HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH

World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro just concluded this past Sunday, July 28. Below are five great quotes from Pope Francis about marriage and the family, all given during World Youth Day. Enjoy! Number 1: Thursday, July 25, Address to Community of Varginha (Manguinhos): “Dear friends, it is certainly necessary to give bread to the hungry – this is an act of justice. But there is also a deeper hunger, the hunger for a happiness that only God can satisfy, the hunger for dignity. There is neither real promotion of the common good nor real human development when there is ignorance of the fundamental pillars that govern a nation, its non-material goods: life, which is a gift of God, a value always to be protected and promoted; the family, the foundation of coexistence and a remedy against social fragmentation; integral education, which cannot be reduced to the mere transmission of information for the purposes of generating profit; health, which must seek the integral well-being of t...

Regular orgasms can reduce the risk of prostate cancer, a study has found. Men who ejaculate more regularly throughout their lives lower their risk of the disease. The researchers, from Harvard Medical School, did not explain why orgasms could lower prostate cancer risk. However it has previously been theorised that regular orgasms may flush out cancer-causing chemicals in the prostate. Another theory is that if sperm is regularly cleaned out to allow new cells to develop, it helps stop the build-up of old cells that might be more likely to turn cancerous. The prostate is a small satsuma-sized gland located between a man’s penis and his bladder, whose main function is to produce a thick white fluid that is mixed with the sperm produced by the testicles, to create semen. The new study is the largest to date on the frequency of ejaculation and and prostate cancer. The researchers found that men in the 40-49 age bracket who ejaculate 21 or more times a month reduced their risk of prostate...

The Nigerian army has relocated at least 260 women and children recently rescued from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, officials say. They were taken from a camp in the north-eastern city of Yola and flown to an unspecified military facility. The women will receive medical help and support as part of their rehabilitation process, the BBC has learnt. The government is said to be worried that some women may have been radicalised while in captivity. Camp officials said there were suspicions some of the women had been communicating with militants. They will be housed at the military facility under the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Programme which is part of the government’s so-called “soft approach” to combating terrorism. Backed by soldiers from Chad, Cameroon and Niger, the Nigerian army has managed to liberate a number of towns from the militants since they launched a military operation in February. However, sporadic attacks and violence have continued, with thousands killed...

A Nigerian restaurant has reportedly been shut down for cooking human flesh and serving it to customers. The police were tipped off by locals who suspected something horrific was taking place inside the kitchen. They raided the hotel restaurant to discover human heads which were still dripping with blood in plastic bags. A local priest who ate at the restaurant – in the south-eastern province of Anambra – was alarmed at the price of meals there, let alone where the meat came from,BBC Swahili reported. He was presented with a bill of 700 Naira – around £2.20 – when the daily wage for tens of millions of Nigerians is approximately 60p. The priest said: ‘The attendant noticed my reaction and told me it was the small piece of meat I had eaten that made the bill scale that high. ‘I did not know I had been served with human meat, and that it was that expensive.’ The police also found a terrifying arsenal of weapons which included grenades when they raided the restaurant. Ten people were arre...

THIERRY HENRY ATUNDIKA NJUMU Mshambuliaji wa zamani wa Arsenal na timu ya taifa ya Ufaransa Thierry Henry ametangaza kustaafu kucheza kandanda baada ya miaka 20. Henry, aliyeshinda Kombe la Dunia mwaka 1998, na ambaye amepachika mabao mengi zaidi kwa klabu ya Arsenal, aliondoka klabu ya New York Red Bulls mwezi huu. Kulikuwa na tetesi kuwa huenda angekwenda kuchezea timu nyingine.  "Imekuwa ni safari ya kusisimua," amesema Henry, 37. Thierry Henry sasa anajiunga na kituo cha TV cha Sky Sports kama mchambuzi wa soka. Mfaransa huyo, ambaye pia aliwahi kuichezea Monaco, Juventus na Barcelona, alipachika mabao 175 katika ligi kuu ya England na ni wa nne katika wafungaji bora.  Henry alishinda makombe mawili ya Ligi Kuu ya England, makombe matatu ya FA akiwa na Arsenal aliyoichezea kati ya 1999 hadi 2007. Aliongeza Kombe la Klabu Bingwa Ulaya akiwa na Barcelona mwaka 2009 na alirejea Arsenal kwa mkopo, wakati akiichezea Red Bulls mwaka 2012.

Diamond was recently accused of bullying his Kenyan counterparts during a concert held in Mombasa in recent times. According to reports by various sites both in Kenya and Tanzanian , Diamond showed 'diva behavior ' and kicked Nyota Ndogo and Susumila out of the V.I.P section after denying them bottled water. A claim that both Nyota and Sususmila have rubbished. Diamond expressed his disappointment on the said reports and even called out some blogs in the careless spread of potentially harmful information: Nimesikitishwa Sana na habari zilizoandikwa na moja ya chombo cha habari, kuwa eti nliwanyanyasa wasanii wenzangu Nyota ndogo na Susumila, kwa kuwafukuza kwenye VIP lounge na sijui eti niliwazuia wasitumie maji ya chupa hivi inaingia akilini kweli hii!!!? Ningependa kutumia nafasi hii kuwajulisha mashabiki zangu waliokutana na story hizo kuwa sio za kweli ni zenye lengo la kudhoofisha Mahusiano yetu mazuri ya wasanii Wa Africa mashariki..kama BigEye ya Uganda ilivyowahi kuandi...

One Mohammed Snu, suspected to be gay, was killed by his alleged partner, Mohammed Umar, in a hotel room in Garki, Abuja. According to Punch, the crime was carried out last Thursday, December 4, as the assaulter stabbed the victim multiple times in the ribs with a screw driver. It is reported that Snu used to be a regular guest at the hotel and on the fateful day invited Umar for sexual intercourse. However, the situation turned violent when the victim refused to pay for the second round of sex. READ ALSO: Christian Pastor Urges To Kill All Gays, As God Commands A source from the hotel disclosed that the two had sex twice, but Snu did not want to pay for the second time, which caused an argument and a fight. The source, who pleaded for anonymity, narrated how the body of the victim was discovered. “The man had just come back from a mosque where he went for prayers with his partner when we heard a loud noise from his room and a voice saying ‘ya kuri (please, don’t be angry)’. By the tim...