August 2018 Yahoo news;A highly regarded former Georgia medical examiner has been sentenced to serve eight years in prison for trading opioid prescriptions for sex in what former colleagues say is a sad and shocking turn for a man they knew as an ethical and dedicated public servant A forensic …

August 2018 YahooNews;Taking a low-dose aspirin every day has long been known to cut the chances of another heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already have had one, but the risks don’t outweigh the benefits for most other folks, major new research finds. Although it’s been …

August 2018 Business Daily; A proposed amendment to the NHIF Act could see the public health insurer compelled to charge uniform fees for medical procedures and drugs across different hospitals. Soy MP Caleb Kositany has sponsored the National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill seeking to standardise fees that private hospitals …

August 2018 BusinessDaily; Patients using insurance cards are charged up to 50 times more than those paying in cash for the same procedure at the same hospital. The highly exaggerated cost of healthcare by health service providers when they bill patients with insurance cards is a cause for worry within …

August 2018 TheStandard; A new study has raised fears that 95 per cent of breakfast snacks fed on children are laden with cancer related herbicide. According to studies conducted by the Environmental Working Group, a US-based public health organisation, 43 out of 45 oat-derived products sampled were found to have significant levels …

August The standard;Doctors have conducted the first brain surgery at Kitui County Referral Hospital. The operation was done on 52-year-old Hillary Muteti Muthui who had severe head injury. He slipped and fell at his Kathuma, Mutulu village home in Kitui West a week ago. The consultant neurosurgeon from Kenyatta National …

August 2018 Business Daily;The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) recorded an increase in revenue by Sh10 billion in the financial year that ended on June 30, 2018. A report by the fund states that in the financial year 2017/2018, it had a revenue of Sh47.8 billion as compared to Sh37.1 …

August 2018 Medicalnewstoday; Uncovering simple lifestyle interventions that may reduce cancer risk is a major focus of medical research. Most recently, the timing of our evening meal has come under scrutiny. According to a study that was conducted at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain, eating your final …

August 2018 Business Daily;Medical interns at the Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital are up in arms over an acute shortage of doctors that has left them overworked and without rest. Some of the overwhelmed medical interns have fled the facility leaving the hospital with only two interns. The complaints come …

August 2018 Business Daily;Kenyan authorities have recalled 15 batches of six locally available heart and blood pressure drugs over fears that they may be carrying a cancer-causing impurity. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) said in a statement dated July 12 that its decision to recall all drugs containing Valsartan …