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Brain drain: Bane to Africa's potential
No one can begrudge any young person for wanting to gain new skills and further their employment prospects in foreign lands.
By Dr Alfred Murage 3 years ago
Brain drain: Bane to Africa's potential
Are you safe with that tattoo?
Tattoos, in other words body art, are more common than ever before. Walking along the city streets exposes you to a barrage of tattooed Nairobians keen to show off their body artwork. Some will even risk indecent exposure to give a glance of tattooing in some unimaginable places! And more tattoo studios are coming up by the day.
By Dr Alfred Murage 12 years ago
Are you safe with that tattoo?
Triggers of low back pain
Low back pain is a common ailment. The pain will often only affect the lower back, but it may also be felt down the front, side, or back of your leg. Most women will experience low back pain at some point in their lifetime. But should women experiencing low back pains visit gynaecologists or another specialist in the first instance?
By Dr Alfred Murage 12 years ago
Triggers of low back pain
How about designer vaginas…
There has been a rising trend in surgical requests for ‘designer vaginas’ more akin to cosmetic breast surgery.
By Dr Alfred Murage 13 years ago
How about designer vaginas…
Pre-marital health screening
Almost all couples in advanced stages of tying the knot attend several sessions of pre-marital counselling. There are even pre-nuptial legal agreements tied to material possessions pre-dating the marriage for some. But how many engage in pre-marital health screening? This should be considered of equal importance to all other pre-marital rituals, and should never be missed.
By Dr Alfred Murage 13 years ago
Pre-marital health screening
Matatu anarchy should not hold Nairobi hostage
Editorial
By Editorial
54 mins ago
MPs escape the sack over gender rule, but not yet out of the woods
Crime and Justice
By Kamau Muthoni
2 hrs ago
Gachagua moots for a zero borrowing budget
Politics
By Ndung’u Gachane
2 hrs ago
Court orders lawyer to return Sh15.3m to widow and her children
Crime and Justice
By Nancy Gitonga
2 hrs ago
Tone-deaf Ruto reinstates tax measures Gen Z protested in 2024
National
By Macharia Kamau
2 hrs ago
Kerich, Analo suspended but is that enough for Sakaja?
National
By Pkemoi Ngenoh and Fred Kagonye
2 hrs ago
Kakamega High School closed indefinitely after dormitory fire
Western
By Benard Lusigi and Mary Imenza
3 hrs ago