Weight-loss medicine: Why beating obesity may start in the clinic, not the gym
Dr Caroline Mithi, an endocrinologist, calls weight-loss medicine one of the biggest breakthroughs in…
Beyond dehydration: How diarrhoea can trigger acute kidney injury in children
Parents watch for dehydration. They miss the kidneys. For millions of children,…
One in two Kenyan women aged 20-49 now face higher cancer risk linked to obesity
Women face higher rates because excess fat drives oestrogen-related cancers, with nearly two-thirds of these…
More than a mother’s effort: Why successful breastfeeding takes a whole health system
As Kenya celebrates gains in exclusive breastfeeding, experts say the next milestone…
Dr Anne Musuva: She saw a child die, vanished, then returned to fix the system
Dr Anne Musuva's journey from a traumatic ward death to co-shaping the…
HPV vaccine explained: How one jab helps prevent cervical cancer
Unlike medicines that treat disease, this vaccine prepares the body's defences before…
Peripartum cardiomyopathy: When pregnancy breaks the heart
A little-understood condition is weakening and killing mothers across Africa during and…
Cataracts: How treatable condition steals vision, one eye at a time
Kenya’s cataract surgery backlog has reached 360,000 cases, leaving thousands at risk…
Beyond the Numbers: A decade of data shows Kenya’s children are still dying from preventable causes
Behind every child death lies a chain of missed chances to diagnose…
Beyond Pap smear: How HPV DNA Testing detects cervical cancer
One swab is all it takes. The test can protect you from…
