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A new strain of HIV has been confirmed by a group of researchers and it is the first strain of the immune disease to be discovered in nearly 20 years. Researchers from University of Missouri, Presbyterian Mission Agency and Abbott Labrotories in relation to a published study in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes […]
Is there anything more frustrating than not being able to fall asleep? You’re tired, and it’s time to sink into a deep and restful sleep. The problem is that your mind wants to run through every event that happened at your 10th birthday party, 20 years ago. All the while, precious seconds are ticking by, […]
More people are gradually switching to a gluten-free diet around the world and reporting an overall healthy feeling upon cutting off gluten foods from their diet. There have also been numerous hypotheses linking gluten to various health issues in humans (even without celiac disease or gluten sensitivity), and this is, arguably, the major force behind […]
An upcoming company based in the UK called Be Clothed (an interesting name), designed and engineered SilverSocks. Their socks are meant to be comfortable, antibacterial and won’t smell. As I read about the SilverSocks, a little voice in me kept screaming, “bring them now, save us from the occasional choking carbon”. If you are a […]
Artificial intelligence beats experienced dermatologists when it comes to skin cancer diagnosis, according to a study published in the journal Annals of Oncology. Researchers trained a deep learning convolutional neural network (CNN) to distinguish malignant melanomas from benign moles using more than 100,000 photographs. Then, they compared its success rate against those of 58 dermatologists from 17 countries. […]
Sexual reproductive health has become an open topic much of these days in Uganda with several organisations and people singing the song of safe sex and what not which is great but, little has been said about Herpes. You definitely read that right. Yes, Herpes. This less talked about STD is silently spreading like a […]
You remember the days in school when students jokingly told you that chewing on a lot of ground nuts (gnuts) could help you boost your sperm? In fact, gnuts were fondly called “sperm boosters”. That was all true, a research conducted by Italian doctors confirmed that eating gnuts, walnuts, almonds, peanuts and hazelnuts increases a […]
Memory is an essential part of the human brain and on several occasions, many have difficulty in remembering even the simplest of things. Having a bad memory can be attributed to a number of factors but doesn’t mean you can’t improve on it. Many face and find problems when it comes to remembering and maintaining […]
How much do you know about sex? Banging is awesome, that is why we give it so many corny and naughty names. Other than for pleasure, sex has a lot of benefits, you might know some but the ones’s in this list will blow your mind. 1. Sex boosts libido. Pleasure is thrilling, the feeling is great. […]
It is the stuff of nightmares — a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you mad with scratching behind your eyes. But for one Indian woman, this horror story proved all too real. The 42-year-old had a painful crawling sensation behind her eyes when she woke […]
