| Archived 5th May
2004 |
| Malaria: Africans
betrayed |
| They came, made a declaration that promised the
heavens and life, but went away and left millions of African
children to die of malaria. |
| Preventable injuries
on the increase |
| Injuries are a growing public health problem
in Uganda. An injury is damage to the body resulting from intolerable
exposure to force. They may be cuts, burns, sprains, bruises,
fractures, etc. |
| The mentally
sick need support at work places |
| Having a job and being able to work
is extremely crucial and central to the lives and well being
of humans. |
| Archived 28th April
2004 |
| Poison in
water bottles |
| Plastic bottles, particularly those containing
beverages, are supposed to be used once then recycled or dumped,
as illustrated on most of them. |
| Anxiety and
panic attacks are treatable |
| Anxiety disorder is not just a single entity
but also a group of specific disabling manifestations. Being
aware of some of the early symptoms helps the person seek help.
|
| Archived 21st April
2004 |
| Men can overcome
impotence |
| A recent conference on sex in Africa revealed
that 70 per cent of South African men suffer from a complication
called Erectile Dysfunction (ED). |
| Persistent
anxiety may be a medical problem |
| Everyone knows what it’s like to feel anxious
– the butterflies in your stomach before a first date,
the tension you feel when your boss is angry with you, the way
your heart pounds if you are in danger. |
| Archived 14th April
2004 |
| Relaxation good
for depression |
| Last week, we gave you some characteristics of
depression, especially as it affects the mood, thinking, sleep,
appetite and behaviour, |
| Archived 1st April
2004 |
| AIDS ruins
food basket |
| Nampijja Cleophas, 57, and Nabakoza Josephine,
53, are widows who have inherited 15-orphaned grandchildren
whose parents died of Aids-related illness in Masaka.
|
| 'Mental illness:
All at risk' |
| For all individuals, mental, physical and social
health are vital strands of life that are closely interwoven
and deeply interdependent. |
| Archived 7th April
2004 |
| Skin woes |
| When I ran into Mariam a few days ago, she was
spotting a plaster on her nose. With her nose swollen, she looked
like she had another small nose on her face. |
| Unclean
water endangers Kampala |
| Rachel Adikiny walks two kilometres
every morning to fetch water from a spring. If she doesn’t
make it before the midday sun, the herdsmen will have taken
their cows to drink from the same well, and she will have no
clean drinking water in her home for the day. |
| Depression is
a medical illness |
| Today I will give you some clues about one of
the commonest but not usually understood mental illnesses -
depression. |
