Food pairing and why it matters: Weekly Health News Highlights (25th November to 1st December, 2024)

Regulation or Discrimination? Uganda’s proposed IVF Law could be both

A little more than a year after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s harshest LGBTQ+ laws, another bill under parliamentary review has reignited concerns over the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minorities in the country — as well as single parents.

https://www.independent.co.ug/regulation-or-discrimination-ugandas-proposed-ivf-law-could-be-both/

 BYABASHAIJA: No Vet Doctor should be poor

Even Uganda Prisons boss Dr Johnson Omuhunde Rwashote Byabashaija can run, but he cannot hide.

https://www.independent.co.ug/byabashaija-no-vet-doctor-should-be-poor/

For the first time, the elimination of cancer is within reach

Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer, and another 660,000 are diagnosed. As a consequence, children are orphaned, families are impoverished, and the loss of mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters diminishes communities.

https://www.independent.co.ug/for-the-first-time-elimination-of-cancer-is-within-reach/

Making a new antibiotic

The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Before antibiotics, childbirth, a urinary tract infection, or a simple cut could lead to death from infection.

https://www.independent.co.ug/making-a-new-antibiotic/

Food pairing and why it matters

The concept of food pairing is based on the idea that certain foods not only taste good together but also enhance each other’s nutritional profiles

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/healthy-living/food-pairing-and-why-it-matters-4835524

Bill Gates: PrEP tools can save more lives from HIV/AIDS

Philanthropist Bill Gates, the founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says more lives can be saved from HIV if modern HIV prevention tools can be spread out.

https://www.independent.co.ug/bill-gates-prep-tools-can-save-more-lives-from-hiv-aids/

More single women and female couples having IVF

The number of single women receiving treatment, including in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), has increased from 1,400 in 2012 to 4,800 in 2022, while the number of female couples being treated has doubled to 3,300 over the same period.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yxel9j6xeo

Sluggish proteins may underpin aging and chronic disease

As we age, our bodies slow down — not just in how we move, but also at the cellular level, where a decline in protein mobility may contribute to the development of chronic health issues

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sluggish-proteins-aging-chronic-disease

Parenting a child with a limb difference

For 39 years, Evaster Auma has dedicated her life to taking care of her daughter who is severely disabled.

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/healthy-living/parenting-a-child-with-a-limb-difference-4835572