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Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in a new study of mice stipulated that Tricosan a common chemical used in household products could have adverse effect on the colon and also promote colonic cancer.

The study led by senior author Guodong Zhang, titled "A common antimicrobial additive increases colonic inflammation and colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis in mice" was published in Science Translational Medicine on May 30.

A new study now claims that Zapping man's private parts with mild electric current could cure erectile dysfunction.

According to scientists, the unlikely therapy is the latest cure for erectile dysfunction.

Tests revealed men with performance problems in the bedroom got their sex drive back after just a few weeks of treatment.

Richard Smith, the surgeon planning to carry out Britain's first womb transplant where patients will receive uterus from mother or sister, has set the two-year target and revealed that his medical team now plans to use living donors.

The first transplants will take place before the end of the year thanks to a pioneering medical technique, though £30,000 is needed for every patient.

Three women hoping to realise their dreams of motherhood, who are among 50 infertile patients on a waiting list of women for the pioneering operation will be chosen for the transplant.

A cholera epidemic has been reported in Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Kawo, Kaduna State, with about 39 students reportedly hospitalised, at the Kawo General Hospital, while 89 other students are under watch.

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Jafaru Sani, on Monday confirmed the outbreak at the GGSS Kawo, while addressing the press.

Health official have been deployed to the school to manage the situation.

The life of a woman with terminal breast cancer has been saved by a pioneering new therapy, say US researchers.

It involved pumping 90 billion cancer-killing immune cells into her body.

Judy Perkins had been given three months to live, but two years later there is no sign of cancer in her body.

The team at the US National Cancer Institute says the therapy is still experimental, but could transform the treatment of all cancer.

Judy - who lives in Florida - had spreading, advanced breast cancer that could not be treated with conventional therapy.

An American Cancer Society researchers have found that their seems to be a rise of colorectal cancer among people aged between 20 and 29.

The results from the study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, shows alarming increase in young people falling ill with colorectal cancer and researchers are disturbed it could be down to today's lifestyle.

Colorectal is a cancer of the colon or rectum, located at the digesive tract's lower end. Its symptoms include abdominal pain and change in bowel habits.