This is an inspiring documentary on the search for a cure of the deadly disease AIDS. It touches on the progress on the ground and the...

A mother who went berserk and attempted to kill her two children was yesterday imprisoned indefinitely by an Embu Court. Lilycate Gaturi...

I almost lost a friend to a botched abortion three months ago. Luckily, we rushed her to hospital in time and she got treatment. I was...

For 10 years Amina Hassan (not her real name), 37, trusted her husband and had a happy married life in Nakuru, in Rift Valley Province,...

The tin shack looks like any other in a patch of small plots on the dusty outskirts of Nairobi. It’s the haunting sound that grabs you,...

It costs about Sh10,000 per year to manage opportunistic disease associated with those with the HIV virus if they know their status...

Dr Michael Odotte exhibits his products at a recent Kenya National Academy of Science regional conference in Nairobi. Photo/NATION...

Reproductive health experts as well as chemists say the youth — some as young as 16 — are actively buying sex-enhancing drugs. In using...

Dr Peter Kagotho of the cancer section at the Kenyatta National Hospital prepares a patient for therapy. The two outdated Cobalt 60...

By ALLY JAMAH In January this year, Yobensia Bochaberi reported to Kenya Teachers Training College to begin her second term in training...

Seraphine Moipei HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG) recently presented a case study of an opera singer from Africa who was...

The exact cause of uterine fibroids remains largely unknown, but their growth seems to depend on estrogen, the female hormone Dear...

By Brenda Banura Some women conceive easily the first time but can’t get a second child. Brenda Banura looks at secondary infertility,...

By AFP Women who conceive within six months after a miscarriage have a better chance of a healthy pregnancy without complications...

File | NATION Surgeons carry out an operation on a patient suffering from a heart disease. Surgery on Coast men infected with lymphatic...

By DR KAMAU KINYENJE ALTHOUGH WOMEN ARE usually blamed when the problem of infertility arises between couples, in about half the cases,...

A scene from MTV's Shuga drama that is packing in audiences in Africa “It’s the story of bright lives, entwining and colliding. It’s the...

Patients in a ward in Machakos General Hospital during a fistula repair camp. © 2006 Sven Torfinn/Panos Pictures (Nairobi) – Tens of...

By Arthur Okwemba Scientists in Nairobi have reported success in identifying three Kenyans whose immune system could hold the key to...

You have finally agreed with the man in your life that you are ready to have children. You discard the contraceptive you’ve been using...