In many cultures, childless women suffer discrimination, stigma and ostracism. For example, Ann, my client was banned from attending her father-in-law’s funeral.
Read more ..... With the laws restricting abortion unless on medical grounds, coupled with scientific improvements and unregulated availability of medical termination of pregnancy medications online and off-the counter without prescription, many women in the Kenya are looking for other options to terminate pregnancies, according to a proxy surveys in rural and urban areas as well as online search trends — and they're willing to take matters into their own hands.
Read more ..... A recent and ongoing patient encounter that I have is very inspiring. She is a patient who has an acquired severe heart disease. She has been on follow-up in the heart clinic for over 7 years. Despite being discouraged from getting pregnant, she indeed presented with pregnancy at 7 weeks with features of the heart problem more aggravated into a stroke. She could not speak nor walk.
Read more ..... Genital warts are common, and usually causeno symptoms. They are usually flat and raised growths on the external genital region, or inside the vagina and on the penis in men. They are disfiguring and annoying. They may sometimes be painful or itchy, and can rarely interfere with childbirth.
Read more ..... As doctors increasingly rely on Cell phones, tablets, and other personal communication or hand-held electronic equipment, policies to make sure the gizmos don’t spread infection or distract doctors from their work are slow in coming.
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