Men who smoke experience greater mental declines over time than men who never smoked, but the same link does not appear among women, said a British study published in the United States on Monday.

Mosquitoes are undoubtedly one greatest enemies of mankind especially in tropical climates and Nigeria is not an exception. The dry weather and blocked drainage channels may have aided the breeding of these mosquitoes in many urban centres especially the slummy neighbourhoods.

THE first comprehensive cancer care centre in Nigeria to be known as the Port Harcourt Cancer Comprehensive Care Centre (PHCC) takes off 1st of February, 2013 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Technical Coordinator of the PHCC Project, Dr. Kin Egwuonwu, told Good Health Weekly that the centre, which will be situated on a 50-hectare piece of land close to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, will cost N10 billion.

IN the relentless pursuit for a cure and lasting treatment for cancer, researchers, who are forever looking beyond the ordinary and regular approaches, may have found a significant link that ties the secret to cancer cure and prevention in humans, to green plants.

IRKED by the rising incidences of cancer in the country, Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adesina, attributed cancer burden in Nigeria on underreporting, lack of appropriate diagnosis limited access to care, differences in technical manpower and infrastructure and quality of cancer data systems, noting that the 2012 theme of the World cancer day, emphasises the need to know that it is only by every person, organisation and government individually doing their part that the world will be able to reduce premature deaths from cancer and other non-communicable diseases to 25 per cent by 2025.

EVEN though it is already established as one of the world’s leading killer disorders, the global death toll from malaria is much higher than envisaged, new data has revealed. A study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that in 2010, malaria grossed a total of 1.2 million deaths worldwide, almost twice other estimates.

Paediatricians say Nigeria can achieve a polio-free generation. This is achievable by contributing towards the goal of Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to ensure that no child is paralysed by the Wild Polio Virus (WPV) or Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (VDPV) by providing complete range of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and combination vaccines.

Federal government has been urged to include technique of Breast Self Examination into the school curriculum. The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, MWAN, in a communiqué issued after it’s 17th Biennial Scientific Conference and General Assembly in Lagos tagged; “Revisiting the myth behind Maternal and Infant Mortality: Can e-health/m-Health Make a Difference” noted that all females from JSS3 or at menarche should be proficient in the technique of Breast Self Examination, BSE.

As part of the multi-dimensional approach towards fighting the knotty problem of drug counterfeiting, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has deployed regulatory officers to man the new mega drug distribution centres built in some parts of the country.