Health & Fitness

Though invisible and easy to take for granted, our immunity is what keeps us going. Without immunity we would always be sickly and lacking in energy to take on our day to day activities like…

We all periodically feel stress in some form—these days more than ever as we navigate the impacts of a global pandemic amid all of life’s other stressors. Whether it’s from the jolt of waking up…

Traditional and herbal tonics and medicines have been used since time immemorial for prevention of diseases as well as treatment of the same. Every single community on earth has their unique herbs that are found…

For people without allergies, it is often easy to dismiss them as a small matter. But there are those for whom allergies can make the difference between a good day and a really bad one.…

Over 400 women attended cancer screening events at Kasabuni Baptist Church in Baba Dogo, Nairobi and Kosao Hall in Kisumu, organised by Population Services(PS) Kenya in partnership with Stanbic Bank. This were the first of…

Do you have a pesky headache that you just can’t explain? Do you have incessant back and/or neck and general body aches and pains? Before you pop painkillers for every one of these, pay a…

Image Credit Black is beauty. Black don’t crack. Black is pride. So why do so many women want to ruin their skin with dangerous bleaching procedures? The debate as to why dark skinned women want…

Equity Afia, the medical franchise of Equity Group Foundation (EGF), has opened three new medical centres in Kitengela, Ngong and along the Eastern Bypass. Located along the Maasai Discovery Building on the Nairobi-Namanga Highway, at…

The Baringo County hospital and Barwessa health centre have benefitted from infrastructure support funded by Safaricom Foundation. The initiative is part of the foundation’s programme to increase access to quality maternal and child health services.…

It is almost sad the rate and the extent at which we have shunned traditional medicines and tonics in favour of tablets and syrups. And yet we have done this knowingly because at the back…