March 5, 2025

Can you avoid physical medical exams?

March 5, 2025 mygyno
In my time as a clinician, I have had to answer several questions and dispel umpteen anxieties from patients. Most anxieties are genuine, and so are the myriad of unending questions. But every now and again, something comes up that has no straight answers.Recently a young couple asked me why doctors are fond of physically examining patients, seemingly touching and prodding all conceivable places in attempts to make a diagnosis.Is there no viable alternative? And can patients chose not to be physically touched by doctors? The answer is somewhere in between, a plain yes and no.
March 3, 2025

Be more proactive in your own healthcare

March 3, 2025 mygyno
It is common place for patients to walk into a doctor’s office, give their story, get evaluated and then simply walk out with a prescription and a return appointment. No questions asked, after all the doctor knows what’s best for patients. Is that so? Think again.Whenever you seek healthcare, you should always have your own perspectives about what you want. Disease states can have very diverse outcomes, depending on how you look at it. There are universally desired outcomes, more desirable for looking at populations. And then, there are individually desired outcomes, better termed as patient-centred outcomes.
February 26, 2025

Could Nairobi men be healthier?

February 26, 2025 mygyno
Nairobi is home to many men, lots of men in fact. Simple inferences and calculations from the 2013 Kenya Demographic Estimates quickly imply that more than half a million men aged between 25 to 64 years live in Nairobi. And the majority of these men, 90% in demographic estimates, are literate. To a lay person, this means well-informed and able to make reasoned and healthy judgements.
February 24, 2025

Alcohol in pregnancy, is a little bit safe?

February 24, 2025 mygyno
Alcohol gets into the news every so often, and usually not for good reasons. The past week has not disappointed, with worrying news of thousands of pregnant women taking to the bottle in the UK, despite unwavering advice to the contrary.It cannot be any different in our part of the world, even though accurate figures may be difficult to come by.Let’s start with scientific facts. There is no known safe amount of alcohol use during pregnancy or while trying to get pregnant.
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