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Acute shortage of doctors worrying

Published at 12:00am on Tuesday 23rd April 2013

Report reveals Lamu has one doctor per 36,000 patients making it hard for locals to access quality care

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Feeling ill? Swallow a worm

Published at 9:22am on Tuesday 23rd April 2013

Early trials suggest a host of allergies and autoimmune ailments could be treated with worm therapy, or infection with live worm-like parasites. But will it ever reach the clinic?

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Light drinking 'not harmful to baby' say scientists

Published at 5:58pm on Sunday 21st April 2013

Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioural or mental development, reports the journal BJOG.

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Kenya’s first weight loss surgery clinic has impressive results

Published at 12:00am on Sunday 21st April 2013

After landing a job straight after college, Nancy Mugure’s friends were quick to compliment her on the success her life had turned out to be

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Free maternity services could cost state Sh9b annually, say experts

Published at 12:00am on Saturday 20th April 2013

The promise by the Government to provide free maternity services is an effort to meet a key Millennium Development Goal (MDG). The goal is to reduce mortality rate from live births by three quartres between 1990 and 2015.

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Can medical board really bite finger that feeds it?

As more and more Kenyans continue to raise concerns over increasing cases of doctor negligence, observers are questioning the independence and diligence of the Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board in dealing with errant members of the profession.

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