Medical value of Canabbis as a treatment for chronic pain demonstrated
Written by Henry Neondo   
Monday, 30 August 2010

Medical science is now threatening to run counter to beliefs held by many government authorities over the use of Canabbis sativa. The medicinal use of cannabis has been debated by clinicians, researchers, legislators and the public at large for many years as an alternative to standard pharmaceutical treatments for pain, which may not always be effective and may have unwanted side effects.

 
Experts call for a policy on oral health
Written by Mainasara Adeleke   
Monday, 30 August 2010

Nigeria has no policy on oral health, reveals a health expert. Prof Ebun Adejuyigbe, a consultant pediatrician, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, in a lecture at the 2010 annual scientific conference of the Nigerian Association of Paediatric Dentistry, in Ibadan, stated that Nigeria’s current National child policy was defective in addressing oral health needs of children, especially at the community level.

 
Crisis in Nigeria, Cameroon as Cholera epidemic spreads
Written by ASNS in Cameroon   
Monday, 30 August 2010

Cholera continues to kill innocent lives in Nigeria even as the WHO says Cholera epidemic spreading in Nigeria and Cameroon is part of a fresh outbreak of the scourge worldwide.

 
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Boy ready to be circumcisedAlthough circumcised men stand 60 per cent chance of not contracting the HIV virus through virginal sex, still there are misconceptions around the new finding that might be detrimental to the public, if not checked.

The problems caused by the misuse of chemical insecticides have driven scientists, policy makers including donors and development institutions to promote the production of biological cotton in northern Benin.

More Nigerian  girls used tobacco than boys and they are not alone. According to the WHO, in half of the 151 countries recently surveyed for trends in tobacco use among young people, approximately as many girls used tobacco as boys.

Rwanda and Malawi have been commended by a new analysis prepared for a mid-April meeting of world leaders and technical experts for introducing health care reforms which expand coverage across all areas of health care, particularly in maternal and childcare techniques, practices, and therapies.

 

The cost of treating asthma has dropped by nearly half thanks to the Asthma Drug Facility (ADF) created by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union). Among the first beneficiaries to receive deliveries of affordably priced, quality-assured asthma inhalers purchased through the ADF are Benin and El Salvador.

The International AIDS Society (IAS) has expressed its deep concern about continuing inflammatory and homophobic statements by political leaders in Uganda, Poland, and most recently by the President of The Gambia, and urged leaders to take steps to reduce its impact on HIV.

A new generation of antibiotics, new treatments for thinning bone disease and kidney failure, and new cancer treatments may all stand to be lost unless the world acts to reverse the present alarming rate of biodiversity loss a new landmark book says.

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