Health & Medicine

Employee stressed at the workplace

Work-related stresses and their consequences on the mental health of employees

Introduction  The types of work-related stress and the causes in the context of South Africa.  Workplace stress can be defined as the circumstances arising from the interaction of people and their jobs. It is usually characterized by changes within people that force them to diverge from their normal functioning. It

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Anti-Microbial resistance

ANTI-MICROBIAL RESISTANCE: A THREAT TO THE WORLD

INTRODUCTION The most important problem associated with infectious diseases today is the rapid development of antibiotic resistance. Antimicrobial resistance refers to the relative or complete lack of effect of an antimicrobial agent against a previously susceptible microbe. In terms of sensitivity, it is an increase in minimum inhibitory concentration. Types

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Elderly Health Care

CONTEXT OF RESIDENCE AND INEQUALITY OF ACCESS TO MODERN HEALTH CARE AMONG THE ELDERLY IN CAMEROON

Introduction One of the objectively verifiable indicators of a society’s level of development is good health and a high level of education. In Cameroon, while the literacy rate is generally above 75%, health coverage is lagging behind. In a context of continuing widespread household and family poverty, political instability in

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Carbohydrate metabolism disorder

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM DISORDERS

Introduction Carbohydrates are body-building foods with a general structure of CH2O. Carbohydrates may be classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides,  oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. The diet’s most common carbohydrate is starch, which is broken down into simpler sugars during digestion. Carbohydrate metabolism includes processes such as glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, glucuronic acid cycle,

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Bitter Kola

Bitter kola The No. (1) African Medicine

Introduction            Do you know the treatment of illnesses such as, liver diseases, laryngitis, cough, hoarseness of voice, and diabetes, liver disorders, malaria, as well as being aphrodisiac and fertility-issues can be cured by just eaten bitter kola? To start with, bitter kola has been used in traditional African medicine for

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Diverse medications

THE INTERSECTION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND MODERN HEALTHCARE IN AFRICA

Traditional medicine has been an important aspect of African healthcare for centuries. It has been passed down from generation to generation, ranging from herbal cures to spiritual healing. The advent of modern medicine, on the other hand, has resulted in a shift away from traditional medicine practices, creating a schism

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