Pharm. Luke Health Journal

Drug or substance abuse can be described as a patterned use of certain legal or illegal chemicals or mixture of chemicals through normal or...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that can threaten good health with fatal consequences if left untreated or improperly treated. Usually the infection...

  Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disorder which typically manifests as patches of abnormal red, painful, swollen and itchy scaly skin. The presentation of psoriasis...

Lupus is a non-contiguous but chronic autoimmune disease that results to acute and chronic inflammation; and damage of any part of the system including vital...

Herpes simplex is a contagious viral infection which is very common and can be passed from person to person through various direct contacts. Herpes...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that alters the brain activity, resulting to seizures or periods of abnormal behaviour, sensations and occasional loss of consciousness....

Hemorrhoids (piles) are blood vessels in the smooth muscles of the walls of the rectum and anus of everyone. They are very common and...

Water is a basic, natural and indispensible endowment from God to support the life He, God graciously granted to man. It is an essential...

It is essential to know that cigarette smoking causes cancers and promotes infections, male impotency and female infertility. It is responsible for majority of...

  Tuberculosis (TB) or pulmonary tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that involves the lungs mostly, but can spread to other organs of the body....

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening bacterial infection which is contacted by eating or drinking contaminated food or drink; and it causes health problems and...

Tetanus is the only vaccine-preventable disease that is infectious but not contagious. It is a bacterial infection caused by wound contamination that affects the...

  Rabies is a deadly but vaccine preventable viral disease of mammals, mostly transmitted from rabid animal’s saliva that enters the body through a bite...

  Poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, is a highly infectious viral disease that can affect nerves, leading to partial or full paralysis. There is no...

  Pneumonia is referred to as the inflammation of the tissues in one or both lungs, most commonly caused by infectious pathogens, usually bacteria. It...

  Majority of yeast infections are caused by the Candida albicans. Though "yeast infection" is most commonly called vaginal yeast infection, it also applies to...

  Peptic ulcer or Peptic ulcer disease is a non-malignant disease that erodes the lining of parts of the digestive tract that are exposed to...

  Migraine is an ill- health condition which affects people differently with presentation of severe headache felt as throbbing pain at the front or on...

Malaria is a protozoa disease that is transmitted predominantly by mosquitoes, causing illness, health complications and death. It is a major human parasitic disease...

  Vitamins are organic chemical compounds which cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism and must be obtained from the diet as vital...