘kidney stones’ owing to their distinctive similitude to garden pebbles. They form in the ‘craters’ of the renal accumulating system from metabolic by-products found in the

Words: Dr Anne VERVARKE While everybody is still asking what is going on, it seems like, in the midst of the hypnosis and hysteria, the first and fundamental question is forgotten.This question is: do viruses cause diseases? Do bacteria or other ‘pathogens’ cause diseases? As natural healers we know they don’t; it is the false

Words: Dr Narayan C DESHPANDE Occupational health and safety is a matter of concern. It relates to the adaptation of a working environment for workers, especially in the preferment and preservation of their physical, mental and social well-being in every occupation — to the utmost extent. The question of occupational health and safety is also

Words: Dr Christine LASCHKOLNIG Let’s change perspective: disease prevention from a holistic perspective is the promotion of health. In this sense it applies to our life 24 hours a day. There are many factors that contribute to a healthy body and soul. Hippocrates [460-375 BC], the father of medicine, taught: “Regularity in life is a

Words: Dr Deborah Olenev About half of the people reading this article will have received their vaccinations, and god willing, everyone is responding well and not having any adverse reactions, or side-effects. Most of the people I meet seem to be doing fine after the COVID-19 vax shots. A few people, however, are having some

Words: Dr Narayan C DESHPANDE Sigmund Freud, the plumber of the mind, ‘distilled’ the direct and unconscious foundations of psychological illnesses, including the mode in which they are ‘voiced.’ Carl Gustav Jung, the explorer of the psyche, amplified Freud’s standpoint by presenting how direct and indirect emotional and other outlines encompass emblematic exemplifications of our