cancer

August 22, 2013

Bittersweet moment: Meet the woman, 22, who was VERY HAPPY to lose her leg (PHOTOS)

Most young women could imagine few things worse than being told doctors were going to cut off one of their legs. But Sun Jingjing, from Anyang city in China, was more than happy when medics broke the news to her two months ago. The grindingly poor 22-year-old was struck down by congenital angiolipoma in her... Read More

amputation, cancer, Sun Jingjing

August 10, 2013

Elnathan John: New parties and free elections in 2015

by Elnathan John It is also encouraging seeing the names showing up on the APC train: IBB, Ahmed ‘13’ Yerima, Tom Ikimi, Femi Fani-Kayode. I like how APC is like religion – a forgiving place for ex-sinners. In this case ex-PDP, an Association of PDP Converts. Politicians are like monkeys. The higher they climb, the... Read More

cancer, DNA, elnathan john, igbos, Kikuyus, Niger, nigerians, opinion, Raji Fashola, typhoid, Upper Iweka, ynaija

Nneoma Chukwueke: Cancer, grief and the audacity of hope (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Nneoma Chukwueke “Well, we clung; clung to our mother with every breath that we had – that she had.” I’ve told this story a thousand times, and yet, retelling it becomes no easier. I was nine: so young, so vulnerable, only just aware of my surroundings, but old enough to recognize loss. It... Read More

30 days 30 voices, audacity of hope, cancer, grief, Nneoma Chukwueke

Opinion: Brother’s keeper or killer? The truth about second hand smoke

by Bankole Oluwafemi The global tobacco industry counts on this ignorance to bolster a business that is reported to be booming in emerging economies, where information about the negatives of tobacco consumption aren’t quite as widespread and the regulatory frameworks aren’t as effective. So you don’t smoke. That doesn’t necessarily mean that all is right... Read More

Abuja, Bankole Oluwafemi, cancer, Health, lagos, nigeria, regulation, second hand smoke, survey, Tobacco, toxic

Lagos bars pregnant women, children, others from pilgrimage

by Oge Okonkwo Pregnant women, children, aged people, people with terminal diseases like cancer, stroke and others have been barred from taking part in this year’s pilgrimage (hajj) by the Lagos state government. This announcement was made due to their susceptibility to the deadly Coronavirus ravaging Saudi Arabia and parts of the Middle East and Asia,as they were... Read More

Bars, cancer, children, Coronavirus, hajj, lagos, pilgrimage, Pregnant women, saudi arabia, stroke

Watch it: 5 physical health risks resulting from promiscuity

from Healthy Black Woman Adolescents are particularly susceptible to emotional fall-outs because of promiscuity because they are not mature enough to handle it and often end up hurting themselves because of it. Promiscuity is frowned upon by many but practiced by many. A general definition of promiscuity is: when someone has frequent sexual encounters with... Read More

birth defects, cancer, cervical, Domestic violence, Emotional health risks, heart disease, heavy drinking, implications, ovarian, overly promiscuous, prostate, smoking, unwanted pregnancy

“My baby gave me cancer”: Woman beats rare illness believed to be triggered during pregnancy

It was the ‘best feeling in the world’ for Helen Conway when she discovered she was expecting her first baby. But after the birth of daughter Amelia, her joy was shattered when it emerged she had developed a rare form of cancer that only occurs during pregnancy. Miss Conway, a consultant for a bank, was... Read More

Amelia, baby, cancer, choriocarcinoma, Helen Conway, mother, pregnancy, rare illness, triggered

21 reasons you should have sex.. tonight!

Forget anti-wrinkle creams, research claims SEX can make you look seven years younger – but that’s not the only benefit Getty Partner “not in the mood” again? Then it might be worth sharing the following to change their mind! According to the latest studies, regular sex – that’s one to two lovemaking sessions per week... Read More

cancer, depression, fertility, headache, insomnia, Mood, morning passion, oxytocin, pregnancy, prostate, regular sex, serotonin

United even in death: Couple married for 61 years die just hours apart

A couple who had been married for 61 years died just hours apart, as their relatives said it showed how they couldn’t live without one another. Tommy Greene, 79, was admitted for chest pains on Thursday night and the next night his wife Bea, 78, died after a six-month battle with cancer. Just hours later,... Read More

Bea Greene, cancer, Cardiac arrest, life and death, live without one another, loving couple, Tommy Greene, United

Sore truth: “Oral sex caused my cancer” – Actor, Michael Douglas reveals STDs caused his throat tumour

Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has claimed that his throat cancer was caused by performing oral sex on women. The star, who fought a six month battle with the disease from August 2010 until January 2011, had initially believed that it was his years of smoking and drinking that had lead to the illness. However, in... Read More

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Wow, this is incredible: Cancer survivor can now rotate leg 180 degrees (LOOK)

A young cancer survivor has wowed friends, family and now the internet with a quirky talent she recently revealed in the hopes of winning a contest on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Jen O’Shea, can rotate her right leg a full 180 degrees with no pain or effort at all so that her foot is facing... Read More

cancer, ellen degeneres, Jen O'Shea, legs, Rotate

Bee venom may soon be cure for HIV & cancer, according to Ibadan apitherapist

If reports from the researches of a team of medical practitioners at the Washington University School of Medicine, USA, and the testimony of an Ibadan-based apitherapist are anything to go by, perhaps the world should get ready to heave a sigh of relief from AIDS and cancer. Unlike most other ailments where the bodyfs defence... Read More

Bee Venom, cancer, hiv

Angelina Jolie writes in the New York Times: How I am winning the battle against cancer

by Angelina Jolie My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer. My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first... Read More

actress, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, breast, cancer, medical choice, NYT, ovarian, UNHCR

Cheta Nwanze: Our environment breeds cancer and malaria (Y! FrontPage)

by Cheta Nwanze Malaria is commonly associated with poverty, and can indeed be a cause of poverty and a major hindrance to economic development. Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth, intrude upon and destroy adjacent tissues, and sometimes metastasis, or spread to other locations in the... Read More

cancer, Cheta Nwanze, environment, Genetics, lagos, LAWMA, malaria, nafdac, nigeria, Romans, sickness, smoking, Y! Frontpage

Man quits his job, spends life savings and considered suicide… then finds out he had a WRONG cancer diagnosis

A Montana man was given six months to live — so he quit his job, spent all his cash and considered blowing his brains out. Mark Templin — in his mid-70s — sold his pickup truck, celebrated a “final” birthday, chose his funeral service and even asked his son-in-law to build him a box for... Read More

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“It was a baby cancer so I am lucky” – Yori-Yori singer, Vast

by Akan Ido Vast, a member of the music group, Bracket, who was diagnosed of lymphoma a few months ago is telling anyone who cares to listen that the ailment has been cured. He referred to the news of his sickness as old describing the ailment as “baby cancer.” “I want you to know am... Read More

Bracket, cancer, lymphoma, vast, Yori Yori

Temie Giwa: Nigeria – The rampaging cancer scourge and how we can fight it (Y! FrontPage)

There are some viral infections such as HBV/HCV and HPV that are responsible for up to 20% of cancer deaths in low- and middle-income countries. Cancer is here to stay; it is growing and plans to take million more lives with it. They call it the emperor of all diseases. It comes silently, quickly morphs... Read More

breast, cancer, cervix, Ekiti, lung, Temie Giwa, Y! Frontpage

Mum arrested for faking son’s cancer to defraud family and friends out of cash (PICTURED)

KYW-TV Susan Stillwaggon is facing charges after she told friends, family, and even her own son that he was sick with colon cancer. A New Jersey mom faked her young son’s cancer to trick family and friends out of hundreds of dollars, police said. Susan Morris Stillwaggon was so convincing in her pleas for cash... Read More

cancer, defraud, fake, FAMILY, mom, N.J

How Osun deputy governor disguised to pray with Ekiti’s Funmi Olayinka few hours before her death

Reports say the Osun state deputy governor, Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori visited and prayed with the late Ekiti state deputy governor, Olufunmilayo Olayinka a few hours before she gave up the ghost. Laoye-Tomori was said to have disguised herself and went to the hospital without her security detail to pray with late Olayinka with some of... Read More

cancer, Ekiti, Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, Olufunmilayo Olayinka, Osun, RAUF AREGBESOLA

“Kayode, where is Funmi… your deputy?” – Olayinka’s mother asks Fayemi

by Isi Esene The governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi could not control his emotions yesterday when he and his wife, Bisi visited the family of the late deputy governor of the state, Funmilayo Olayinka at the Isato area of Ado Ekiti. The deputy governor’s parents, Festus Famuagun, and her wife, Grace, were still... Read More

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Ekiti deputy governor, Funmilayo Olayinka dies of cancer at 52

There are reports that the Ekiti state deputy governor, Funmilayo Olayinka has died in a Lagos medical facility. Olayinka who ran for office alongside Gov. Kayode Fayemi on the platform of the ACN resigned from Eco Bank Plc to join politics, before Eco Bank, she was head of External Affairs, UBA Plc. The 52-year-old deputy... Read More

cancer, Ekiti, funlilayo olayinka

Malaria, HIV/AIDS, cancer and road accidents named Nigeria’s top killers by NMA

by Rachel Ogbu Malaria, HIV/AIDS, cancer and road accidents were officially listed as the top killers in the country. The Nigeria Medical Association also added hypertension and diabetes claiming that the rising cases was influenced by globalisation. The National President, NMA, Esahon Enabulele said it seemed the government focused more on HIV/AIDS over other diseases, but was because it had... Read More

cancer, HIV/AIDS, malaria, Nigeria Medical Association, road accidents, top killers

5 phrases Christians shouldn’t say

from Reluctant Xtian Sometimes I curse. I don’t pepper my language liberally with curse words like people might pepper a house salad, but sometimes I curse. It surprises people to hear that pastors sometimes curse. But really, that’s all I can do sometimes. When you see terrible tragedy where you have absolutely no response other... Read More

cancer, christian, phrases, say

Seun Hunge: I wish we had Hugo Chavez as president (Y! Superblogger)

To his credit, petrol become cheaper than water, 80 litres at $2, how much is 80litres of fuel here? And we call ourselves one of the largest exporters. The death of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, elicited different reactions. He died after long drawn battle with cancer. He came into power February 1999 and was President... Read More

cancer, clothing, Food, Fuel, Goodluck Jonathan, Hugo Chavez, poverty, Seun Hunge, shelter, Venezuela, Y! Superblogger

Can fried chicken cause prostate cancer?

Potato chips and other junk foods like donuts and fried chicken could give you more than just diabetes.They are loaded with saturated fats and trans fats and have way too many calories in them. Scientists have discovered that they can affect more than just your weight and your heart health, but they can also increase... Read More

cancer, Chicken, fried, prostate

February 28, 2013

Inspiring: Woman loses her job, her hair and her bosom… but then she found herself (PICTURED)

49-year old Rene Syler, believe it or not, was the 39-year old who once seemed to have it all. She was one of the anchors on “The Early Show” on CBS and had just built her dream home with her husband. She commuted back and forth between New York and Texas to pursue her dream,... Read More

cancer, hair, Job, loses, woman

February 25, 2013

Good news, bad news: As cancer related deaths decline among Black men, problems still exist

There are still racial gaps as it relates to cancer rates, but new evidence suggests that cancer rates among African American men are decreasing. The American Cancer Society reports that, although rates are increasing among African-Americans for some cancers which can be detected in routine screenings, the number of cancer deaths among African-American men are... Read More

African, American, cancer, death, decline, men

February 11, 2013

We’re inspired: Meet the brave mum and daughter who fought breast cancer at the same time (PHOTOS)

Survivors: Marilyn and daughter Deana Neville Williams When Marilyn Harker woke from life-saving surgery to remove a cancerous breast, her daughter Deana Emerson was by her bedside offering soothing words and the practical help she needed to recover. But in an incredible twist of fate, their roles would soon be reversed. For only two weeks... Read More

cancer, daughter, mum

February 10, 2013

#HealthWatch: Cancer deaths decline among African-American men, but problems still exist

There are still racial gaps as it relates to cancer rates, but new evidence suggests that cancer rates among African American men aredecreasing. The American Cancer Society reports that, although rates are increasing among African-Americans for some cancers which can be detected in routine screenings, the number of cancer deaths among African-American men are declining,... Read More

African, American, cancer, death, decline, men

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