It’s not unusual to find doctors in their 7th or 8th decades still running busy clinical practices. But questions often arise about the quality of medical care provided by increasingly older doctors.
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The city of Nairobi has been growing exponentially since independence. The population has grown from about 350,000 in 1963 to over 3 million today. Vehicular numbers have steadily increased too, with Nairobi estimated to host about 30% of all vehicles registered in Kenya. The transport infrastructure has not kept the same pace of growth, hence the choking traffic congestion in the city.
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The combination of several types of meds aimed at simultaneously treating related diseases is already in existence. Such combinations are referred to as ‘polypills’ or ‘combopills’.The doses are worked out to be either curative of the specific conditions, or just preventive
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Researchers have known for years that the blue-ish light smartphone screens emit can make it harder to fall back asleep. A small subset of this late-night phone-checking group makes it even harder on themselves, though, reading and even responding to work emails during the wee hours, a behavior that’s more common among users under the age of 35.
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Your healthcare providers have a duty to get you to understand everything they say. If you find one bloated with medical jargon, it may be a telltale sign of their confidence levels. Ask them politely to tone down and speak in common language. If they don’t budge, you could always play a trick card and ask if they mind you bringing in a medical translator. If that doesn’t go down very well, you are better off seeing somebody else who cares to explain everything in plain language.
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