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02/12/2024
What It Means When You Feel Hungry After Eating
Indulging in a delightful meal surrounded by friends or family can sometimes fill your heart with fond memories while filling your stomach — or so you think.
https://www.healthdigest.com/1311505/what-means-when-feel-hungry-after-eating/
Govt to spend Shs900 on drugs a month per citizen
The Shs900 figure is an average computation based on population. Still, actual drugs and commodities available to patients may be more because not all Ugandans will over the next twelve months fall sick or require the medicines budgeted to be procured.
People with medical needs are “left behind in pain” reveals new report
Despite morphine being an effective and relatively low-cost medicine for relieving severe pain, listed since 1977 in the first edition of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the disparity in access across countries is stark.
African countries warned to keep vigilance on Covid
Global aviation and health agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have warned African countries against relaxing Covid-19 protocols, saying the world is not out of the woods yet.
https://nation.africa/kenya/health/african-countries-warned-to-keep-vigilance-on-covid–4263178
Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio
Scientists have “super-engineered” polio vaccines to prevent them from mutating into a dangerous form that can cause outbreaks and paralysis.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65860202
COVID Boosters Set To Be Updated To Target New Strains
Emphasizing the importance of continued updates to the vaccines on an annual basis, the FDA stated, “There is no indication that SARS-CoV-2 evolution is slowing down, though immunity appears to be mitigating severe clinical outcomes,”
https://www.healthdigest.com/1314253/covid-boosters-updated-target-new-strains/
First synthetic human embryo raises ethical issues
Scientists have created the first synthetic human embryos – using no eggs or sperm – provoking deep ethical questions, according to reports.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65914934
Why Your Allergies Get Worse At Night
Even if you practice good sleep hygiene every night, allergies can often wreck your ability to sleep.
https://www.healthdigest.com/1311791/why-your-allergies-get-worse-at-night/
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Does your child have trouble getting along with other children, doing school work, or staying focused on tasks? Do they have poor coordination or balance, intellectual disability, learning disorders and delayed development, poor memory, trouble with attention and with processing information, and rapidly changing moods?
https://www.independent.co.ug/foetal-alcohol-syndrome/
