The Hungary-trained general surgeon/general medical practitioner had no intention of helping to inflict mumbo-jumbo on any of his patients! He had no choice when a Jehovah’s Witness mom presented with a child who was severely short of blood … Tweny-one years ago a surgeon broiling with rage and contempt visited a herbalist in Lagos. Hungarian-trained…
As related to Ayoola Olajide, Sickle Cell News Editor, by Nkeirukanma Umeakuekwe, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Nkeiru took her first capsule of Jobelyn early February 2023. She promptly noticed within a few days that she could sit for more time without pain. A few more days, she timed herself and noticed she could sit up five…
Found with sickle cell anaemia at the age of two (Massey Street Children’s Hospital, Lagos Island) I remember having my first blood transfusion at the age of six. This was at the then Baptist Hospital Ogbomoso (now Bowen University Teaching Hospital). At that age and by the time I clocked 10, a gloomy interpretation of…
The West African phytoceutical known as sorghum bicolor (under the proprietary name of Jobelyn) was recently registered in the drug dictionary of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI). It is described as being rich in Polyphenols and phenolic acids with the potential for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulating and chemopreventive capabilities. This testimonial by a Nigerian medical…
Who are the most vulnerable to COVID-19? The immunosupressed. Who are the immunosuppressed? The elderly (70+), the young with underlying health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, etc and those with SCD of all ages. Folks with SCD are predisposed not just to COVID-19 but to infections of all sorts for a number of reasons,…
From the beginning, Otunba Olajuwon Okubena had scant interest in traditional medicine, much less in becoming a practitioner himself. After resigning from KPMG, the international accounting firm at which he rose to senior management level, Otunba Okubena took to livestock farming, aiming to develop a hobby into a retirement money-spinner. He was in his farm…
Jobelyn: A Dramatic Blood-Boosting Phytoceutical From South-West Nigeria The Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) Hospital,Olodi- Apapa, is located in a high density but economically-backward portion of Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos. Infections are rife and for those with sickle cell, malaria and typhoid are a constant threat. For folks with SCD, characteristically short of blood, malaria parasites…