Mohammed Ezzi News Today

Type 1 diabetes is the most common in children which could be caused by genetics, family history, and certain viruses. Doctors advise for regular check-ups, exercises and a healthy diet.

Africa is a burgeoning market for cancer drugs. But as pharmaceutical companies like Roche are learning in Kenya, the challenges are immense.

Hereditary cancer is diagnosed when close family members are observed to be developing cancer. “When we see a very strong family history of cancer, especially in the first degree relatives (parent, siblings and children), we suspect there must be a hereditary problem,” he says. Families with hereditary cancers are however not a common occurrence. “In a population of say 500 cancer patients, there could be only three with a strong family history of the disease.” Most cancers are caused b...