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Secretive organ trade that preys on the poor
A report by the IOM on human trafficking in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi reveals that cases of trafficking for organs are real in the region.
By Gatonye Gathura 2 years ago
Secretive organ trade that preys on the poor
NGOs protest America plan to slash HIV funding again
The proposed cut, for the third year running, will see funding drop from Sh54.7 billion in 2018 to about Sh40 billion in 2021.
By Gatonye Gathura 2 years ago
NGOs protest America plan to slash HIV funding again
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Report: Lockdowns kill sex in most marriages
The team says the findings may not mirror what is happening across the country because most respondents were from Nairobi
By Gatonye Gathura 2 years ago
Report: Lockdowns kill sex in most marriages
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Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula
Medics say younger boys are more vulnerable due to their immature genitalia and skin and could affect future sex and reproductive function.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula
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Why educated Kenyan women are more obese than dropouts
Recent data from 14,000 women in Kenya shows those with a college education or higher are almost three times likely to be obese
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why educated Kenyan women are more obese than dropouts
Poor treatment blamed for increasing cancer deaths
A new study in Nairobi, Eldoret and other cancer registries in Africa shows many women get poor treatment.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Poor treatment blamed for increasing cancer deaths
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Our kidneys are failing but we want to be mums
The experts explain it is difficult for women to conceive while suffering from kidney disease
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Our kidneys are failing but we want to be mums
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How borehole water hurts your health
Water is big business in Embakasi, and it is peddled from hand carts, motorbikes, private bowsers
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
How borehole water hurts your health
Kenya records first case of rare mad cow disease in human
Usually transmitted from eating contaminated meat or during some medical procedures, the local case has an unknown cause
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Kenya records first case of rare mad cow disease in human
Help on the way against cancer-causing pesticides
The board says it is reviewing evidence linking pesticides containing diuron and chloronthalonil to cancer with the aim of banning them
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Help on the way against cancer-causing pesticides
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Why older men are in trouble with blue pill
Study says high rates of chronic conditions among regular users of pharmacy purchased sex-enhancing drugs.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why older men are in trouble with blue pill
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Can herbs truly treat cancer?
A new study lists Kenya among countries with the highest number of plant species used in the treatment of cancer.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Can herbs truly treat cancer?
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When the treatment feels worse than the disease
Despite huge promotional efforts, successive reports indicate a low uptake and high discontinuation rates among all groups
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
When the treatment feels worse than the disease
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How babies experience pain and why it should be relieved
Last year, for example, a record 1.15 million babies were born in hospitals and exposed to several painful medical procedures
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
How babies experience pain and why it should be relieved
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Why Kenya is worst African country to be a nurse
Cases of nurses being attacked by patients and their relatives are on the rise
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why Kenya is worst African country to be a nurse
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Plastics in your table salt
The microplastics can be ingested by marine life and eventually, find their way into the human food
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Plastics in your table salt
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What’s causing a spike in thyroid cancer infections?
A study involving 47 countries, including Kenya, says thyroid cancer in adults has risen dramatically in the last three decades
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
What’s causing a spike in thyroid cancer infections?
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Would you loan your body to science for cash?
For almost a decade, Kemri has infected volunteers with malaria in search of new knowledge, drugs and vaccines
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Would you loan your body to science for cash?
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Does the number of children you have matter?
Academic performance is highest among participants who had three and more siblings compared to those with one or two siblings
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Does the number of children you have matter?
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Why Kenyans are not sleeping
A study among commercial vehicle drivers in Kenya found a link between traffic accidents and sleep problems.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why Kenyans are not sleeping
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Western Kenya’s girl-child in danger
Study says mothers are playing a big part in pushing their daughters into the hands of older men
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Western Kenya’s girl-child in danger
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The plastic threat to your health
Birth defects, infertility and cancer linked to chemicals in plastics have prompted a soon-to-be gazetted Bill that regulates plastic use in Kenya.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
The plastic threat to your health
Kenya, poor nations to get jab from India
AstraZeneca vaccine will be manufactured for sale to developing and less developed countries at no profit
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Kenya, poor nations to get jab from India
Kenya to wait longer for new vaccine
EU agency says it will not approve jab until it has more data from the manufacturer.
By Gatonye Gathura and Mercy Adhiambo 3 years ago
Kenya to wait longer for new vaccine
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Why Kiambu reports high manhood defects in babies
The number of boys being born with defects of the reproductive organ is on a steep increase in Kiambu County.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why Kiambu reports high manhood defects in babies
Kenyans' peculiar eating habits
Many Kenyans are increasingly eating alone, taking meals hurriedly and with unhealthy snaking all day long.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Kenyans' peculiar eating habits
1.4 million Kenyans to get virus vaccine by June
Only about 1.4 million Kenyans will get the free Covid-19 vaccine.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
1.4 million Kenyans to get virus vaccine by June
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Why prostate care should be a priority
In Kasikeu Sub-county in Makueni, men have their own way of dealing with the frustrations of prostate cancer.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why prostate care should be a priority
Alcoholism in the time of coronavirus
While Kenyans are not slowing down on alcohol and tobacco use, neither is the government letting up.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Alcoholism in the time of coronavirus
Second Covid-19 vaccine to be tried in Kenya
The vaccine developed by France’s Sanofi and UK’s GlaxoSmithKline brings to two the coronavirus vaccines being tested in Kenya.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Second Covid-19 vaccine to be tried in Kenya
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Women are more allergic to roaches than men
The ear, nose, and throat specialists studied 81 adult patients with allergic rhinitis and found women at higher risk of cockroach allergy than men.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Women are more allergic to roaches than men
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Why many women in Nairobi are battling heart ailments
The Jumia Food Index report 2019 showed chicken as the most popular food delivery in the past three years, followed by pizza.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why many women in Nairobi are battling heart ailments
10m Kenyans set to get Covid-19 vaccine for free, ministry assures
In an interview with KTN, the official said the ministry is ready to handle, store and distribute the vaccines once available in the country.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
10m Kenyans set to get Covid-19 vaccine for free, ministry assures
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Kenya misses out in key Covid 19 vaccine report
Trials only began in October, six months after requests for approval were made.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Kenya misses out in key Covid 19 vaccine report
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No word yet when Kenya will roll out Covid-19 vaccine
Experts give a grim picture on country’s plans to procure or administer vaccine.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
No word yet when Kenya will roll out Covid-19 vaccine
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Why Kenya is worst place to be as child with cancer
While 50mg of the drug is about Sh39 in Tanzania, in Kenya it goes for about Sh218.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Why Kenya is worst place to be as child with cancer
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Kenyans in US listed among top TB spreaders
Those already in the US or planning to move there will face more scrutiny and surveillance
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Kenyans in US listed among top TB spreaders
Children go digital in crucial malaria drug trials
Researchers have moved to cushion thousands of children in ongoing malaria drug trials from Covid-19 infections.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Children go digital in crucial malaria drug trials
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What having more than 10 sexual partners means
Having had 10 or more lifetime sexual partners was associated with higher odds of reporting a diagnosis of cancer.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
What having more than 10 sexual partners means
Marriage matters for men
Kenya is increasingly replacing abacavir containing ARVs with tenofovir as the first-line drug claimed to be less toxic.
By Gatonye Gathura 3 years ago
Marriage matters for men
Ruto signs Affordable Housing Bill into law
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