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July 22, 20210

Eye cancer in children; The risks, symptoms and management

Retinoblastoma is the most common type of eye cancer in children. Dr Kahaki Kimani, an Ophthalmologist and a senior lecturer in the department of

May 19, 20200

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

April 19, 20200

Five years ago, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Her world collapsed. She was hopeless and helpless. She contemplated suicide.

April 14, 20200

Childhood is a time of innocence and joy. The boundless freedom of childhood is wonderful. Totally enviable. Never a care in the world.

March 13, 20200

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

October 16, 20190

The cover of the book is set in the forest where a carpet of dry leaves line the ground with speckles of yellow and brown. A child walks in the fo

July 17, 20190

Let thy food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. These words by Greek physician Hippocrates emphasize the delicate role of nutrition to p

July 8, 20190

Vacant chairs always leave us wondering who had sat there in the past. It could be your mum, dad, sister, brother, aunty, daughter, son, friend

June 30, 20190

The operating room can be intimidating. The first cut, to the last stitching can be unerving. For many years, hospitals have been appreciated as b

May 17, 20190

In the early stage of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma the disease is curable in more than 90% of the cases. Shutterstock Nicholas A. Abinya, University of Na