Health

In the humble human gut, there are hundreds of trillions of bacterial occupants, and they’re not just living there — they’re working for you. Gut flora makes up 70–80 percent of the human immune system. Adding good bacteria, called probiotics, protects the digestive tract from the harmful bacteria in sugars, pesticides, and saturated fats. Too much bad bacteria can inflame and destroy ...

Hardly a week after medical doctors suspended their three-week strike over pay, nurses and midwives have issued a one-week ultimatum to government to raise their salaries and better their working conditions or they down their tools. Check also: Doctors Set To Strike The nurses and midwives did not participate in the doctors’ strike, saying it was illegal but in a November ...

A controversial surgeon, Sergio Canavero who aims to carry out the world’s human head transplant claims to have successfully carried out the operation on a corpse. Check also: Valery Spiridonov to volunteer for first human head transplant in 2017 The 18-hour operation showed that it is possible to reconnect the spine, nerves and blood vessels, according to controversial surgeon Professor Sergio Canavero. At ...

Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng says Uganda Medical Association (UMA) that organised the strike is not a registered union to lobby for labour rights. Check also: It’s So Sad That Our Doctors Have Strike To Get Better Working Conditions-Bobi Wine She orders all doctors and intern doctors to resume work at once; directs UMA officials to stop interfering with Association members ...

Ugandan doctors have resumed their industrial strike failing to make truce withe rugunda accusing government of failing to meet their demands. Check also: Doctors Set To Strike This was resolved during a Monday meeting by all doctors under their umbrella body, Uganda Medical Association (UMA) held at Davis Lecture Theatre at Mulago National Referral Hospital. They first declared their industrial strike ...