Intimate partner and sexual violence 

image-source-pulse-ng

It was just like any other house in the neighborhood but for the couple that lived in it. At least twice a month, the kids in the neighborhood and many adults too, would gather round this house peeping through the windows in order to catch a glimpse of the action. The motion was predictable. The couple would get into an argument and a fight would result. Then the man rants loudly making threats like ‘‘I will kill you’, ‘useless woman’, ‘just let me get up and see’. However, every single time, it was the woman that gave the man a beating. She would beat him and then sit on him until the neighbors would beg her to let him go. Continue reading Intimate partner and sexual violence 

How to be Creative as a Leader

image source wciw.orgIn his book ‘How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day’, Gelb argues that in order to be creative, leaders need to think like the famous artist, innovator, and thinker Leonardo da Vinci. He opines that leaders must master the following seven principles of creativity: “curiosita” (curiosity and continuous learning); “dimostrazione” (learning from experience); “sensazione” (sensory awareness); “sfumato” (accepting and embracing uncertainty); “arte/scienza” (balancing art and science, or systemic thinking); “corporalita” (physical fitness and ambidexterity) and “connessione” (seeing the interconnectedness of everything). Continue reading How to be Creative as a Leader

Throat Gonorrhea from Oral Sex- More Common Than You Think

image source mensjournal

If you think oral sex is safe, think again! For the faithful and uninfected couple, yes, it is safe (except of course for the occasional gastrointestinal germs that may contaminate the genital area but it is – occasional). If you are not so sure about the faithfulness of your partner to you, then you might want to weigh the risks vs the benefits of oral sex. Continue reading Throat Gonorrhea from Oral Sex- More Common Than You Think

Ethical Dilemmas: Learning from The Corporate Scandals of 2015

Image source wiki

FIFA Corruption Scandal

In their article “The 5 Biggest Corporate Scandals of 2015” Fortune, Matthews and Gandel (2015) argue that the FBI’s indictment of FIFA officials for racketeering, fraud, and other offenses is one of the major corruption scandals of recent years. They opine that the corruption part was the least remarkable aspect of the news, as FIFA officials had long been suspected of taking bribes in exchange for granting broadcasting rights for games and hosting rights for events like the World Cup.

The news is that the FBI also indicted five sports marketing executives at the same time including some of America’s largest corporations, including Coca-Cola and McDonald’s‑top FIFA sponsors.

Continue reading Ethical Dilemmas: Learning from The Corporate Scandals of 2015

Why is there no biological purpose for female orgasm?

pemchurch.caThe biological purpose for male orgasm is simple, when men ejaculate, it serves as a sperm delivery system. The tense, satisfying feeling of male ejaculation is soothing, enjoyable and men look forward to repeating it. Marvin Gay in his 1982 classic described it as ‘sexual healing’, a sickness brought about by nature whose biological purpose is to release spermatozoa for procreation. The man ejaculates all the time he has sex. On the other hand, the female orgasm does not release an ‘egg’ from the ovary. Indeed, it has no direct correlation to fertility, female orgasm isn’t required for a woman to become pregnant.  Continue reading Why is there no biological purpose for female orgasm?

Ethical Dilemmas of Right vs Right in Leadership

image courtesy be.wwu

When leaders have to make hard and tough decisions, they sometimes have to use personal values as a benchmark. Badaracco (1997) in his book “Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right. Boston: Harvard Business Review” opines, that often times, resolving such problems is not a simple case of “you have to do the right thing” as the school of ethics would have you believe. Instead of thinking about right versus wrong, he argues that the hardest things to really work through are when it is right versus right. Continue reading Ethical Dilemmas of Right vs Right in Leadership

Why women die from “appendicitis”!

Image source efdreams

I remember one of those dreadful nights as a medical house officer fresh from medical school. I was rotating through obstetrics and was on-call with an obstetric registrar. We had been called to see a woman with a queried appendicitis but the ER doctor called us in to rule out a possible ectopic/tubal pregnancy. Tubal pregnancies and appendicitis have one thing in common -pain in the right lower abdomen. After the registrar examined the lady, he sent her for an ultrasound scan to rule in a tubal pregnancy. Shortly afterwards, a senior registrar (who had just passed his fellowship exam of the West African College of surgeons) did the scan. We watched eagerly as he pointed at the female pelvic area landmarks, more like teaching us as we watched on with ignorance but enthusiasm. His conclusion Continue reading Why women die from “appendicitis”!

Viral Hepatitis is deadlier and more infectious than HIV!

image source medthical

Viral hepatitis ranks as one of the top killers in our world today. It is many times more infectious than HIV and has a death toll that is equal to that of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. Studies estimate that in 2014, TB caused about 1.5 million deaths, HIV/AIDS about 1.2 million deaths and Viral Hepatitis about 1.45 million deaths. Although Hepatitis is highly infectious, it is preventable with vaccines and it can be treated too. Continue reading Viral Hepatitis is deadlier and more infectious than HIV!

Emotional Intelligence- The Mandela Example

image source cyberschoolgroupEmotional intelligence is the ability to combine intelligence, empathy, and emotions to enhance thought and understanding of interpersonal dynamics. Nelson Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) is perhaps best known for his high emotional intelligence amongst many other things. According to Coleman (2008), emotional intelligence is the capacity of individuals to recognize their own, and other people’s emotions, to discriminate between different feelings and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior. Continue reading Emotional Intelligence- The Mandela Example