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After reading a few insightful articles and posts from fashion gurus like Keturah Kamugasa, it would appear that there are several stylish and fashionable people in the world. However, after lookin...
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NASA has announced that its Kepler mission has discovered 715 planets circling 305 stars.
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Post by RinexProductionz. "Disability is not a brave struggle or 'courage in the face of adversity.' Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live."
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Yaya Toure's future at Manchester City has been plunged into doubt after his agent made a bizarre rant against the Premier League champions over a perceived birthday snub.
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Although many a Ugandan complain that the cost of living in the country is high, latest statistics reveal that this East African nation is one of the least
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The The Medical Concierge Group has innovated mhealth apps that will see mobile users access medical services through Whatsapp
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Musa, 23, is among the 80 percent of those aged 15-24 unemployed in Uganda. His struggle to find employment has inspired a 6,146 km cycling challenge.
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New research suggests we’re more comfortable sharing accurate details about our health and lifestyle on social media than with our own health care providers! As bizarre as this sounds, this new trend may help improve our medical care and treatment. It’s believed that medical records are outdated and full of conflicting information. Eva Ho, a partner with the early-stage venture capital firm Susa Ventures and a former executive at both Google and Factual, tells the USA Today, “With the federal government now requiring all patient data to be digital, there's a big opportunity for companies that can integrate health data from a variety of sources and ensure its accuracy.” A recent study shows that tracking a Facebook user’s “Likes,” in conjunction with other public health records, can produce data that can predict various health outcomes. And, according to the study done by New York-based MKTG, these outcomes, “were two or four more times more accurate than those based on medical or socio-economic date alone.” Some of us are already doing this, whether it’s sharing their exercise activity on Facebook or tweeting how many steps they’ve taken from their wristband. But, there are also some of us who strongly disagree with the idea of making such personal information public. Dr. Leslie Saxon, chief of cardiology at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, is not one of them. One of Saxon's lectures is titled, "Privacy is Bad for Your Health," and says, "We need indiscriminate, continuous, multisourced data streams to realize the great potential of digital health." The idea of combining your social media and your medical record to create better healthcare, better diagnosis and better treatment only works if you willing to share it. So, is healthcare going digital? Via Plus91, John Mark Bwanika
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A new movie is being filmed about the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 and is expected to hit the theatres in August, according to the Director, Rupesh Paul Productions.
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New York raised the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 on Sunday, in its latest initiative to encourage healthier behavior among residents.
larry costello's comment,
June 26, 2014 9:24 PM
From a health perspective it may help but I believe from a broader perspective it's inconsistent. At 18 a person can drive, join the military, vote, get married, sentenced as an adult, etc. I would guess most start a cigarette habit a lot younger than 21. Maybe there should be better programs targeted towards younger people.
Thomas Van Gilder's comment,
June 30, 2014 8:35 PM
Interesting move. It will be interesting to watch what happens to teen smoking rates in NY. I do wonder about increased "smuggling" from neighboring states and enhancing the taboo effect. Let's hope it works!
larry costello's comment,
June 30, 2014 10:05 PM
I do not really believe it will be effective for the very reasons you indicated Tom. Cigarette smuggling is already big business in NYC due to taxes. It will probably have more unintended consequences than intended.
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By BeeSnoop info@campusbee.ug Rev. Samson Malisa, an assistant chaplain at Uganda Christian University and lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the same university has been fired over homosexuality. Malisa was sacked after the UCU top administration sat having got information from victims that he was forcing them into anal sex. Currently the issue is…
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Imagine waking up to no food, when you have nothing to feed your little children as they look at you with hungry faces and sad eyes. Imagine going all over to look for something to feed your wife w...
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Uganda Cranes coach Micho Sredojevic is optimistic they will overturn the deficit and progress to the third round of the 2015 Nations Cup preliminary qualifiers.
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A sexually transmitted infection may trigger prostate cancer in men, say scientists who have studied the pathogen in question, but experts say proof is still lacking.
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The Independent: You get the truth We Pay the Price
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Come and watch the amazing Guillaume Vallée, a french magician in the "MAGIE-MAGIE" tour! Guillaume Vallée received a training in Mime (studio Magenia, Paris), in Theatre (workshops of the Cie du P...
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KIWANUKA THE TREASURER OR KIWANUKA THE TREASURE ! As I scrolled through the latest in Apple\'s iOS store, a platform i rarely use, I stumbled upon a
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Ms Rosemary Namubiru, the nurse who is accused of pricking a baby with a cannula that had pricked her hand, well knowing that she was HIV positive, has been found guilty of professional negligence.
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