Top Five Free Apps to Improve Your Health

Technology has found its way into almost all facets of our lives including the health sector as you can now download applications that will boost and guarantee your health. These apps shared by JumiaTravel, Africa’s No.1 hotel booking portal, to a very large extent helps keep body and soul together.

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Can the smartphone cure Zika?

The smartphone has become the digital Swiss Army Knife of modern life. Beyond making phone calls, it takes pictures and videos, facilitates purchases, connects us to our social networks, helps us navigate around town and runs applications for almost any imaginable purpose — including one you couldn’t imagine.

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Smartphones caused temporary blindness for two women, in the same eye

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This might cause you to think twice before checking your email from bed.
A team of London-based researchers has come across two separate cases where women reported temporary blindness — both times in their right eye — on many occasions over the course of several months.

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5 Types Of Shampoos Everyone Should Know About

The very first shampoos have appeared hundreds of years ago. For that time women didn’t have to define their hair type. But the times have changed and today the shelves in the shopping mall are full of shampoos of different types. So what are they and what is the specialty of every kind?

The widest assortment of shampoos are available on Jiji.ng

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6 Bad Habits That Can Damage Or Destroy Your Heart

The heart is the most important thing in our body that keeps us alive. We will analyze certain habits to avoid that may not know that is killing and destroying our heart gradually which could lead to different heart diseases.

1. Smoking

For all intents and purposes, smoking has a damaging effect on not only the heart but also every body organ. Cigarette contains a substance, nicotine which increases the heart rate, elevates the blood pressure and damages the inner lining (endothelium) of blood vessels supplying the heart, thereby impairing blood flow to the organ. Research has shown that about 20% of deaths from heart disease are directly related to smoking. Also, it has been found that people who smoke have 2­4 times higher risk of coming down with heart disease than nonsmokers. Sadly, secondhand or passive smokers (i.e people around smokers) are not exempted. My candid advice to you is to avoid smoking of any form because it kills faster than you think.

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3 Habits You Should Never Do Before Going To Bed To Avoid Sleepless Night

This three habits could affect you in ways you may not like especially when its time for you to go to bed you must avoid this habits to live a healthy life.

1. Having technology with you

Don’t bring your smartphone, iPad, or other tech gadget to bed with you. It will be hard to fall asleep and stay asleep if you do this. A recent Bank of America consumer trends report found that roughly 71% of survey respondents sleep with their smartphones and 23% actually fall asleep with their tech tool in their hand. It’s time to break free from the dependence and reclaim your bed. “In the evening, power down electronics at least an hour before bed to avoid both the mental and physical stimulation from these devices,” Dr. Natalie Dautovich, National Sleep Foundation environmental scholar, told The Cheat Sheet.

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