‘My daughter couldn’t stand, climb stairs, hold a mug’
A cough and numbness led to panic, paralysis and a polymyositis diagnosis, a rare…
“Will I get to see my grandchildren?” A mother’s sickle cell journey and the power of early diagnosis
Sickle cell disease in western Kenya is frequently misdiagnosed as malaria or pneumonia, leading…
Living with a rare condition: Cindy’s story and the cost of care
Doctors explained that the baby had to be born first before diverting excess fluid…
Not her fault: How poor sperm quality leads to miscarriages
If a man’s sperm has damaged or broken DNA, the embryo is…
‘I had 4 miscarriages, lost 6 babies, then got a miracle in 9th pregnancy’
Women over 40 have the highest chances of pregnancy loss, but there…
She couldn’t feel her legs, her body shut down … now she walks again!
Shannon, 13, was suffering from polymyositis, in which ‘all the muscles are…
Beyond the Myths: The truth about pregnancy, paracetamol and autism
For you, as a pregnant woman, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB)…
The Missing Paragraph: Cindy’s heartbreaking story of a microdeletion
Microdeletion-which has no cure, is a tiny missing piece from your body's…
Silent Genes, Noisy Battles: Why you should know sickle cell status before starting family
Sickle Cell Disease strikes hardest in malaria-endemic zones in Western Kenya and…
Two Daughters, Two Rare Conditions: How I treat them, is how society will treat them’
‘I haven't met anyone in Africa with the same chromosomal anomaly as…
