By Bunmi Sofola Recently scientific research has shown the risk of having heart failure or a stroke doubles in the first month after losing a loved one.  The findings add to growing evidence that bereavement doesn’t just increase the risk of depression and anxiety, but can weaken the body’s defences against all types of disease […]

Dear Bunmi, two months ago, I called it quits with my boyfriend who constantly embarrassed me with his excessive jealousy and violence. Read Also: Dear Bunmi, why is he always texting in the toilet?  Unfortunately, I discovered that I was pregnant. In the meantime, my ex has found a new girlfriend, who is also pregnant. I’ve had a […]

By Bunmi Sofola How would you feel if your dad slept with your best friend?  It happens all of the time but it’s no fun when you’re at the receiving end.  ‘To say that my father, a great raconteur, often put on a show for my female friends would be an understatement.  From the moment they […]

By Bunmi Sofola I had not realised just how valuable my own parents’ presence in my children’s lives would be until I moved back to the family home with them – and brought my three children with me”, said 41-year-old Ijeoma, a pharmacist with a pharmaceutical company.  “I now appreciate the wonder of grandparents – they […]

By Bunmi Sofola IT would be easy to assume that it is young irresponsible girls who are most likely to opt for abortion, but it is, in fact, middle-aged women who are pushing up the abortion rate.  Emilia was a divorced mother of three and just turned 40, when she met Chuka, a widower at a […]