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Clear, doctor-reviewed explanations of the conditions and medicines people ask us about most: what they are, what the evidence shows, the risks and their status in Kenya.
Weight-loss medicines
The medicines people ask about most: what they are, the evidence and their status in Kenya.
Weight-loss injections in Kenya: what is registered, and how to stay safe
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and generics: their status in Kenya and the warning signs of fake supply.
7 min readHow GLP-1 weight-loss medicines work
The biology behind semaglutide and tirzepatide, what the trials showed and what they cannot do.
6 min readSemaglutide vs tirzepatide: how they compare
Ozempic and Wegovy against Mounjaro: mechanism, head-to-head results and side effects.
5 min readSide effects of weight-loss injections, and who should avoid them
Common and serious side effects, who should not use them, and the warning signs that need a doctor.
6 min readWhat happens when you stop weight-loss injections?
Why weight returns after stopping, what the trials measured and how to plan for it from day one.
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Conditions
Common conditions behind weight, hormone and skin concerns, and the treatments with evidence.
Obesity in Kenya: why it happens and how it is treated
Why obesity is a medical condition, the risks it carries and the treatment options available.
6 min readPCOS and weight: what helps, and why it is harder
How insulin resistance drives PCOS, what the evidence says about medicines, and planning around fertility.
6 min readEndometriosis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Recognising endometriosis, why diagnosis takes so long, proven treatments and where lifestyle fits.
6 min readInsulin resistance and prediabetes: catching it early
The warning signs, the blood tests that confirm it and what the evidence says about reversing it.
5 min readFatty liver disease: the silent condition behind many raised liver tests
What fatty liver (MASLD) is, when it becomes dangerous and which treatments have evidence.
5 min readCollagen and skin ageing: what actually works
Why collagen declines, what collagen supplements and copper peptides can and cannot do, and the proven basics.
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Peptides and newer compounds
Honest summaries of peptides and investigational medicines: what is proven, what is not, and regulatory status.
GHK-Cu copper peptide: what the evidence shows
The copper peptide in serums and injections: lab promise, limited human trials and regulatory status.
5 min readTesamorelin: what it does and who it is approved for
The growth-hormone-releasing medicine approved for abdominal fat in HIV, and its evidence on liver fat.
5 min readSelank: what is known about the 'anxiety peptide'
A Russian-developed nasal peptide for anxiety: proposed mechanism, the limits of the evidence and its status.
4 min readSemax: what is known about the 'focus peptide'
A nasal peptide used in Russia after stroke: proposed mechanisms, evidence quality and safety unknowns.
4 min readCagrilintide and CagriSema: the amylin approach to weight loss
How amylin analogues work, the REDEFINE trial results and where approval stands.
5 min readRetatrutide: what the phase 3 trials show
The triple-hormone medicine behind record trial results, and why it is not yet approved anywhere.
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