A groundbreaking study has uncovered why some patients' cancers are more deadly than others, despite appearing identical.
Francis Crick Institute scientists developed a way of analysing a cancer's history to predict its future.
The study on kidney cancer patients showed some tumours were "born to be bad" while others never became aggressive and may not need treating.
Medical experts speaking in Lagos on Thursday, advised married men who are trying to impregnate their wives to practice healthy eating as this may help increase fertility chances.
The experts said in separate interviews that what enters the stomach of many men could greatly influence the chances of their wives conceiving faster.
Mr John Adigwe, who works at Solmon Conception Diet Consultancy, Lagos, said research revealed that only women take caution to eat foods that could boost their fertility, but that men also ought to take such precautions.
The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari on Wednesday appealed to operators of private healthcare facilities in the country to reduce the high cost of their services to enable average Nigerians have access to desired medical attention. The President's wife made the call during a courtesy visit by officials of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) at the State House.
Biologists from St Petersburg, Russia have created a compound that can make cancer cells to repair their DNA or self-destruct after fatal genome damage occurs.
According to a Professor of St Petersburg State Technological Institute Alexander Garabagiu, the effectiveness of the new compound is much higher than that of the most powerful drugs developed in the US and Europe.
This could be a new step toward more effective and safer chemotherapy.
National AIDS Control Agency (NACA) has revealed that the decrease in awareness creation campaign on HIV/AIDS has resulted in noticeable increase in the spread of the virus among Nigerian youth population.
Speaking during advocacy visits to media stations and government agencies in Ilorin on Tuesday, Head, Public Relations and Protocol of the agency, Mrs Toyin Aderibigbe, said that the deadly disease had been spreading mostly in rural communities of Nigeria.
The NACA boss, who lamented porous nature of most of the nation’s borders, stressed that increasing number of people living in rural boundary areas get infected through contact with HIV positive persons.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has reiterated government’s commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2025. The minister made this known while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja as part of activities to commemorate 2018 World Health Day with the theme “Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere.”
