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  • About Wanja’s Health Diary
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July 21, 20170

Yes, you can be allergic to exercises

Does your skin get really itchy when you run, bike or lift weights? If it does, you could be suffering from an allergic reaction to exercises. A f

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July 13, 20170

When your baby is born with teeth…

  Nothing prepared Alice and her husband Edward Kigo for the extra interest their newborn drew from friends and family when their daughter

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June 30, 20170

Condoms will not protect you against this deadly virus

Condoms have been hyped as master-protectors against sexually transmitted infections. However, health experts are warning that in as much as condo

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May 13, 20170

Research: Blood cancer is most prevalent at 42

  A form of cancer of the blood has been found to occur earlier in Kenyans compared to estimates from developed countries. Chronic myeloid

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April 9, 20170

Got stubborn wounds? Cure them with creepy maggots

    An old remedy used during the First World War has made a come-back to treat stubborn, slow-healing wounds. Medicinal maggots are n

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March 15, 20170

I shouldn’t be alive: My battle with a near loss of eyesight

Anderson Gitonga, 44, has low vision due to a condition known as keratoconus and has undergone a cornea graft. My struggle with low vision bega

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January 5, 20170

I shouldn’t be alive: My battle with losing a breast to cancer

In September 2011, I enrolled for a nursing course at the Kenya Medical Training College in Nakuru and looked forward to learning all about the wo

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January 3, 20170

Getting rid of spider veins on your legs

  They appear as enlarged, twisted veins on your legs, mostly in elderly persons and in women. And while every healthy leg has veins and v

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January 3, 20170

Check your baby boy: What it means if his testicles have not descended yet

  A father’s accidental examination on his son led to a diagnosis that helped restore his manhood. He was applying medicine on the body

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November 9, 20160

Teen ‘fun’ leads to pregnancy, abortion and a kidney failure

  HOPE NYABOKE*,17-YEAR-OLD FORM THREE STUDENT PREGNANCY: FIVE MONTHS   Lying helpless at the corner bed of this ward, Hope

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