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  • About Wanja’s Health Diary
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October 30, 20210

Diabetes Type 2 remission : When lifestyle medicine keeps insulin in check

Her heart beat stubbornly in her chest whenever she took a couple of steps during a routine evening walk. When alone, she clasped her face in h

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June 21, 20210

Treat your eyes right, they’ll never be out of sight

Emotions can be seen in eyes. Warmth can be felt through the eyes too. Eyes carry life. The eyes have also been described as the passage

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April 28, 20210

Living clean, breaking the connections of alcoholism

Nine months. These two words describe a phase of awakening. A time during which the has learnt to appreciate the sunrise and marvel at the s

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November 9, 20200

How a text message is fighting counterfeit medicines in Kenya

 Alberta returned home from a successful business trip a week ago. She dismissed the daily headaches four days later and muscle pains as f

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October 8, 20200

Bringing hope in sight amid Covid-19

Our eyes are an ocean in which our dreams are reflected. Nine moons ago, the world experienced the beginning of one of the most virulent viruses sa

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July 7, 20200

Finding the balance; protecting lives and livelihoods , securing liberties in the face of Covid-19

Communities are at the heart of the Covid-19 response. This is the key message shared daily by public health experts as we navigate the murky water

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May 19, 20200

Focused. Resilient. Confident. Lakita still standing strong

This week, 10 years back  I interviewed fellow journalist Eliud Abong’o who was battling an aggressive form of colon cancer. “I am down but no

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April 29, 20200

My date with the surgeon’s scalpel, moulding a better heart

On this morning of the surgery, the medical team is awake bright and early for yet another round of riveting heart surgeries. The doctors from

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March 16, 20200

An earnest chat on cancers in women

In June last year, Wanja’s Health Diary witnessed a surgery at Kenyatta National hospital to remove the uterus of a  70 year old patient with cer

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March 13, 20200

Keeping an eye on ovarian cancer, the silent disease

Claire wasn’t sure whether it was the food from the new cafeteria at work that had given her persistent tummy pain in the last fortnight or the

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Wanja’s Health Diary is the digital home of important health stories narrated in a personal manner with journalistic flair and laced with expert insight. The goal is to make health journalism interesting and accessible.

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