Depression

Depression

Let’s talk depression now and everyday Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal...
HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS

Brief synopsis on HIV/AIDS Human Immuno-deficiency Virus is a virus that causes Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome. This virus has been well studied with its 1st discovery in the 80’s. Since its discovery a lot of medical advancements in terms of treatment have been done in order to control its spread as a pandemic and its spread…

Malaria

Malaria

Nearly half a million people died of malaria in 2015. It was also estimated that 214 million people world wide contracted the disease, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC, USA).It is this time of the year that we get to worry about malaria. Botswana as a country is not exempted from this deadly…

Heat Exhaustion

Heat Exhaustion

Heat exhaustion occurs when your body gets too hot. The hypothalamus, part of the brain that controls thirst ,hunger and the body’s core temperature is stimulated. Normally the body cools itself by sweating. When you are exposed to high temperatures for a long time and you do not replace the fluids you lose through sweating;the…