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Lung cancer: Why some Kenyans visit herbalists, chemists

Patients with warning signs suggestive of cancer or diagnosed with cancer resort to alternative medicine.

By Faith Kutere 26 days ago

Lung cancer: Why some Kenyans visit herbalists, chemists

Paul Muite explains weight loss

Paul Muite explains weight loss

By David Njaaga 29 days ago

Beware of enlarged testicles, blood in scrotum

Beware of enlarged testicles, blood in scrotum

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

With this ovarian tumor, a woman can lose uterus

With this ovarian tumor, a woman can lose uterus

By Kennedy Gachuhin and Valentine Zablon 1 month ago

NHIF members can now access enhanced prostate cancer drug

Ministry data shows prostate cancer accounts for 17.3 per cent of all male cancers.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

NHIF members can now access enhanced prostate cancer drug

Ignore naysayers and vaccinate your children against HPV

HPV vaccine prevents girls and boys from several cancers - cancer of the cervix, vagina and vulva in women; cancer of the penis in men; and cancers of the anus, mouth or throat in men and women

By Subiri Obwogo 1 month ago

Ignore naysayers and vaccinate your children against HPV

Here is how we're wrestling liver cancer in Western Kenya

Hepatocellular Carcinoma is the most common primary cancer of the liver and is ranked third worldwide in mortality. In 2020, there were 905,667 new cases and 830,180 deaths.

By Mathieu Guérin 1 month ago

Here is how we're wrestling liver cancer in Western Kenya

What Kenya can do to ease cancer burden

Up to 100 million cancer screening tests may have been skipped, reports show, even as leukemia and lymphoma demonstrably reduced the body’s ability to fight a Covid-19 infection.

By Charles Onyango 1 month ago

What Kenya can do to ease cancer burden

Doctors caution residents of South Rift to be wary of goitre

One hospital in Kericho county treats between 20 and 30 patients weekly.

By Nikko Tanui 2 months ago

Doctors caution residents of South Rift to be wary of goitre

Six KNH employees in court for allegedly stealing Sh4.68m cancer drugs

Six employees of the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have been arraigned on allegations of stealing cancer drugs worth Sh4.68 million.

By Mate Tongola 2 months ago

Six KNH employees in court for allegedly stealing Sh4.68m cancer drugs

Centre where cancer survivors find hope, skills to earn a living

Creation Hive Centre is a craft and a social enterprise that works with persons affected by cancer, HIV and other chronic illnesses, disabilities, women, and other underserved groups.

By Lynn Kolongei 2 months ago

Centre where cancer survivors find hope, skills to earn a living

Video: When Bishop Gilbert Deya cheated on his wife "to avoid prostate cancer"

The controversial Televangelist said he was in England for 15 years and “could not be (sic) without a woman”.

By Jael Musumba 2 months ago

Video: When Bishop Gilbert Deya cheated on his wife "to avoid prostate cancer"

Aflatoxin increasing liver cancer cases in Machakos

This type of cancer primarily affects the liver. Medics at the Machakos Level 5 Hospital say three out of 10 patients with malignancy have symptoms of hepatocellular cancer.

By Rose Mukonyo 2 months ago

Aflatoxin increasing liver cancer cases in Machakos

From cancer to diabetes, stem cells have unlimited use

Mesenchymal stem cells are vital in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, lung diseases, diabetes and many other medical conditions.

By Ben Fadhili and Samson Mbati 3 months ago

From cancer to diabetes, stem cells have unlimited use

Netherlands boss Van Gaal suffering from prostate cancer

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said on Sunday that he is battling prostate cancer.

By Reuters 4 months ago

Netherlands boss Van Gaal suffering from prostate cancer

Leukemia: Most children succumb to infections

Death of leukemia patients occur at different stages including from cardio-toxicity and kidney failure not the cancer itself.

By Rose Mukonyo 4 months ago

Leukemia: Most children succumb to infections

Pain of ‘invisible’ TB that presents no cough

Woman suffered because of a misdiagnosis. Her TB of the spine was mistaken for a cancer.

By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago

Pain of ‘invisible’ TB that presents no cough

Longisa Hospital offers hope to cancer patients seeking therapy

An oncology centre was launched at the hospital in 2019. Currently, 36 patients are receiving chemotherapy treatment.

By Gilbert Kimutai 4 months ago

Longisa Hospital offers hope to cancer patients seeking therapy

KU hospital receives Sh446 million to step up throat cancer research

The Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital has received a grant for throat cancer research.

By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago

KU hospital receives Sh446 million to step up throat cancer research

Cancer burden could cripple economy – CS Kagwe

Data from the Health Ministry shows the country loses 27,000 people to cancer each year with some 42,000 new cases reported annually.

By Anthony Gitonga 5 months ago

Cancer burden could cripple economy – CS Kagwe

Medics raise the red flag over cases of boys born with genital disorders

Nyahururu County Hospital has reported 24 cases in the last one month.

By James Munyeki 5 months ago

Medics raise the red flag over cases of boys born with genital disorders

When John Serut’s daughter asked Kenyans for help

Michelle Serut appealed for donations on Twitter to cater for her father's medical bills. John Serut succumbed to cancer on February 16, 2022.

By Brian Okoth 5 months ago

When John Serut’s daughter asked Kenyans for help

First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

The U.S. patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant.

By Reuters 5 months ago

First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

Former Mt Elgon MP John Serut dies at 67

Former Mount Elgon MP John Serut dies aged 67, family confirms; he died of cancer at Nairobi Hospital.

By Stephanie Wangari 5 months ago

Former Mt Elgon MP John Serut dies at 67

Joe Muriuki, first Kenyan to go public about his HIV status dies

Muriuki had been battling cancer and had been receiving treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital for two years

By Mireri Junior 5 months ago

Joe Muriuki, first Kenyan to go public about his HIV status dies

Sexual habits that lead to cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women in Kenya after breast cancer.

By Rose Mukonyo 5 months ago

Sexual habits that lead to cervical cancer

Kangema residents mourn former MP Tiras Ngahu

Ngahu succumbed to throat cancer at a Nairobi hospital.

By Boniface Gikandi 6 months ago

Kangema residents mourn former MP Tiras Ngahu

President unveils cancer centre at Coast, promises four other facilities

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday commissioned a modern cancer treatment centre for the Coast region and promised to launch four similar facilities..

By Patrick Beja 6 months ago

President unveils cancer centre at Coast, promises four other facilities

Glowing tributes as Beth Mugo’s husband cremated in private ceremony

Ambassador Nicholas Muratha Mugo, was today interred at Nairobi’s Kariokor Crematorium in a private ceremony only attended by close family members.

By Pkemoi Ng'enoh 6 months ago

Glowing tributes as Beth Mugo’s husband cremated in private ceremony

Universal Health Coverage to save thousands of cancer patients

The roll-out of the Universal Health Coverage and increased use of the National Health Insurance Fund will save more cancer patients in the country.

By Patrick Beja 6 months ago

Universal Health Coverage to save thousands of cancer patients

'I lost my womb to cancer, but I came out braver'

When Pamela Savai was told that she had cervical cancer in 2019, she was shocked.

By Gardy Chacha 6 months ago

'I lost my womb to cancer, but I came out braver'

Personalised medicine in cancer care has fewer side effects

The use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be limited by the fact that normal, non-cancerous cells are usually affected or even killed.

By Allan Njau 6 months ago

Personalised medicine in cancer care has fewer side effects

Medics seek men’s help in boosting uptake of HPV jab among women

Doctors say the jab can prevent one from contracting cancer of the cervix.

By Mercy Kahenda 6 months ago

Medics seek men’s help in boosting uptake of HPV jab among women

All teen girls should be jabbed against cervical cancer

In Kenya, at least 33 out of 100,000 women have cervical cancer.

By Mercy Kahenda 6 months ago

All teen girls should be jabbed against cervical cancer

Woman with rare cancer cannot chew, yawn

It has been almost two years of struggling for the 35-year-old nursery school teacher who was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.

By Jacinta Mutura 6 months ago

Woman with rare cancer cannot chew, yawn

Cervical TB kills more but is rarely diagnosed- experts

Out of 5,236 women diagnosed with cervical cancer, at least 3, 211 women die from the disease every year.

By Mercy Kahenda 6 months ago

Cervical TB kills more but is rarely diagnosed- experts

Smokers of traditional tobacco at risk of cancer, heart diseases

Samples of traditional chewing tobaccos have been found to be contaminated with heroin, marijuana and other illicit drugs.

By Mactilda Mbenywe 7 months ago

Smokers of traditional tobacco at risk of cancer, heart diseases

First children’s only cancer hospital to open in Eldoret

Kenya will open the first cancer only hospital for children in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County in the next two years.

By Mercy Kahenda 7 months ago

First children’s only cancer hospital to open in Eldoret

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