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Most important things to know about acute kidney failure
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- Published on Sunday, 14 April 2013 01:31
- Written by Dr Ali Mzige
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Acute kidney failure is a rapid decline (days to weeks) in the kidneys’ ability to filter metabolic waste products from the blood.
Crime and economic
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- Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:54
- Written by Kiangiosekazi wa Nyoka
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HOW I wish I was an economist; probably I would have a simpler language to convince my readers on our economic plight. We hear that our economy is doing good, pushing a growth rate of seven per cent yet our pockets do not match with that upsurge of our economy. We are told that Tanzania is among the ten countries of the world whose economies are growing very fast.
Was Uhuru Kenyatta invested? Was the ceremony a coronation? Did he experience ‘ascend’ to presidency?
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- Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013 00:20
- Written by Lusuga Kironde
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KENYA has a new President in the person of Uhuru Kenyatta. The Custodian (9 April) had this front page feature on the event that took place on 9th April, titled: “Raila, Kalonzo retreat to SA as Uhuru in ‘invested’”.
What Kenyatta can do to make Kenya one
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- Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013 00:03
- Written by LAWI JOEL
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ON April 9 I left the house and walked out to work as usual. There was no train as has of late been the case, a change many commuters in Dar es Salaam agonise about.
Allergies in young children
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- Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013 00:00
- Written by SOSTHENES MWITA
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ALLERGIES are abnormal reactions by the immune system (in both children and adults) to a substance known to the medical world as an allergen. All forms of allergens are, in normal circumstances, harmless to health.
Money everything - stop before you get hurt!
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013 00:08
- Written by Jagjit Singh
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HOW do we assess a person? Do we judge him by his qualities or we simply assess him by how much money he/ she have amassed? Does this craze for money lead us to some sort of madness? But more than anything else, it is the modern society practices, which are to be blamed for spreading money madness among us.
Our demands from daladalas
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- Published on Sunday, 07 April 2013 02:00
- Written by AMBY LUSEKELO
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THIS week saw extensive discussion, on various avenues, on how the wananchi are now going to result to using alternative mode of transportation. This, because of the recent rise of the cost of daladalas.
What are the key bone-building minerals?
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- Published on Sunday, 07 April 2013 00:56
- Written by Dr Ali Mzige
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TAKE care of your bones to keep them healthy and strong. Good nutrition and regular weightbearing physical activity while you are young reduce your chances of osteoporosis later in life. Minerals play a mighty role in promoting good health.
Forests confer national power upon those who control them
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- Published on Sunday, 07 April 2013 00:29
- Written by ANNE OUTWATER
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VAST forests once grew in the Middle East according to Oosthoek in an article on the role of wood in world history. The mountain slopes were covered with cedar forests. The Bible describes the practice of rulers in the Ancient Middle East to cut cedar trees to build monuments.
