Cancer

• Trail of deaths as family fights rare sickness

  
  3 days ago
  DMD is so rare in Kenya that doctors are yet to establish sufficient health care systems to care for patients

• The good and bad news on Kenya’s child cancer care

  
  1 week ago
  Survival rates are better than in neighbouring countries, but we are not out of the woods yet.

• I never knew men could get breast cancer

  
  1 week ago
  Moses Musonga never thought men could get breast cancer until he was diagnosed with the disease.

• Kenya secures the first PET-CT scan

  
  1 week ago
  Crucial machine to save many Kenyans from the pain of expensive trips to India

• Hard questions no one is asking on cancer

  
  1 week ago
  We must move beyond understanding to making deliberate health and lifestyles choices to survive.

• MP proposes State funding for terminal diseases

  
  2 weeks ago
  The proposed Medical Fund Legislative Proposal, 2018 seeks to provide for establishment of a fund that would take care of medical expenses

• Diseases that will kill more in East Africa by 2040

  
  3 weeks ago
  Study says diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic kidney disease and lung cancer will be main killers.

• Experts link throat cancer to consumption of traditional brew

  
  3 weeks ago
  Busaa, Chang'aa first suspects as experts search for clues on throat cancer implosion in Western Kenya

• Why poverty is as good as death sentence for cancer patients

  
  3 weeks ago
  It takes a keen eye to notice that Josephine Njoki’s hands are not symmetrical. Her right hand is actually bigger.

• Juja MP Francis Waititu battling cancer and determined to win

  
  3 weeks ago
  Waititu says 63 legislators are among thousands of Kenyans afflicted by the illness.

• New facility gives cancer patients relief

  
  3 weeks ago
  Oncology unit brings services closer home, saving many people time and money.

• Children to get free medical care soon

  
  4 weeks ago
  Cancer patients aged under 12 will soon receive free treatment

• Milestones in breast cancer treatment up survival rates

  
  1 month ago
  High breast cancer awareness fails to translate in more women going for early screening.

• Trauma of living with ugly scars of cancer

  
  1 month ago
  Cancer survivor suffered for many years trying to improvise as she could not afford a prosthesis.

• Study links contraceptive use to cancer

  
  1 month ago
  Researchers say children born by mothers who use hormonal contraceptives are more likely to suffer from leukaemia.

• 42 doctors trained on combating cancer and neurological disorder

  
  1 month ago
  42 doctors Kenyan doctors drawn from 19 counties have successfully completed week-long training on cancer diagnosis and management.

• Experts: Malaria can cause cancer

  
  1 month ago
  The global top killer has now been linked to a risk of contracting the second deadliest condition if left untreated in children.

• US, Japanese pair win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy

  
  1 month ago
  James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research that has revolutionised cancer treatment.

• Topless Serena Williams sparks internet uproar [Photos]

  
  1 month ago
  It turns out the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion is also an amazing singer

• Experts pick asthma as top priority disease in Kenya

  
  1 month ago
  Top on the list of 14 is asthma, followed by respiratory diseases, heart conditions then diabetes.