Online Pharmacies in Kenya
The E-commerce wave has set camp in the pharmacy industry and online pharmacies in Kenya are gaining trend. In no time, lining and waiting hours to fill your prescription at your local chemist will be a thing of the past.…
The E-commerce wave has set camp in the pharmacy industry and online pharmacies in Kenya are gaining trend. In no time, lining and waiting hours to fill your prescription at your local chemist will be a thing of the past.…
“Health is not merely the absence of disease, it is the balance of mind body and soul” Hippocrates What is Mental Health? Mental health is a state of emotional, psychological and social well-being, which can be affected by life events,…
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a growing global concern, and one that we must address to ensure a healthier and safer future. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the AMR problem, why it’s so serious, and what we can do…
A cell is a kingdom. And like any kingdom, it can be overthrown. Breast cancer can be referred to as an overambitious lump of cells in the breast tissue. Before the 1970s, breast cancer was a stigmatized disease, the subject…
The World Pharmacists Day is marked on the 25th September of every year. This is a day that aims to raise awareness, promote and advocate for the role of pharmacists in healthcare. Before diving into the gist of this article,…
It’s no secret that technological advancements are constantly revolutionizing the healthcare landscape, and it is through these advancements that the role of the Pharmacist continue to evolve. Even though modern society tries to mold the profession to just mere dispensing…
7 MOST RIDICULOUS TREATMENT TECHNIQUES IN HISTORY “We are constantly throwing science at a wall, to see what sticks” Cave Johnson I learnt a new word today; backasswards – this is the best way to describe the unusual…
Choosing a career path has to be the hardest or easiest thing one has to do. After slaying that giant, comes a bigger one, which college or university to join. Looking back, the latter was a slam dunk for me…
15 Best Books Every Pharmacy Student Should Read Since Physiology, Anatomy, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry serve as the major foundations of learning in a pharmacy school, you need the best books to help you stay knowledgeable about your…
Fields of Pharmacy Practice In a world where you could be anything, you chose to be a pharmacist. But what type of pharmacist? Can we just take a deep breath and analyse how broad pharmaceutical practice is… aah, better? I…
The Best YouTube Channels For Medical Students ‘You know, when I was your age…’ these are the opening remarks to stories we have heard every so often about struggle, resilience and hard work. They all date back to a time…
What to do When a Bee Swarm Attacks There was this one time I was babysitting some neighbour’s kids. At some point, I decided to engage them in an interesting topic. “What would you do if a swarm of bees…
There exists a huge disparity between knowledge and use of contraceptives. While many will acknowledge the existence of contraceptives and admit to using them, few have accurate information concerning them. Hearsay forms a huge chunk of what most know about…
“So, pharm school is real tough, I hear. As a freshman, what would you advise me to do?” An acquaintance asked me days back over lunch. I wanted to dive into complaining of how tough Pharmacology or Pharmaceutical Chemistry would…
Being one of the most marketable courses in Kenya, Bachelor of pharmacy is offered by 7 accredited universities in Kenya. They include: Mount Kenya University, Nairobi University, Kenyatta University, JKUAT, Kenya Methodist University, United States International University, and Kabarak University.…
My friend once asked me, “Imagine you have a patient who has been critically ill for quite a while. The family approaches you and requests you to end his life by stopping his therapy. They can’t help watching him suffer…
Calamity rings no bell and accidents happen when we least expect it. What happens in the first few minutes of any emergency is most critical and can be the difference between life and death. While the intent of saving a…
There are many things in life that I am yet to figure out, lots of questions I am yet to find answers to and on top of that, sits one more perplexing than most…are we not past the dark ages…
If someone had told me that a time would come where we’d be forced to walk around with facemasks strapped to our faces I would shout ‘cap!’ at how outrageous that sounded. This has however come to pass and we…
We have all had days, weeks, hopefully not months where we’ve had close to zero energy to wake up and take up daily tasks and duties. You might be struggling with a class, trying to get your grades up without…
How To Study in Pharmacy School – Best Tips Nothing really prepares you for the madhouse that is pharmacy school. Straight out of high school, I thought carrying forward the same study habits I had perfected over the years was…
Is pharmacy school hard? If I had a dollar each time, I got this question, my bank account would read different. When I got into SOP, I had friends tell me how hard the next 5 years of my life…