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Pregnant People’s Paradox

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Including pregnant women in research is very risky. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable, so their participation in clinical trials could result in pregnancy complications that could harm the unborn…

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The Tumors that Science Ignores

Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu What are Uterine Fibroids? Do you know a disease that up to 70 percent of women will get in their lifetime, a disease whose cause remains mysterious? Uterine fibroids…

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Black Women Get Eating Disorders, Too

Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Eating Disorders Eating disorders are fatal illnesses associated with severe disturbances in people’s eating behaviors and related emotions. There are 2 main types of eating disorders, the restriction subtype…

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Heart Disease, the Silent Killer

By: Adaora Ntukogu For a moment, imagine someone having a heart attack. If your mind has illustrated a middle-aged man grasping his chest in intense pain, you should not be surprised. In fact, if you Google the phrase “heart attack”,…

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