Diabetes drugs less affordable, less available in lower income countries

By Reuters,

People who live in low-income and middle-income countries may have a harder time finding and affording essential diabetes drugs than residents of weal...

Diabetes , insulin , metformin

How to break carb cravings, once and for all

By CNN,

If you're like many people I know, the thought of giving up pasta and bread in an effort to shed a few pounds (or more) might seem like an unfair puni...

Busia: Woman gives birth to 6.3kg baby boy

By Frankline Bwire,

A woman in Busia has given birth to a baby weighing 6.3kgs in Teso South. Everlyne Atieno Osinya from Ong'ariama village had the baby boy through ...

busia baby , Everlyne Atieno Osinya

Why alcohol makes you hungry

By CNN,

If you're like many people, the more you drink, the more you eat. Munching on a bag of Doritos while guzzling a beer or nibbling at cheese cubes wi...

alcohol , Calories , losing weight

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...

Women with diabetes have higher cancer risk than men

By Reuters,

People with diabetes are more likely to develop certain cancers than those without the condition, and a new analysis suggests that the increased risk ...

cancer , Diabetes , obesity

How to lose your love handles

By CNN,

By Dr. Melina Jampolis If you ask almost any fitness professional how to lose your love handles, they will tell you two things: No amount of abdomi...

exercise , fat , Fitness , high intensity , hollywood actors , love handles , WEIGHT

Trial of Viagra on pregnant women stopped after 11 babies die

By CNN,

Dutch researchers stopped a clinical trial due to the deaths of 11 babies from a lung disease after their mothers were treated with the drug sildenafi...

viagra

Hard-working women, go home earlier to avoid this disease

By Wangui Ngechu,

Here's a good reason for women to work less, ask for a raise or get their partners to pick up around the house more: If women work fewer hours, it'll ...

Diabetes , Gilbert-Ouimet

Major roads closed in Nairobi for diabetes walk

By Rachel Ombaka,

Five major roads in Nairobi will remain closed for several hours on Saturday morning for the Diabetes Walk 2018. A notice from the traffic police s...

diabetes walk

Why that potbelly is more dangerous than obesity

By Agencies,

People with a “normal” weight but extra pounds around the middle may have lower long-term survival odds than individuals who are obese, a U.S. stu...

heath , obesity , potbelly

Walk and chew gum, it may keep you thin: study

By AFP,

Still looking for the secret to effortless weight loss? It may be as simple as chewing gum while walking, Japanese researchers have suggested. In e...

weight loss

Is walking better than going to the gym?

By CNN,

We humans need to exercise in order to stay healthy. Exercise protects against disease and early death, and keeps us mobile and able to perform daily ...

Carol Maher , exercise , Jackson Fyfe , Julie Netto , Kevin Netto , Tim Olds , walking

Here’s why you should use saunas more often

By AFP,

People who regularly take saunas may face a far lower stroke risk than those who go less often, a study has revealed. The report in the journal Neu...

journal Neurology , sauna , Setor Kunutsor , University of Bristol

5 healthy habits that could help you live a decade longer

By CNN,

Want to prolong your life expectancy by more than a decade? A new study suggests that you can do just that by following these five healthy habits: nev...

Parents diet affects babies even before conception – study

By AFP,

A child's health can be compromised not only by a mother who smokes or drinks during pregnancy, but by the obesity and poor diet of both parents well ...

babies health , diet , pregnancy

Study: Even one drink a day could be shortening your life expectancy

By CNN,

Drinking one alcoholic drink on a daily basis could shorten your life expectancy, a new study suggests. The research found that drinking more than ...

alcohol , life expectancy

Sleep longer to reduce risk of dying young-study

By AFP,

People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the sun, researchers have ...

Dying young , health , sleep

Turmeric use linked to weight loss

By Faith Chepng'eno,

You may have seen and heard about Turmeric one too many times and probably know of some of its benefits. However, there are many healthy properties...

benefits of turmeric , turmeric , turmeric mask on face

AAR doubles claim reserve as medical costs rise

By Citizen,

Medical insurer AAR has raised its claim reserve to Sh1 billion in the current financial year as the cost of healthcare continues to rise. This com...

AAR , cancer , Caroline Munene , claims , Diabetes , Healthcare , hospitals , INSURANCE , medical costs , profit , Shigoli