cancer
25 Feb 2017
If you are overweight, those extra pounds drive up your chances of several types of cancer, including in your esophagus, pancreas, colon, kidneys, and thyroid gland.
23 Feb 2017
Expectations are that the screening will lead to early detention and help the country to come down hard on widespread of cancer in the country thereby, reducing yearly loss to the life threatening disease.
22 Feb 2017
The bacteria that cause food poisoning could be used to kill cancer, medical experts said.
6 Feb 2017
About 8.8 million people die every year from cancer, mostly in low and middle-income countries because cancer cases are diagnosed too late.This is coming as the total annual economic cost of cancer through healthcare expenditure......
27 Jan 2017
Tests on best-selling crisps, biscuits and baby food showed raised levels of a chemical linked to cancer.
26 Jan 2017
People who are frequently depressed or anxious may run a higher risk of dying from certain types of cancer, researchers said on Thursday.
26 Jan 2017
Rice, bread and noodles have become the commonest meals eaten almost everyday by most Nigerians.
25 Jan 2017
Tests on best-selling crisps, biscuits and baby food showed raised levels of a chemical linked to cancer.The health alert comes just 24 hours after an official watchdog warned of the risks of eating burnt toast and roast potatoes.
24 Jan 2017
When it comes to medicinal cannabis, one of its key uses is for the treatment of chronic pain. In the new report, researchers found that patients with chronic pain who were treated with cannabis...
19 Jan 2017
Palm oil is a vegetable oil from the fruit of the palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), which originated in West Africa and is now widespread throughout the tropical areas of America and South East Asia. From the seeds of the palm tree....
29 Dec 2016
Cancer can be cured and prevented if detected early and treated adequately through the appropriate means, as well as avoiding certain risk factors, medical professionals have stressed.
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