cancer
Patient involvement key in treating breast cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cancer patient advocacy officers and researchers are calling for increased patient involvement in shaping approaches to cancer research and treatment […]
Deep breathing to help cancer patients manage pain
Reading Time: 4 minutes When 25-year-old Meshack Mbugua became sick with an acute headache, he treated it as a normal condition that would eventually […]
Alarm as cases of breast cancer surge in Coast
Reading Time: 2 minutes Medical practitioners have raised alarm over increased cases of breast cancer among young women in the Coast region. Lucy Njoki, […]
Diagnostic delay, stigma haunt cervical cancer care
Reading Time: 6 minutes Foul smell, bleeding between periods, burns from wounds around her vagina and excruciating pelvic pains sum up the struggles 33-year-old […]
Cancer kills 28,000 per year, says Mochache
Reading Time: 2 minutes More than 28,000 Kenyans die of cancer every year with an estimated 37,000 new cases reported annually, Health Principal Secretary […]
Parent turns to football for cancer awareness
Reading Time: 4 minutes When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the cou ntry in 2020, the youth, mainly aged 15 to 20 years from diverse […]
Women challenged to prioritise breast, cervical cancer screening
Reading Time: < 1 minute Women have been urged to give screening of breast and cervical cancers a priority. This follows alarm raised by the […]
How cancer has taken toll on my family
Reading Time: 5 minutes After Mary Nakhumicha was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, her husband Aggrey Wanambuko had to step in and take […]
Tech innovations drastically changing healthcare practices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nixon Shigoli Health care is undergoing a digital transformation globally, offering innovative ways of taming killer diseases like diabetes, stroke, […]
New therapy for cancer underway, say researchers
Reading Time: 3 minutes George Kebaso @Morarak Hundreds of cancer patients could soon have something to smile about after local researchers announced a new […]