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8 Exercises to Help You Lose that Weight

Here are eight exercises to help you bulk up and tone those muscles; like a boss. From pushups, to mountain climbers, burpees and jumping knee tucks, the exercises below can be teamed in a 5 minute workout you can do every day. And the good...

Is Walking the Perfect Exercise?

Just as there are claims as to what is nature’s perfect food, the act of walking is arguably the body’s perfect exercise. No extra equipment is needed, only good shoes and an open road. It’s an easy, inexpensive activity anyone can do. Walking strengthens your...

Doctors Raise Concern over Increasing Cases of Mumps

Child health experts have raised concern over the raising number of children reporting to hospitals with mumps, a contagious illness caused by the mumps virus. According to Dr. Richard Idro, a Consultant Pediatrician at Mulago National Referral Hospital, they conducted an online survey between the...

No Need for Fresh Benchmarking on National Health Insurance Bill – Experts

Members of Parliament will next month embark on fresh bench-marking tripsin preparation for the re-introduction of the botched National Health Insurance Bill, members of the parliamentary health committee have revealed. According to Joel Ssebikali Yoweri, the Vice Chairperson of the committee, the thirty-six member team...

Ebola Restrictions in Mubende, Kassanda Districts Craft New Puzzle for UNEB

Presidential directives about the Ebola epidemic that among other things, imposed a lockdown on Mubende and Kasanda districts have created an unexpected gap in the handling of the examination process within the affected areas. President Yoweri Museveni imposed a 21-day lockdown on the central Uganda...

Suspected Ebola Patient Dies in Kasese

A suspected Ebola patient has died from Nyamirami Health Centre III in Muhokya Sub County, Kasese District. The suspect was admitted to the facility last week with signs including passing out of blood from body openings including ears and anus and fever.  The suspect whose identity...