COVID toes, pink eye and sudden confusion: Bizarre signs that you might have coronavirus

By CNN,

If there was ever a disease that has figured out a way to tackle the body in weird and widespread ways, Covid-19 is it. It appears to be able to invad...

coronavirus

A man suffered splitting headaches for years. Turns out, tapeworms were living in his brain

By CNN,

After years of splitting headaches, a Texas man's long-awaited diagnosis was something out of a Google symptoms search nightmare: The aches were ca...

Headache , tapeworms

What could be causing itching, burning sensation when urinating

By Citizen Reporter,

Ever gone to the bathroom only to feel a burning sensation when you are urinating? This is a symptom that many women can relate with and a now obvi...

urinating , UTI

Kenyan FGM survivor’s film urges women not to ‘die in silence’

By VOA,

As a 10-year-old in rural Kenya, Beryl Magoko was not surprised when her Kuria community arranged for her to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), ...

"The Cut" , Beryl Magoko , FGM , Human Rights Watch , Pierre Foldes , world health organization

Fake drugs: The global industry putting your life at risk

By CNN,

In late 2012, 60 people died in two cities in Pakistan after drinking cough syrup to get high. Tests in Pakistan revealed that the medicines seemed to...

Fake drugs , Medicine use

Childhood obesity tied to severe hip disorder

By Reuters,

Kids who are obese may be more likely to develop a severe hip disorder than children who are not overweight, a UK study suggests. The disorder, kno...

obesity , slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)

Infertility: Causes, remedies and options

By CNN,

Baby-making seems easy. There is a lot of education, even anxiety, around preventing unwanted pregnancy once we become sexually active. But many coupl...

Do you use social media filters? They could be messing with your head

By CNN,

Social media filters are fun! You can look like a puppy dog or a nerdy cat or a fairy princess, or just hot! Like, slightly hotter than you actually a...

instagram , Plastic Surgery , selfies , Snapchat , Social media filters

Kidney Cancer: 7 Things to Know

By CNN,

Risk Factors and Early Detection of Kidney Cancer As with most cancers, catching kidney cancer in the early stages improves the person’s chance o...

7 Things to Know , cancer , Kidney

Infertility: Causes, remedies and options

By CNN,

Baby-making seems easy. There is a lot of education, even anxiety, around preventing unwanted pregnancy once we become sexually active. But many coupl...

getting pregnant , infertility , Infertility causes , Infertility symptoms , pregnancy

Leaning forward during phone use may cause ‘text neck’

By Lisa Kamau,

Spine surgeons are noticing an increase in patients with neck and upper back pain, likely related to poor posture during prolonged smartphone use, acc...

spinal injuries , text neck

All you wanted to know about fibroids… but were too scared to ask

By Citizen Reporter,

After Grace Wambui gave birth to her first child at the age of 38 she started getting heavy periods. “At first, I thought that it was normal afte...

fibroids , health

Death Shift: The Texas infant murders of Nurse Genene Jones

By Agencies,

Nothing is more shocking—or difficult to prove—than the notion of a nurse deliberately harming children. Yet inside the pediatric intensive care u...

crime stories , nurse genene jones , texas

Baby born with brain growing into his nose

By Brian Okoth,

A baby boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been dubbed the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum who has hit back at mean comments from stranger...

Firefighter gets world’s most extensive face transplant

By Agencies,

A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world's most extensive face transplant, New ...

extensive face transplant , health , united states firefighter

Jadudi back after fourth successful brain surgery

By Maureen Murimi,

Emmanuel Otieno alias Jadudi has returned home after a successful fourth brain surgery in India to remove a cancerous tumor. Jadudi jetted back in...

cancer , health , jadudi

Dwarf woman undergoes painful procedure to make her taller

By Brian Okoth,

A woman bullied and called ‘Mini Me’ because of her small size spent five years undergoing a painful procedure to making her three-and-a-half inch...

Dwarf , Height , Sanika Hussain

What Kenyan men get ‘done’ during plastic surgery

By Brian Okoth,

Plastic surgery is hardly a new phenomenon in Kenya especially among women who seek out the services to enhance their beauty or slow down the ageing p...

Cosmetic surgery , Kenyan men going for plastic surgery , Plastic Surgery