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Causes of hydrocephalus and how hydrocephalus can be prevented?

  Prevention of hydrocephalus is a more complex matter, as there are more possible causes. They include congenital disorder, post-infections, and cerebral hemorrhages or tumors.   However improving maternal and child health care and improving immunization coverage is believed to prevent some of the post –infectious cases. Adequate and timely referral for treatment of hydrocephalus […]

What is hydrocephalus?

    A child can have both spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Approximately two third of children with spina bifida in Uganda also develop progressive hydrocephalus. Ventricles or cavities of the brain in all persons produce cerebral-spinal fluids and it is absorbed in the brain and spinal cord.   However, hydrocephalus develops if there is no […]

MP Kyanjo’s condition difficult to improve, UK doctors reveal

  Hopes of ailing Makindye West MP, Hussein Kyanjo to return to normal life could be more of a myth after the United Kingdom doctors told his close family members that his condition could be irreversible. Kyanjo a couple of month travelled to the United Kingdom for specialized treatment. The UK doctors confirm that he […]

Benefits of pears: protects body cells, prevents neural tube defects in infants

Benefits of pears: they are a rich in anti-oxidants, thus help prevent high blood pressure, check stroke and protect the body cells from damage, guarding the body against cancers. Pears boost immunity, guards against colon diseases, and generate quick energy because of the amount of fructose and glucose. Eating pears relieves one from inflammatory condition, […]

Causes of cleft lip

The causes of Clift lip are not so specific, but the presence of clefts in a family increases the chances. Other causes of cleft lip are vitamin deficiency and taking poor medication, and consumption of large amount of alcohol. Exposure to smoking environment in early pregnancy, exposure to x-rays at an early stage of pregnancy […]

Causes of imbalances in female sex harmonies (polycystic ovary syndrome)

  Hundreds of women from across the globe are suffering from imbalance of sex harmonies. In scientific terms, this condition is called polycystic ovary syndrome. This is a condition in which there is an imbalance of a woman’s female sex hormones. In other words this hormonal imbalance may cause changes in the woman’s menstrual cycle. […]