Cancer: Care, Symptoms And Management By Philip I. Anukwam   Body cells are constantly reproducing. More than 90 percent of the body’s cells are replaced every six months. Cells produce by dividing in two, each half taking its share of the nucleus. The dividing cells sometimes produce mutant (abnormal) cells which are not properly coded and multiply uncontrollably, developing into a cancer. Cancer therefore is the... 

CCF Gives Report Of Patient’s Improved Condition By ‘Sola AKINGBOYE   Childhood Cancer Foundation, CCF, which recently flew one of the beneficiaries of its humanitarian gestures, Master Kamilu Iliasu, to Mumbai, India for a heart surgery, has revealed that the patient is fast responding to treatment and will soon join his family back home in Nigeria. Mrs. Alice Bisong, National President of the Foundation, made... 

The National Health Bill The National Health Bill Controversy The raging controversy over the National Health Bill passed by the National Assembly in May was fuelled recently with the Order of Knights of St. Mulumba, Nigeria, lending its voice to the calls for President Jonathan not to sign the Bill into law By Michael SUNDAY On Thursday, May 19, 2011, the National Health Bill, which defines, streamlines, and provides... 

“Prevention is better than cure” .This saying didn’t mean much to me until recently. I was keenly aware of a throbbing pain in my tooth so I decided to visit the dentist. Not wanting to extract another tooth after extracting four at different intervals, I visited the dentist with the hope that he could ‘salvage’ another decaying tooth. But, alas! I returned with it in my hands looking grimy... 

CNN boss, Ted Turner arrived Nigeria together with the UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth, and UN Foundation Board Member, Andrew Young. Their visit comes at the end of a week-long Board meeting in Africa where the Foundation’s Board members called for increased participation by the private sector and civil society to maximize what countries and the UN can achieve together in tackling global challenges. Speaking...