Beethoven: Tests on hair prove composer’s genetic health woes

Beethoven had a likely genetic predisposition to liver disease and a hepatitis B infection months before his death, tests have revealed. A team of researchers led by Cambridge University analysed five locks of hair to sequence the composer’s genome. They…

MicroRNA will regrow 90% of lost hair, study finds

People affected by moderate hair loss turn to topical treatments like minoxidil (antihypertensive potassium channel opener) and finasteride (dihydrotestosterone-suppressing 5α-reductase inhibitor), the only Food and Drug Administration–approved treatments for inducing hair regrowth. Both are designed not for hair loss treatment…

I bring more gists from the gossips of Yaba narket – Lucia Edafioka

So I needed to braid my hair again. I am very impatient when it comes to making my hair (no, I won’t cut it). I can hear my life ticking away like a clock as I sit for two to…

My love affair with a Yaba boy – Lucia Edafioka

My feet found themselves in Yaba the other day. I had to braid my hair; the girl who usually comes to my house has become too slow and I am very impatient, plus it’s been very long since I went…

I wanted to be a lawyer -Opeyemi Shanu

The Beauty Therapist, Opeyemi Shanu desire was to become a lawyer although she had always loved making hair, in fact, while she was just a six-year-old. Eventually, she had to pay her way through school from the hair money she…

Why are our boys wearing “plaited” hair o – Peju Akande

Times, they are changing Or maybe we are simply going round in circles as we evolve. Look around you, our boys are growing their hair, they are sporting huge afros and I am not even talking of the 70s afro,…

Bathroom mistakes you make all the time (Reader’sDigest)

These seemingly harmless bathroom habits may impact your personal health and hygiene from washing your face incorrectly to sitting on the toilet too long. You flush the toilet while the lid is up Fecal matter and urine can fly as…

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