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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

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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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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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April 22, 20200

When all the trouble begins with a sore throat

Friday morning. It’s drizzling and it threatens to pour in the next hour. Welcome to the unpredictable Nairobi weather. The rain aside, I

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April 19, 20200

Becoming a ‘cervivor’; My beacon of hope and beating cervical cancer

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

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April 14, 20200

Saving children; when childhood is dotted with cancer pain

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

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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

I am not my skin; living with psoriasis and winning

Nyawira Munyiri lights up any room she walks into. Her bubbly personality is infectious and when she takes the floor to discuss how she has liv

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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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October 3, 20190

The medical powerhouse; working with maggots to heal wounds

Your body and mine are remarkable machines. Infact, in the event of an injury, it becomes an opportune time to appreciate how the various body

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