Why Self Care Is Important During Pregnancy?
997 viewsIn a country where a majority of child-births happen without the presence of a doctor, self-care during pregnancy becomes crucial in the lead-up to the big day.
Kidney and Women’s Health in Tanzania
730 viewsFor far too long, the health needs of women are often overlooked across the world, especially in Africa and other developing countries. Non-communicable diseases related to heart and kidneys are often termed as men’s disease,
If our body organs could talk, this is what they would say
1,514 viewsWorld is changing rapidly and so we are. In this fast-changing world, our body is really changing because of the food we eat. Majorly our body is getting affected by our lifestyle.
8 Myths About a Health You Need to Stop Believing
414 views1. Myth: Don’t eat after 6 pm.
Fact: You shouldn’t have a large meal 3 or 4 hours before going to sleep. The reason is that those people who eat just before bedtime are more likely to gain weight simply because a bedtime snack is an extra meal and, therefore, extra calories.
Spine Consultation Camp in Dar es Salaam
495 viewsThe term spinal cord injury refers to damage to the spinal cord resulting from trauma (e.g. a car crash) or from disease or degeneration. Although there is no perfect figure for its incidence, but an estimated count for it is 40 to 80 cases per million population. Just like healthy people are the backbone of any country’s economy, the spine is a vital organ that nurtures the well-being of an individual.
How well do you know about the silent killer disease?
547 viewsDiabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. Patients with high blood sugar will typically experience polyuria (frequent urination), they will become increasingly thirsty (polydipsia) and hungry (polyphagia). It is one of the fastest growing disorders in Africa and also one of the most under-recognized ones as there are many myths associated to it.
Joint Replacement Camp – 1st- 3rd October 2017
725 viewsIn a bid to reduce referrals abroad Regency Medical Centre in Dar es Salaam has partnered with experts from HCG Hospital in Indiato provide hip and knee surgery in Tanzania.
Regency Centre records successful knee surgeries
876 viewsREGENCY Medical Centre (RMC) have performed three knee replacement surgeries and screened over 150 patients with various problems of spine, hip and knee during a two-day camp held last week in Dar es Salaam.
Regency Medical Centre lauded for vital life saving care
704 viewsContinued efforts by the Dar es Salaam-based Regency Medical Centre in organising trips for advanced medical treatment; open heart surgery in particular, has won accolades among medical practitioners and other interviewed residents.
Children fly to India for surgery
650 viewsTEN children born with congenital surgically repairable heart defects will fly to India from Zanzibar today for subsidised heart surgery. They will fly by Ethiopian Airlines to Jaypee Heart Hospital in New Delhi, India, under the banner of Lions Club of Dar es Salaam (Host), Regency Medical Centre and the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar.