diagnosis

How to prevent TB

  Children who have been contacted with an adult with TB (Tuberculosis) should be examined and get screened for TB. If you have had a persistent cough, keep babies surroundings clean, airy and dry. Early diagnosis and successful treatment of an infected adult is the best way to protect our children against TB. BCG immunization […]

Risks and treatment of leukemia

James Kafeero, an oncologist at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Mulago Hospital (Uganda) says that risk factors that lead people to contract leukemia are as follows. Having relatives or being in company of people who have or have had leukemia, people with underlying genetic disorders such as downs’ syndrome, previous exposure to ionizing radiations like […]