Health Explained
Evergreen context on health, distilled into calm, readable pulses.
Open in BriflioHealth information usually arrives as advice without the underlying reasoning — what a statistic means, how a treatment actually works, why one study outweighs another. Briflio's Health knowledge hub explains that reasoning directly, so you can evaluate health claims and coverage with a clearer sense of the evidence behind them, rather than taking either the claim or the caveat on faith.
Blood pressure rising: over 50% of Nigerians we tested had hypertension and over 65% didn’t know it
Millions of Nigerians are living with hypertension without knowing it – and the gaps in diagnosis and care run deep.
Why do I keep getting mouth ulcers?
These annoying and painful little sores tend to resolve on their own.
Sleep
Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain sensory activity is inhibited.
Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet is a dietary concept that was first proposed in 1975 by American biologist Ancel Keys and chemist Margaret Keys.
Microbiome
A microbiome is the community of microorganisms that can usually be found living together in any given habitat.
Mental health
Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.
Antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from antimicrobials, which are drugs used to treat infections in humans, animals, and plants.
Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease.
Mental disorders are twice as common among victim-survivors of intimate partner violence
Yet victim-survivors often don’t or can’t access mental health care.
Doing end-of-year exams? 5 foods that are good for brain health – and what to avoid
Your muscles need fuel during exercise, and during sustained mental effort your brain needs energy, too.