Category Archives: Health

By Dr Solome Jebessa I was opening my office in one of the hospitals in Ethiopia when the nurse who I worked with for years approached me with  a sad and surprised look. I wasn’t expecting this in a beautiful Monday … Continue reading →

What is the function of the kidneys? Filter the blood and get rid of waste products (every day our kidneys filter an average of 200 liters of blood – a quantity that would fill 20 buckets) They balance electrolytes such … Continue reading →

More than one in three adults worldwide have raised blood pressure. In many countries in Africa, > 40% of adults  are estimated to have high blood pressure (World Health Organization Report). Hypertension is the term for high blood pressure, that … Continue reading →

Kidney stones are formed inside the kidney (of mineral and acid salts that stick together). There are four major types of kidney stones : calcium, uric acid, struvite ( infection) and cystine About 70% of kidney stones are made of … Continue reading →