Some 186,840 of the 180 million Nigerians are expected to get cancer this year, and the patients are more likely to die because of poor healthcare. A new data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) tagged World Cancer League Table rated Nigeria 157th among 185 countries with cancer. Even as the ranking…

Adewale Olakunle Joel is an artist with a passion to use his palette to heal the sick and put smiles on faces of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Working in partnership with the U.S. Consulate, Adewale has held different sessions with children with cancer, sickle cell anaemia, as well as, adults with mental illnesses. He spoke…

One of the major challenges faced in treating cancer is the constantly changing nature of tumours hence proposed treatment at a particular time may not be effective because tumours become resistant to drugs or proposed treatment. Artificial Intelligence in a new development has come in useful in predicting how cancers will progress and evolve, and…

Minister of State Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire[/caption]Herbal and alternative medicine practitioners in the country have been encouraged to work towards finding a cure for cancer through medicinal plants.

As I wrote in the last article psychogenic diseases are diseases, which may manifest as diseases of the body, but whose origin may be in the mind. Such diseases like cancer, ulcer, skin diseases, digestive problems and asthma could actually be psychogenic. In other words, the way the mind of an individual has been perpetually…

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) and Rusatom Healthcare, the healthcare division of Rosatom, yesterday signed an agreement on cooperation...

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), in partnership with Amref Health Africa and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company has convened a stakeholders meeting to launch and present a business case for a new cancer alliance. This move followed the successful call for the inclusion of cancer into the Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) framework of the Universal Health Coverage…

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition defines ovarian cancer as a disease in which, depending on the type and stage of the disease, malignant (cancerous) cells are found inside, near, or on the outer layer of the ovaries. In a study carried out by the SGMC Cancer Centre, Ovarian cancer was reported as the second commonest (30.5%)…

Radiologists have said early detection of breast cancer through clinical screening will enhance treatment outcome because late presentation is the usual cause of patients’ death.

Using automated breast density measurements, Norwegian researchers were able to more precisely confirm that women with dense breasts have a higher risk of breast cancer. The study included more than 100,000 women and more than 300,000 screening exams. "We found that screening examinations of women having dense breasts showed higher rates of recall and biopsy,…

In recent times there have been claims and counter claims on the use of lemon (Citrus limon) to effectively treat degenerative diseases such as cancer and Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

The risk of mortality, and of developing a number of cancers, is lowest in light drinkers consuming an average of less than one drink per day across their lifetime, and the risk of some cancers increases with each additional drink per week, according to a new study, published this week in PLOS Medicine by Andrew Kunzmann....