Rare types of cancers
1.Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) does not usually form tumours. It is generally widespread throughout the bone marrow and, in some cases, spreads to other organs, such as the liver and spleen. The outlook for a person with AML depends on other information, such as the subtype of AML (determined by lab […]
Control your eating habits to beat obesity, experts advise
By Alvin Mwangi Health experts have raised the red flag over rising cases of obesity in the country, saying it is the second leading killer lifestyle disease worldwide after cancer. Speaking during a symposium organised by Mt Kenya University’s college of health on strategies for obesity epidemic, Rose Ngugi, a lecturer at the university urged […]
When cancer breaks homes
Cancer has not only attacked the old but the young alike. 25-year-old Lucy Akinyi has experienced the effects of cancer firsthand . Her second born, Velma Achieng’, 8, has cancer. “Velma has Nephroblastoma, a type of cancer that affects the kidneys mostly in children. It all started ten months ago when she was in Class […]
Facts you need to know about H pylori
Evelyne Makena Eating spicy foods and having psychological stress are two factors thought to lead to ulcers. But findings by two Australian scientists back in the 1980s point to a less known culprit; a bacterium called Helicobacter (H) pylori. A lot of people think they have basic indigestion, or unexplained loss of appetite when what […]