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MENTAL HEALTH Loneliness can cause prema ture death It is said that being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. And true to it, it is now becoming a public health concern. Let us first start by defining these terms. What is social isolation? What is loneliness? Social isolation is lack of contact with other individuals and loneliness is the feeling that one is emotionally disconnected from others. In essence, a person can be in the presence of others and still feel lonely. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., who is a professor of psychology at Brigham Yung University (BYU) and her colleges recently presented their findings at the 125 th Annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington DC. The two new meta-analyses from BYU showed that loneliness and social isolation may increase the risk of premature death by upto 50%. The first meta-analysis included more than 300,000 adults across 148 studies while the second comprised 70 studies invol...

MEN'S HEALTH How to know if you have a penile fracture A penile fracture is an emergency medical condition that can lead to long-lasting damage to a man’s sexual and urinary function but is a rare and alarming injury that may occur during sexual intercourse. It is usually a rupture in the two areas of the penis that are responsible for erections: the corpora cavernosa and the penile sheath. But how would you know that you have a penile fracture? Here are the symptoms of a penile fracture: -Bleeding from the penis -Having trouble urinating -Hearing a cracking or popping sound -Experiencing dark-colored bruising to the penis -Losing an erection suddenly   -Pain that varies from minimal to severe Research however shows that penile fracture symptoms that do not involve a rapid loss of erection or a popping sound are usually due to another type of injury. Rarer clinical features of a penile fracture include swelling in the scrotum and blood in the u...

MEDICOPRENEURSHIP HOW TO START A HOME HEALTH CARE COMPANY BY SIRMIE KARIS CANTONA Home health care business entails providing medical care and treatment to patients at the comfort of their homes. Home health care services can range from basic nursing, wound care, change of catheters, anticoagulant injections/DVT care, and toilet services to more advanced medical care during visits. In the Kenyan market it's suitable for well up/wealthy clients who can't make it to hospital or those who need long term  care and treatment. P atients suffering from lifestyle diseases e.g. stroke and post-surgery patients who need frequent medical attention from change of catheters, dressings or drainage pipes.  Steps   1. Write a home health care business plan . Include the types of patients you intend to serve, the coverage area of your business, the specific services you intend to provide and financials, such as expenses to run the business and expected income for...

WHY ARE THE DOCTORS NOT TELLING ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? SULEIMAN NDORO JNR (DR AUDI) It is exactly 72 hours since I was put in this bed. I miss my home. I miss my husband. I miss my kitchen. I miss my clothes. I miss everything. I have been confined in this bed like a prisoner. I have been forced   to wear a piece of cloth that makes me feel naked. I even feel ashamed walking in this cloth. The food is something I even don’t want to recall. The feelings of nausea and inhibition are killing me slowly. This hospital is making me sicker than how I even came. The fact that I do not know what I am suffering from makes me more ill. I know the question that is running in your mind now. “What exactly brought this lady to the hospital?” Three days prior to my admission, my husband had refused coming home for two days. It was really killing me and then I thought of something. What if I faked an illness? I’m sure he’l come here running .   W...

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MEN'S HEALTH: The sex style responsible for penile fracture A study that was published in the journal of Advances in Urology concluded that the “woman on top” position was the potentially riskiest sex position that caused the most penile fractures. The study explained, “our hypothesis is that when the woman is on top she usually controls the movement with her entire body weight landing on the erect penis, not being able to interrupt it when the penis suffers a wrong way penetration, because the harm is usually minor in woman with no pain but major in the penis." HOW WOULD YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PENILE FRACTURE A penile fracture is an emergency medical condition that can lead to long-lasting damage to a man’s sexual and urinary function but is a rare and alarming injury that may occur during sexual intercourse. It is usually a rupture in the two areas of the penis that are responsible for erections: the corpora cavernosa and the penile ...

NURSING MY FIRST DAYS OF MY NURSING CLINICAL ROTATIONS BY: LUCY KAMUNYA (BSC NURSING, JKUAT) At some point in my Nursing curriculum, I have had the chance to rotate in the medical and surgical ward. I wasn’t sure I was going to make it there because the students from the senior class hinted to us how smelly the wards can be. By the time I was going for my rotations I had already hated the hospital. But all in all the rotation was a must.  On our first day we were taken around for some orientation. I started covering my nose from a distance (it was the most stupid move)….we got into the wards and as we went round I saw a lot of people who were different in every aspect, be it age, sex, height, weight and a background. But these people had one thing in common, they were all sick.  Their illnesses weren’t the same but the common thing was that: they were not feeling well. I really felt ashamed for covering my nose. All I could see in their eyes was love. They...