Intermittent fasting is mainly concerned with when to eat, as opposed to what to eat. It involves alternating between periods of eating normally and fasting. Examples of intermittent fasting regimens are 16-hour fasts every day (16/8) or two days of eating a very low-calorie diet through the week (5:2). This makes dieting simpler without having […]
Stress in close relationships is becoming a major risk factor for heart disease, although it is typically ignored. Increasing medical data indicate that persistent conflict, emotional distress, or dissatisfaction in intimate relationships can significantly elevate the risk of acquiring coronary heart disease (CHD) and exacerbate the results for individuals already afflicted. Stress in Relationships and […]
South African anti-apartheid icon and retired Cape Town archbishop Desmond Tutu appeared “in good spirits” on Thursday (Dec 5) at the hospital where he is being treated for an infection, his successor said. Tutu, hailed as the moral compass of the nation, was admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Wednesday for a “stubborn infection”. […]
Popular Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has taken to her social space to blast mothers who bleached the skin of their kids, claiming they don’t have a right to change the skin of their kids. The movie veteran who doubles as a social activist for women and kids, slammed any beauty therapist who uses skin washing […]
Today December 1 is the World AIDS Day. The day has been marked yearly since 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an international day to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS. This year’s theme “Communities make the difference,” highlights the role of communities in preventing, treating and supporting people living with HIV/AIDS. The organisation behind […]
Senior Zimbabwean doctors joined hundreds of junior colleagues in a mass walkout this week, warning of a “silent genocide” caused by dire conditions in hospitals. The public sector doctors demanded the reinstatement of 440 junior colleagues, who were fired after downing tools in a pay dispute in September. It was unclear how many senior doctors […]
Three British nationals were arrested in Mauritius at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam airport with more than 3.3 kg of heroin. The suspects purged a total of 282 drug dumplings with an estimated market value of about 50 million Mauritian Rupees (over 1,350,000). They were arrested after their arrival in the Green Channel of the SSR […]
Africa is likely to become one of the world’s top medical cannabis growers, a group of researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs said on Monday. Jordan Curl, Cultivation and Extraction Specialist at Israeli Cannabis Research and Investment firm ICAN told more than 500 delegates at the CannaTech conference in Cape Town, South Africa. “Africa will become the […]
About 360 people are at potential risk of Ebola after contact with an infected person in eastern Congo yet many of them are out of reach due to clashes and insecurity, the World Health Organization said on Friday (November 22). Dr Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, urged the government and […]
A recent cholera outbreak in the locality of Idabato, in the Bakassi Health Disitrict of the South West region of Cameroon is said to have claimed the lives to two persons and infected many others. According to health officials from the region, the outbreak results from very poor hygienic conditions observed in that part of […]
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has voiced hope that the Ebola epidemic in his country would be stamped out by the end of the year. “We believe that by the end of the year we will have eradicated the disease entirely,” Tshisekedi said during a visit to Berlin. The epidemic began in August […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday approved a historic vaccine to combat Ebola virus. The drug called, Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals had until now been used in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, as an experimental vaccine to the latest outbreak in the country’s east. The global health outfit said there is […]
Senior Doctors have demanded the reinstatement of Junior doctors who were fired by the government following their labour action of not reporting for duty for over 60 days. Speaking to the Health Times, Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association said: For the way forward the punitive disciplinary hearings must stop forthwith and those dismissed must have […]
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting Services, Dr Energy Mutodi has said that the striking doctors risk being retrenched. He said that once they have been dismissed, they will also be blacklisted so that they are unemployable elsewhere. Posting on Twitter, Mutodi said: Striking doctors can be rest assured that once dismissed there will […]
The Acting President of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, Dr Peter Magombeyi has described the country’s health system as a silent genocide as several people continue to die in hospitals. He said that scores of patients are dying in public hospitals since there inadequate resources to save their lives. Speaking to Maverick Citizen, Magombeyi said: […]
The national health insurer is at the centre of another scam after questionable hiring through single-sourcing of an integrated revenue management system at a cost of Sh1.4 billion. Just a day after it emerged that Sh35 million of members’ contributions could not be traced, MPs on Thursday heard that top officials at the National Hospital […]
Doctors who have been on industrial action for weeks now have said that they will have a solidarity march this week as the government is not addressing their grievances. The doctors are saying that they are now incapacitated to report for duty as their salaries have been eroded by the soaring inflation. In a statement, […]
The United States on Friday warned its citizens to take extra care when visiting Tanzania amid concerns over Ebola, adding to calls for the East African country to share information about suspected cases of the deadly disease there. U.S. travellers should “exercise increased caution”, the State Department said in an updated travel advisory that cited […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has addressed the United Nations General Assembly which he told that Zimbabwe remained committed to ensuring the country’s health sector was up and running. Addressing the 74th United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in New York, Mnangagwa said that Zimbabwe’s National Development Agenda, the National Health Strategy 2016-2020, […]
