Current research suggests that ovarian cancer begins in the fallopian tubes and moves to the ovaries, the twin organs that produce a woman’s eggs and the main source of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. Treatments for ovarian cancer have become more effective in recent years, with the best results seen when the disease is found early.

Have you ever watched children play around your neighbourhood? Can you recall how the boys among them play their games? Unfortunately, some children like 10-year-old Abdurrahman Alabi have never experienced such and may never experience it if nothing urgently is done to salvage his failing heart.

THE Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has approved a new product that protects prostate cancer patients from the side effects of radiation. Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in men in Nigeria.

IN recent times, the spate of kidney (renal) diseases and kidney failure has been a real source of worry. In this chat with Sola Ogundipe, Dr. Olugbenga Awobusuyi, a Consultant Nephrologist (kidney specialist), and member, Nigeria Association of Nephrology, NAN, re-echoes the importance of early detection and proper management in prevention and management of kidney disorders. Awobusuyi, a professor of internal medicine at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, and Fellow, National Post-Graduate Medical College, speaks on the need for constant health checks and adoption of healthy lifestyles

ILAJE Local Government Area of Ondo State, with its headquarters in Igbokoda, is a riverine area. Chevron Plc recently embarked on the “Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy Project” in the local government.