You should change your life style. If you have high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes or high cholesterol levels, keep them under control. About 30 minutes of exercise daily a least 5 days a week will be good. Try to lose weight in case of obesity. SYMPTOMS OF STROKE: You may experience a […]
STROKE happens when the blood supplied to the brain is interrupted and the brain doesn’t get the oxygen it needs. The condition is a medical emergency and every minute counts. A stroke can be categorized as ISCHEMIC or HEMORRHAGIC STROKE. An Ischemic stroke is caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a […]
In our earlier news report we told you that osteoporosis is one of the body disorders. It is caused by: poor diet, inactivity, hormones, long term use of certain medications, smoking, hormone deficiencies and imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, lack of sun exposure, eating disorder, prolonged stress, toxic metals, medical conditions like diabetes, kidney and liver […]
Parkinson’s disease is a kind of paralysis, especially of old people in which the muscles become stiff and the limbs continually shake. It is also a chronic, degenerative disorder of the nervous system, in which voluntary movement is impaired or lost. Although it may come to affect the entire body, it most noticeably […]
How to gain human body weight: The normal Body Mass Index (BMI) is 18.5 to 25. The Body Mass Index of less that 18.5 are being underweight or undersize. But one can gain his or her body weight by enriching his or her diet; eat foods that are rich in vitamins including […]
It now looks that Uganda markets are like a dumping area for all poor quality products from China and other countries in Europe, America. We are told that Uganda’s markets are flooded by fake HIV Home Kits for Self HIV Testing. Sources in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) told us that these fake HIV […]
Because worms usually affect the digestive system first, they cause problems like loss of appetite, stomachache, abdominal discomfort, bloating, diarrhea, bloody stool, vomiting, constipation and gas accumulation. Other problems caused by worms are rashes, insomnia, eye pain, protein deficiency, nausea, mental dullness, coughing, fever, nervousness, anemia, cold chills, weakness and fatigue. When the worms […]
Treatment for Worms: worms have a life cycle, so they can be killed at every stage. eg if you kill the adults, but not the eggs, the eggs hatch and the cycle will continue. If one kills the eggs of worms, but not the worms, they will lay more eggs, thus the vicious cycle […]
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a disorder that affects high number of women. Menstrual concerns the changes in a woman’s body during a month, especially with loss of the menses. Premenstrual Syndrome usually occurs a week or two (2) weeks before bleeding begins. PMS is caused by hormonal imbalances. Other causes are poor diet, food […]
Food poisoning is an acute intestinal illness that results from eating food that contains harmful chemicals some of which are bacterial and others viral. Our food can be contaminated at any stage, be it harvesting, production, processing, storage and or cooking, as Dr. George Wamuyu, the Child Health and Nutrition adviser at the […]