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WHY SLEEP
SHOULD BE
PRESCRIBED
BY SALMAN MAJID
“No aspect of our biology is left
unscathed by sleep deprivation,”
says leading sleep scientist
Mathew Walker. “It sinks down
into every possible nook and
cranny. And yet no one is doing
anything about it. Things have to
change: in the workplace and our
communities, our homes and
families." According to him, sleep
deprivation is an affliction that
needs to be addressed by policy
makers and medical
professionals, "When did a doctor
prescribe, not sleeping pills, but
sleep itself? It needs to be
prioritised, even incentivised."
IN THIS ISSUE
WHY SLEEP SHOULD
BE PRESCRIBED.
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YOUR FIRST YEAR!
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HEALTH NEWS
In a study of 1,978 older adults,
ANTIBODY KNOCK
researchers at Duke Health and
the Duke Clinical Research DOWN HIV IN TRIALS
Institute found people with
irregular sleep patterns weighed
more, had higher blood sugar,
higher blood pressure, and a
ART GALLERY
higher projected risk of having a OCTOBER'S BOOK PICK
heart attack or stroke within 10 - DIANA NG'ENDO
years than those who slept and
woke at the same times every
THE GIRL IN THE
day.
MIRROR - MANDELA
African-Americans had the most
irregular sleep patterns
compared to participants who
were white, Chinese-American or
Hispanic, the study’s findings
showed. Mathew Walker
prescribes a non-negotiable
eight-hour sleep opportunity
every night, he says, "I keep very
regular hours: if there is one LETTER FROM THE
thing I tell people, it’s to go to EDITOR
bed and to wake up at the same
time every day, no matter what." 

A meta-analysis of several sleep
studies show that just one night
of sleep deprivation is linked to
cognitive dysfunction, cancer,
and dementia. The process is
irreversible. According to
Mathew, for every hour that you
are sleep deprived, your heart
rate increases by 5 beats per
minute. And that is not the only
thing changing in your body.  medical school, in fact we wear it as a
So what exactly is sleep
deprivation? Mathew says the
number of hours vary from
person to person, but on average
sleeping less than 7 hours a day is
considered sleep deprivation.
"Your natural killer cells – the
ones that attack the cancer cells
that appear in your body every
day – drop by 70%!" This explains
the links to cancer of the bowel,
prostate and breast. In fact,
the World Health Organisation
has classed any form of night-
time shift work as a probable
carcinogen.
So what can the individual do?
First, aim to sleep more than 7
hours everyday. If an alarm clock
is waking you up, then you are
not sleeping enough. Most people
need 8 hours of sleep everyday.
Aim to sleep at the same time
everyday and wake up at the same student illness and improving
time to change your sleep cycles. academic performance.
“People use alarms to wake up,”
Walker says. 
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“So why don’t we have a bedtime
alarm to tell us we’ve got half an
hour, that we should start cycling
down?”   sleep? This is unclear. “There is
Avoid pulling all-nighters on the
desk, or the dance floor. After being
awake for 19 hours, you’re as
cognitively impaired as someone who
is drunk. This is common place in
badge of honor. We have stigmatized
sleep and associated it with laziness.
One study in the United Kingdom
concluded that trainee medics are
often so sleep-deprived that they are
in danger of harming patients. Yet
long hours, back to back shift and all-
nighters are seen as part of the job.
Leading experts argue that we should
start thinking about sleep as a kind of
work, like going to the gym (with the
key difference that it is both free
and, if you’re me, enjoyable). 
According to Paul Kelley, a sleep
researcher at the University of
Oxford, children between the ages of
eight and 10 should start school no
earlier than 8:30 a.m., 16-year-olds
should start at or after 10 a.m., and
18-year-olds at 11 a.m or later. The
long-term study, which was carried
out in an English state school,
demonstrated the huge health impact
and benefits which included halving
.
"Companies should think about
rewarding sleep. Productivity will
rise, and motivation, creativity
and even levels of honesty will be
improved. Sleep can be measured
using tracking devices, and some
far-sighted companies in the US
already give employees time off if
they clock enough of it. Sleeping
pills, by the way, are to be
avoided. Among other things,
they can have a deleterious effect
on memory." 
Is it possible to have too much
no good evidence at the moment.
But I do think 14 hours is too
much. Too much water can kill
you, and too much food, and I
think ultimately the same will
prove to be true for sleep.”
What questions does Walker still
most want to answer? “It’s so
difficult,” he says, with a sigh.
“There are so many. I would still
like to know where we go,
psychologically and
physiologically, when we dream.
Dreaming is the second state of
human consciousness, and we
have only scratched the surface
so far.
But I would also like to find out
when sleep emerged. I like to
 .
posit a ridiculous theory, which
is: perhaps sleep did not
evolve. Perhaps it was the thing
from which wakefulness
emerged.”
Mathew Walker is a published
sleep scientist, with over 20
years of research. This article
has been adapted from a recent
interview he gave to various
International news outlets
promoting his book: Why We
Sleep: The New Science of Sleep
and Dreams.
MAKE IT
THROUGH
YOUR FIRST
YEAR!
BY PRISCILLA KARIUKI
Medicine will take a lot from
you.
Your time.
Friends.
Hobbies.
Your day will comprise
studying and more studying.
Being in the library. Dissection
lab. Group discussion.
Anhedonia will creep in, you'll
be on autopilot.
But, they'll be good days.
Days when you're seated at
Jevanjee laughing about the
classmate who has bones from
the dissection lab in their
hostel.
When your classmate
remembers your registration
number, learns your signature
and you realize they're no
longer a colleague but now a
friend.
You've chosen the road less
traveled. Desire,decision and
determination will get you
through. Do not compare your
path to others, you'll only be
doing a disservice to yourself.
Trust the journey. Embrace it.
And most importantly, find
coherence in your being. Do not
lose yourself in the midst of
everything, find your small acts
of sanity to keep you going.
Remember that life is never that
serious! Learn to laugh and not
be too hard on yourself!
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BY MARIANNA NYOKABI
‘Hello again. Chances are, we have
already met. If not yet, we
definitely will. Now, i am not one
to toot my own horn but i have an
extremely infectious personality.
In a typical conversation with me,
you tend to experience joy,
contentment, positive well-being,
combined with a sense that your
life is good, meaningful, and
worthwhile. I’m so breathtaking to
be around, ask all those people
who know me. I can, however, get
a bit annoying sometimes
especially when you meet me for
the first time because I tend to be
all over the place and you’ll just
look at me and say, this thing is
crazy! But trust me at the end of
the day you’ll be so glad you met
me.
My name is HAPPY, pleasure
meeting you.
Let me take you back to that 5
year old you whose greatest
trouble was playing with your
friend’s bike or asking Njeri to go
play ‘Cha mama, Cha baba’, when
we knew what happiness exactly
was. 
It’s been said that a child laughs
300 times a day while an adult
laughs astonishingly 20 times a
day. You may argue that laughter
doesn’t necessitate happiness but
take a moment and examine
yourself, how many times have
you laughed today and what was
the atmosphere around?   
‘‘Dr. Benjamin Shaffer was a kind,
sweet, brilliant, and sensitive soul
who could relate to anyone.  Most
of all, he loved helping people.
Patients came to him in pain and
left his office laughing.
Underneath his irresistible smile,
Ben hid a lifetime of anxiety amid
his professional achievements.
Eight days before he died, his
psychiatrist prescribed two new
drugs that worsened his insomnia,
increased his anxiety, and led to
paranoia. He was told he would
need medication for the rest of
his life. Devastated, Ben feared he
would never have a normal life.
After driving his son to school, he
came home and hanged himself on
a bookcase. He left behind his
wife and two children.’’
Now we’ve all had/ heard of
colleagues succumbing to
pressure, anxiety, depression and
suicidal thoughts. Studying
medicine is an amazing adventure
but sometimes going through the
adventure can be the most painful
path to most of us and the worst
thing is that those around us may
never know what we’re going
through till it’s too late.
Doctors, just like all other
humans, choose suicide to end
their pain permanently(not
because they want to die).
Suicide is preventable if we
stop the secrecy, stigma, and
punishment. It may seem far
fetched until a classmate or
someone from your past goes
through it and you’ll suddenly
be left looking for clues. At
times the happiest people have
the most hidden pain so i’ll ask
you, how well do you know
your friend to tell when they’re
not alright? How easy is it for
those you call close friends to
know that they can talk to you
and you’ll be there to support
and walk with them, that you
have their back or vice versa?
Or do we all hide under
‘studying medicine’ so i don’t
have time for friends, i’ll make
friends during internship!
Robin Sharma’s ‘The Monk Who
Sold his Ferrari’ covers Ten
rituals of radiant living that
shed light on how to take back
control of your life, how bring
to life the changes that you
want to achieve to become the
greatest version of yourself.
You know those goals we set at
the beginning of every year,
just before your birthday or at
the end of relationships, they
are all achievable! 
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 It only matters how much you
want them, how hard are you NEW TB
willing to work to achieve them
and the sacrifices you’re willing to VACCINE
make.  
We all have passions and things
Scientist have developed a new
we want to achieve, places we
vaccine for TB after 2 years of
want to go and we normally say
research in Kenya, Zambia and
‘‘I’ll do all these things when I
South Africa. The vaccine has a 54
become a doctor, when I've
per cent efficacy as per the Phase
finished my masters.’’ My dear,
2b results.
don’t get it all wrong. Don’t wait
to achieve your dream for you to
The previous vaccine, BCG has been
start working on your passion, get
around since the 1920s, but doesn't
to it now.
provide sufficient protection
against Pulmonary Tuberculosis. A
Be bold and know that you’re your
quarter of the world’s population is
greatest fan, cheerleader and
said to be infected with
supporter. When that great
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the
opportunity shows up, grab it and
bacteria causing TB.
make it happen. Talk to that
person you’ve always wanted to
This comes as President Uhuru
say hi to, call that girl/guy you’ve
Kenyatta committed to ending TB
been crushing on, ask that
by 2030. The President was
Professor that question that
speaking during the first-ever High
Ganong can’t answer clearly, write
Level Meeting on TB on Wednesday,
that research proposal and get
during the 73rd United Nations
ready for the critics, go on that
General Assembly in New York.
date, eat that ice-cream or join
“Drug-resistant TB patients are to
the strongest in the gym.
receive a monthly stipend and a
Whatever you do, make it
provision for nutritional support for
worthwhile.
all other TB patients,” he said.
Yes medical school will be long
The disease, which infects 10.4
but life tends to be over before we
million people globally, is the
know it and fear shouldn’t
world’s biggest infectious killer,
determine what you can and can’t
claiming 4,500 lives every day. “TB
do, only you can. LIVE YOUR LIFE.
knows no borders,” said World
Health Organisation Director
Don’t Forget to Live.
General Tedros Adhanom. “It thrives
in poverty, malnutrition or conflict.
We must reach everyone with
quality care... by 2022.”
“The vaccine appears to be quite
safe, except from injection site
reaction and flu-like symptoms that
may last three to four days. We have
not seen any major side effects,” Dr
Ann Ginsberg, chief medical officer
Aeras, said in a briefing to
journalists in New York. The vaccine
was developed by Aeras in
conjunction with GSK.
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THIS SECTION FEATURES A RE-PRINT OF AN ARTICLE. THE ARTICLE FOR THIS
ISSUE IS REPRODUCED FROM THE SCIENTIST ONLINE MAGAZINE, TITLED
"ANTIBODY COMBO KNOCKS DOWN HIV IN CLINICAL TRIALS" BY KERRY
GREENS PUBLISHED IN SEPT 2018. 

Antibody Combo Knocks Down HIV in

Clinical Trials
BY KERRY GREENS, SEPT 2018, THE SCIENTIST RE-PRINT

Some patients could suppress the virus without
antiretroviral therapy for months after the drug
infusions. A mix of two monoclonal antibodies against
HIV tamped down virus levels in patients not taking
antiretroviral medication, according to the results of
two early-stage clinical trials reported today
(September 26) in Nature and Nature Medicine. After
several infusions of the broadly neutralizing
antibodies, most patients kept the virus at bay for two
to three months before it returned.
“Ultimately, this may not be good for everybody, and
it’s expensive. But if you think about cancer, we’ve
really made a big difference with immune therapies,”
Michel Nussenzweig, an immunologist at the
Rockefeller University who led the studies, tells
Science. “For HIV, there’s no such thing.”
Typically, patients taking antiretroviral medications
are on them for life, and must take them daily. In the
search for a longer-lasting treatment, scientists have
looked to antibodies against the virus, but so far, HIV
bounces back quickly after people have received
experimental antibody treatments.
Nussenzweig’s group decided to try a combo of two
monoclonal antibodies, both targeting the HIV
envelope, rather than just one.
One study gave three infusions of each antibody to 15
patients who stopped their medication. Nine saw their
viral load suppressed for 15 to 30 weeks before it
rebounded.
The other study treated seven patients who had not
been taking antiretroviral drugs. Four responded, and
their viral loads stayed low for three months before
returning.
“Antibodies can be used as a safe, new treatment to
allow people to go ‘off’ of drugs for several months,”
Nancy Haigwood, an AIDS researcher at Oregon Health
& Science University who was not part of the research,
tells AFP.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tells AFP the results
represent an “early step” toward antibody-based HIV
interventions.

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OCTOBER 2019 ISSUE 01

AROUND THE GLOBE

s e n d y o u r a r t i c l e s t o e d i t o r @a ms u n g a z e t t e . c o . k e

a compound that would be able to

CANADA BANS PANCREATIC halt the activity of pancreatic cancer
cells. This way, they developed a new
TRANSFATS CANCER RX drug that they named Metavert.
Canada’s ban on the main source of Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, a Metavert, they found, is able to
artificial trans fats came into effect common and aggressive type of inhibit pancreatic ductal
Monday, making it illegal for cancer, often develops resistance to adenocarcinoma cells' resistance to
manufacturers to use the additive in treatments such as chemotherapy. chemotherapy. Moreover, it boosts
any food made or imported into the However, a new drug tested in mice the effect of radiotherapy used in
country, as may be able to eliminate the cancer's combination with two common
well as in any meals prepared in defenses. Pancreatic ductal chemotherapy drugs: paclitaxel and
restaurants. adenocarcinoma is highly resistant gemcitabine.
to chemotherapy, which renders the
“This important and final step will survival rates for this cancer
eliminate these heart-clogging fats dishearteningly low. Its 5-year
from our food supply, benefiting the survival rate, as reported by the NCI, PIONEER
health of all people in Canada by is only 8.5 percent. Over a period of 4
reducing the number of heart attacks years, the researchers — led by Dr.
RADIOTHERAPY
and saving lives,” Yves Savoie, the Mouad Edderkaoui — worked The first patient in the UK has been
head of heart and stroke foundation assiduously to try to synthesize treated with a pioneering new
said in a statement.
radiotherapy machine. The MR Linac
simultaneously scans tumours inside
the body while delivering X-ray
EXTRA FOLIC ACID TAKEN DURING radiation beams.
PREGNANCY DOESN’T PREVENT PRE-
It means clinicians can plan and
ECLAMPSIA, STUDY FINDS adjust radiotherapy in real time,
Taking high-dose folic acid during pregnancy does not prevent allowing it to be more accurate than
pre-eclampsia in women at elevated risk for the potentially ever before. The machine has been
deadly condition, a Canadian-led international study has specially designed so that the
found. The finding, which refutes a long-held belief about folic magnetic coils of the MRI and the X-
acid’s preventive role in pre-eclampsia, is expected to alter the ray beam of the linear accelerator do
practice of prescribing extra doses of the B vitamin to high- not interfere with each other. It will
risk pregnant women worldwide. The 2011-2016 study be especially useful in treating
recruited about 2,300 pregnant women at risk for pre- tumours that shift in size and shape
in the body, such as in the lung,
eclampsia, who were enrolled at 70 centres in five countries —
bladder and bowel.
Canada, the U.K., Australia, Jamaica and Argentina.

The ability to give higher doses of

“What we had hypothesized and anticipated was that the high-
radiation will enable patients to
dose folic acid would reduce the incidence of pre-eclampsia
complete their treatment more
by 30 per cent,” said Walker, Principal investigator,University quickly. Mr Dolling will have 20
of Ottawa. sessions of radiotherapy in the MR
Linac. But it's predicted that
“However, what we found was there was absolutely no eventually it will be possible to cure
difference between the group treated with high-dose folic acid some cancers in a single treatment.
and the placebo. Both groups had a pre-eclampsia rate around
14 per cent.”
OCTOBER 2019 ISSUE 01

LAUGHTER IS THE BEST

MEDICINE!
s e n d u s y o u r j o k e s o n e d i t o r @a ms u n g a z e t t e . c o . k e

What is the difference between a snowman and a  ''Dyslexic man walks into a bra''
snow-woman?
- -

SNOWBALLS STEPHEN AMOS

“Life is like a box of chocolates. It doesn’t last

long if you’re fat.” – 

JOE LYCETT

If God had written the Bible, the first line should

have been ‘It’s round.

EDDIE HAZZARD

A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver

says: ''Ugh, that's the ugliest baby I've ever seen!''
The woman walks to the rear of the bus and sits
down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: ''The
driver just insulted me!'' The man says: ''You go up
there and tell him off. Go on, I'll hold your monkey
for you.

-
 I stand and stare at the girl in the mirror,
She is beautiful, with lovely chestnut hair,
The girl in Her skin, light, almost lighting up,
Smooth even to the eye,
That girl, she was THE girl!

the mirror
They called her "hot‟, "smoking‟, "malaika‟,
They sung her songs and wrote her poems,
Her longest relationship, of the twelve, was a month long,
That girl has just turned seventeen.
and I The girl in the mirror stares back at me,
Rugged and worn, used and scorned,
by Keith Papa left when I was seven,
He couldn't bear the "teen‟ in seventeen,
Mandela He couldn't bear the bursts of anger,
background artwork
He couldn't bear the demons in my head,
by Shilla Visavadia The legion they called "schizophrenia‟,
He left, only for twelve men to take his place,
And just like papa, they took his pace!

I stare at the girl in the mirror,

She has had better days,
She has had men pay her bills,
Gifts and meals, treats…and tricks,
Tours and travel were her deal,
From the rare views to the ocean‟s sand,
Maybe that‟s why her skin is so soft…
Or is it those many massages and spas…
There goes my brain, roaming away again!

The girl in the mirror stares back at me,

I am nothing…I have nothing left,
Maybe that‟s a lie, because I have a baby in my belly,
That‟s what the last man left,
That‟s why mama has left!
She was perfect at motherhood,
Now I‟m alone in the hood, and well into motherhood.
But I have nothing left…nothing but this rope in my hands,
And this voice inside my head saying, “Go ahead!”.

I stand on this stool, my last stand,

I stare at the girl in the mirror, my last gaze,
I close my eyes…and I hear footsteps at the door,
The angel of death? Isn‟t it too soon!
“Sharon! Come down baby!”, mama screams.
She is back with groceries in one hand,
The refill of meds in the brown bag falling to the ground,
Some rolling across the room to my feet,
The angel of life is back, back with my sanity in her hand.

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 NOW READ THIS
OCTOBER'S BOOK PICK IS YAA GYASI'S HOMECOMING
Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, where slaves awaited transit to the Americas. Photograph: Alamy
HOMECOMING BOOK REVIEW, 2016,
YAA GYASI
BY DIANA NG'ENDO
The reality that some powerful blacks were
responsible for the enslavement of their own, is
both regretful and mournful. Families torn apart,
infants removed from their mothers breast, men
and women alike, stacked on top of each other in a
dungeon. The battle for power.
Yaa Gyasi's exquisite debut novel, Home-going,
gives us the other side of the story. The often
untold side of history. She gives a voice to the
voiceless, lest we forget them.
Effia and Esi, two sisters unknown to each other,
live world's apart and yet within close reach of each
other. Effia, who is married off at 15 to a British
governor James Collin, finds herself living in a
lavish mansion at the cape coast. Unbeknownst to
her, Esi her half sister is right below the mansion in
a dungeon. Cramped, airless. Surrounded by other
slaves, most alive, some long dead, bodies stacked,
urine and faeces flowing freely. Insults, jabs,
beatings, rape. This is what the survivors had to
look forward to, in their transit to the Americas.
It is an enormous feat for a new writer, but Gyasi
rises to the challenge. At the centre of each well-
crafted, well-researched narrative episode there is
a clearly defined and complex protagonist who we
come to care deeply about, largely because of the
extent of their suffering. As the generations unfold,
each is powerless in the face of their history.
A new chapter, a new character, a new setting.
Generation after generation, the lives of the slaves.
All the way from the matriarch Maame, to the last of
her descendants. some of whom were fathered by
the entitled whites who enslaved their people. From
Ghana's coastal Fanteland, to life in Baltimore, Gyasi
explores lack of liberty, living in fear, losing
children before they're born, savagery, and
ulitimately, the kindness that sees the liberation of
slaves. She does all this in a heartwarming,
heartwrenching but also humorous way. She is
incredibly gifted, with remarkable ability to elicit
laughter, tears, sobs and even gasps. Looking
forward to her next novel.
 the Gallery
art brings color to an otherwise black and white existence

ZENTANGLES THE GIRL IN BEAUTIFUL

WITH FABRIC
I started off with a lot of intricate
and zentangle sort of work as
seen in my Mandalas also
incorporating an aspect of Islamic
geometry and calligraphy.
THE MIRROR CHAOS
Turning off all the noise and I love working with acrylics and
chaos, breaking shackles, trying to currently been trying my hand at
express her identity, a free spirit. fluid art and abstracts.

SHILLA VISAVADIA - THE

MEDIC WITH A BRUSH!

"For as long as I can remember art has always been my form of escape
from reality. I’ve grown up loving arts and crafts and only started
taking it seriously and selling my art 4 years ago when a friend
jokingly commissioned a piece. From then on, I’ve received a decent
amount of commissions and all I can say it’s challenged my skill set
and creativity and has made me grow as an artist.  It’s tough juggling
the medicine and art, I’ve missed out on exposure and opportunities
that would have otherwise helped me grow my art platform. I love
trying out different art styles and challenging myself to make it work
because that’s the only way to push your limits. I mean, what’s life
without a challenge? "
support one of your own! Contact Shilla on  https://www.instagram.com/s_visa/ OR
shillavisavadia@gmail.com
OCTOBER 2018 | ISSUE 1

A WORD FROM THE GRADUATING

CLASS
The following has been adapted from 2018 UoN Medics FB Page
BY NYACHIEO OCHARI

I am a first born in a family of 8; we used to be 10 then 2 passed

on. I am not from a well- off family, so at a tender age I had to
help my parents fend for my siblings. At 13, I was crushing
stones (kokoto). I started doing this good job while in class 7; I
would sell 7 tonnes at 2500 ksh. Luckily, I got sponsorship in
high school, this made life a little bit easy. After getting my
KCSE results I continued crushing stones because, I had missed
out on Equity Scholarship by 0.1 marks and I needed to save
money for university expenses.
In November 2011 a crew from KTN, visited my former primary
school to follow up on former pupils who had performed well.
They got my results and some other students. They were
informed I had scored an A but was crushing stones in the
village. They visited my home. I told them my story; how my
stones had brought me that far and my determination to go to
university. They offered to air my story, published it on
Standard Newspaper, hoping well wishers would come in to help.
After the story aired I had about 12 contacts, after 2 weeks I
could not reach most of them. Thereafter, I came to Nairobi
where started tutoring IGCSE students. The pay was better. Jan
2012 I joined Elimu sacco as a casual worker for 500 ksh a day,
while doing my part time tutoring. I still tutor, my current focus
being AS/A2 Biology/ Chemistry. I'm satisfied with the results as
some of my students are in campus pursuing medicine, law and
actuarial science.
It's been a long journey but here I am, with a few months left to
get the degree and become a Dr Odhiambo. God has been by my
side and I have faith that He knows what will happen next, after
medical school.
Class of 2018, has been a good family to me. It has people from
different backgrounds and with different views, who are brought
together by medicine. Let's keep this unity going. Do you best as
you serve humanity.

Victor Odhiambo
Graduating Class
OCTOBER 2018 | ISSUE 1

A WORD FROM THE AMSUN EDITOR

You wanted change, here it is. Now help me make it permanent.

Hi everyone!

I hope you enjoyed the first issue of the AMSUN

gazette! I'm super excited about it! One of the
important points in my agenda was a platform for
content creators and this is a big step towards that.

The Gazette seeks to break down the stereotype of

medical students being mundane about anything
outside the sphere of science. This is for the square
pegs in a round hole, the ones with bold, sweeping
brush strokes in a world that knows conformity.

Thank you to all the contributors! You've made this

first issue possible. You wanted change in the way the
Editorial team was run. We are working tirelessly
towards that goal, to leave something that we can all
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participation and contribution to the Gazette in terms
of articles, poems, book reviews, movie reviews, art-
work etc.

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mastermind behind the Gazette! Your work ethic and
creativity have been of utmost importance.
You're the whole editorial team!

I believe there is something for everyone in this issue

and hope you enjoy the read.
We definitely enjoyed making it.

i kariuki
priscilla njer
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THIS ISSUE'S PUZZLE:

DOWN:
2. Conducting nerve impulses
in direction opposite to normal
(10)
3. Can cause warts (3)
4. Basic structural units of
organisms (5)
6. Test for efficacy (5)
8. filled with vascular sinuses,
capable of becoming distended
and rigid due to blood filling (8)
9. A Pseudotuberculosis (11)
11. Roentgen's discovery (4)
12. primary adrenocortical
deficiency (8)
13. __________maker (4)
14. Infectious disease presents
with hydrophobia, aerophobia
and convulsions or paralysis (6)
ACROSS:
1. Medical prioritizing procedure (6)
5. homograph; diagnostic tool and a friendly animal at home (3)
7. Number of Cranial Nerves (6)
10. Field of Medicine Devoted to Care of the Elderly (10)
13. A genetic syndrome characterized by congenital deafness, abnormality of the bony
labyrinth in the inner ear, and goitre (enlargement of the thyroid gland). (7)
15. prevents backflow of blood (5)
16. In 1906, he suggested the Existence of vitamins and that lack of vitamins caused
scurvy and rickets (7)

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Editor Contributor Contributor
PRISCILLA KARIUKI SALMAN MAJID MARIANNA NYOKABI

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