Health experts have called for collective efforts in tackling the rising incidence of childhood cancer in Nigeria, stating that the disease is almost assuming epidemic level.

THE Nigerian health sector is reminiscent of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” – the famous play that depicts and explores the utter meaninglessness of life. In a playback of its repetitive plot, the play theatrically implies that in life, everything that is possible will happen. In one unending scene, the actors talk about life, the world, and everything else that occurs from cradle to grave. They talk, they wait, they anticipate. But they fail to do the most important thing – act.

ARE you a stroke patient, at risk of stroke or you have a relative or friend with stroke? Even if none of these is applicable to you, here is a piece of news that will interest you.

THERE is a link between eating vegetable proteins such as those found in peanut butter and a lower risk of breast cancer . Noncancerous benign breast disease occurs from either an infection or injury which causes lumps to breast tissue or from changes to the breast.

Perhaps the commonest health reason Nigerians who can afford it go abroad is to have surgery. Indeed, if you ask anyone inside the country their greatest concern should they be hospitalised, for many, it is the prospect of surgery.

AS the drums roll out to mark Nigeria’s 53rd Independence Day anniversary, millions of Nigerians are heaving a sigh of relief and giving thanks for surmounting the travails of the past year, even as they look forward with greater expectation to another year of life as citizens of Africa’s most populous nation.

Nearly nine in 10 children in China can identify a cigarette logo, according to a US study out Monday that measured tobacco recognition among five- and six-year-olds in various countries.

Julia Oyefunke Fortune, author of ‘Chronicle of a Cancer Survivor’ and a volunter for cancer and legislative ambassador for the American Cancer Society, tells the story of her battle with cancer and her campaign against the disease.

Professor Aderemi Ajekigbe, Head of Oncology and Radiology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, in this interview with Sola Ogundipe, Health Editor, says late stage cancer has no cure. Ajekigbe adds that it is erroneous to think only females are susceptible to breast cancer. Men too, according to him, are prone to the cancer of the breast.

Natural health enthusiasts have known for years that a fresh brewed cup of green tea provides an antioxidant punch that lowers the risk of developing many deadly lines of cancer, lowers the risk of developing dementia and can even boost metabolism to assist weight loss efforts.