I'm constantly surprised when I find allergy sources in places I don't expect. We've found nuts in hamster food, nut oils in shampoos; I've heard of allergens in hotels and reactions from Christmas trees. I've touched on some of these

You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without a want and a grief. But rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways, Spirituality

Study finds no increase in gastrointestinal problems in kids with the disorder.

Study found thinking skills suffered when skies were overcast.

General practitioners correctly identify only about half of patients with depression, and misidentifications outnumber missed cases, according to a study published online July 28 in The Lancet.

The Executive Secretary of the National Aids Control Commission, Dr. Anita Asiimwe yesterday, reacted to a recent global report on the high prevalence of HIV among gay men in Africa, citing that it could be true.

SA HAS made progress in controlling and curing tuberculosis (TB) since experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) visited the country in 2005, but after their visit last week they said a greater emphasis was needed on patients with HIV,

Uganda is running out of AIDS drugs (Anti RetroVirals - ARVs) and some major service providers are closing down outlets, leaving many people living with HIV/AIDS stranded.

JAMES Mugerwa, a truck driver in Njeru Town Council, Mukono district, had never thought of testing for HIV. Like many long distance truck drivers, Mugerwa had sleept with different women, including prostitutes.

IT is common to find packs of condoms in the bathrooms of many corporate companies, which are hardly taken as they are considered 'inferior' because they are free.

Food items worth sh5.2m have been donated to the famine hit population in the district by the Indian business community.

Primary school pupils should be the target of the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic, a United States based physician has said.

Some people argue that no one really uses them "in the heat of the moment". Others say they just don't like the artificialness that they bring to what should be a "natural" experience -- sex. "It's like eating a sweet

THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces wants to receive direct allocations from the fiscus to run tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV and Aids programmes.

THE public sector has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in Uganda, according to a report on the impact of the scourge on the economy.

Fearing the stigma and discrimination that their lifestyle attracts, most gay people in Africa hide behind a facade of normality -- even getting married and having children, in effect living double lives.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is set prosecute a leading Nigerian bank and a multinational construction company for workplace violation of employee rights. The bank (name withheld) reportedly sacked a female senior staff for testing positive to HIV/AIDS virus.

Government will later today unveil the South African HIV and AIDS Research and Innovation Platform (SHARP) to increase the number and quality of products to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV and AIDS.

As the world commemorates the world breastfeeding week, Uganda's readiness to promote breastfeeding in emergency settings comes under scrutiny.