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#UgamanHealthWednesday: 7 Safety tips for office workers.

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  With their climate control, soft chairs and armrests, office environments don’t conjure up thoughts of workplace safety like, say, construction sites. What could be safer than a cubicle? Of course, office workers are at lower risk for workplace injuries than most, but that doesn’t mean injuries never happen, or that it’s not worth taking the time to talk about safety with office employees. Office jobs that involve spending most of your day sitting can actually be detrimental to your health if employee wellness is not taken into consideration. Many Health Institutes has reported that an increasing number of companies are looking to improve worker safety by focusing on wellness.   Here are seven tips for office workers to prevent workplace injuries: 1. Make sure your desk setup is ergonomic , so your head is centered over your neck and shoulders, your wrists are flat and your elbows rest comfortably at your side while you work. If your feet won’t touch t...

#UgamanHealthWednesday: 10 Great Dental Hygiene Tips

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  Everyone wants to have a great smile, the reason good oral hygiene is important! Having poor oral hygiene can lead to a variety of dental and medical problems in the future such as gum disease, infection, bone loss, heart disease, strokes and more. Regular checkups and cleanings can prevent these problems as well as provide you with good oral hygiene. Here is a list of 10 Dental hygiene steps you can take to promote great oral hygiene. 1.   Proper Brushing One of the easiest steps to keep your teeth clean. When brushing your teeth, position the bristles at an angle of 45 degrees near the gum line. Both the gum line and the tooth surface should be in contact with the bristles. Brush the outer surfaces of the teeth using a back-and-forth, up-and-down motion, making sure to be done gently in order to avoid bleeding. To clean the inside surfaces of the teeth and gums, place the bristles at a 45-degree angle again and repeat the back-and-forth, up-and-down motio...

#UgandaReading Promoting Recovery at Butabika Hospital

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  As we prepare to take Uganda Reading to Butabika Hospital top promote Recovery, in this curated article I have concisely decided to share the 10 benefits of Reading. When was the last time you read a book? Or, for you non-book readers out there, do you read any kind of publication at all? Chances are, you’ve been reading since the day you learned to read – and even now you’re reading this! You may even frequent Facebook – catching up on your friends’ Facebook posts, or read news articles and press releases, food labels, magazines, etc. Reading has become a necessary form of communication and a habit many of us share, and justly so! Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and so there are countless benefits we receive the more we read. Here are the top 10 benefits of reading: 1. Stimulates the mind –  Studies have shown that if you are constantly stimulating your mind, you slow the progress of mental diseases and can even prevent them. Keeping your ...

If Technology took over today, would the African Economy Survive?

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  I am very excited to be writing about this awesome topic that has left industries and economies wondering the right path to take. You may be shocked by the relationship between technology and growth of the current and future economies. My intention today is not to discuss the genesis of the science that has made technology a mega topic of discussion in global political and business summits. Thirty years ago, nobody thought the internet would be as powerful as it is today, little did we expect that banking halls would run empty as clients are busy online transacting business.   I am not a prophet of technology but with the daily experience of the massive changes across the political, social and economic landscapes, I certainly gain the confidence to say Technology is the future. Having emphasized the fact that Technology is the future, I am just curious how many of us are ready to run into the future? A future that is unpredictable and a future that has got a di...