Health

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Efforts to curb the Democratic Republic of Congo’s worst Ebola outbreak are stumbling, medical charity MSF warned Thursday, blaming the role of the security forces in the response and their “toxic” relations with local communities. Seven months into the outbreak, “the Ebola response is failing to …

It can now be measured. But are we closer to a cure? The road to a cure for HIV is long, winding, and with no definite end in sight. That said, a new study published in January in the journal Nature is shedding light on a way to measure what …

‘London patient’: second case ever of HIV remission Paris, France | AFP |  A second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after ceasing treatment and is likely cured, researchers were set to announce at a medical conference Tuesday. Ten years after the first confirmed …

  Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Telemedicine has gone way beyond conference calls: new technologies allow doctors to monitor blood pressure and other vital signs — take x-rays even — and assist with operations from miles away. Wireless technology is moving “healthcare outside of clinics and hospitals”, said Pamela Spence, …

When peace of mind is medicine Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Brain Walusimbi is an entertainer with a heart for cancer children. He visits them at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala, brings a bouncing castle, does face paintings on them, and plays music. Walusimbi’s involvement started in 2007. …

Renee Bach is not a nurse or doctor; over 100 babies she treated have died Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | None of the mothers knows what exactly happened to her child. What they all say is their children were not growing normally and were possibly malnourished. They all went …

Bacteria that are immune to the action of antibiotics have become a primary concern for medical research communities across the world. A new study investigates what makes these “superbugs” resilient in the face of some of the most potent drugs. | Maria Cohut | Only recently, Medical News Today, presented …

Happiness and life satisfaction do not coincide and material possessions aren’t enough | Henry S. Richardson and Erik Schokkaert | Opinions differ on the definition of well-being. Yet there’s a growing consensus that it cannot be reduced to material consumption and that other aspects of life, such as health and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  International Medical Centre’s growing list of branches has extended to Kireka, on Jinja Road just outside Kampala City. The facility that opened today, will provide specialized and general medical services to residents of Kireka and surrounding areas of Kira Municipality. IMC Kireka is part of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FINASI International will pocket Sh8 billion annually as interest for six years for the construction of the proposed International specialized Hospital in Lubowa in Wakiso district. The Committee on the National Economy is currently scrutinising government plans to guarantee a loan of Shillings 1.3 …