Penis pumps cost U.S. government millions, watchdog cries waste

Penis pumps cost the U.S. government's Medicare program $172 million between 2006 and 2011, about twice as much as the consumer would have paid at the retail level, according to a government watchdog's report released on Monday.
The report by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services said Medicare, the government health insurance system for seniors, paid nearly 474,000 claims for vacuum erection systems, or VES, totaling about $172.4 million from 2006 to 2011. Yearly claims for the devices nearly doubled from $20.6 million in 2006 to $38.6 million in 2011.

Coronation Street's Bill Roache on trial for alleged child sexual offences

Bill Roache has gone on trial at Preston Crown Court for a series of alleged sexual offences.

The Coronation Street star has been charged with two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in East Lancashire in 1967.
He also faces charges of five indecent assaults between 1965 and 1968 involving four girls aged between 11 or 12 and 16.

South Sudan ferry accident kills women, children fleeing fighting

 

Between 200 and 300 women and children who were fleeing fighting in South Sudan drowned when an overloaded ferry overturned on a river, a South Sudanese army spokesman said Tuesday.

The accident happened Saturday on the White Nile River near Malakal, in the northeast of the country, said Col. Philip Aguer of the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

Antibody machinery ‘can misfire and cause leukaemia’

The tools used to fortify the body against infection are also one of the causes of the most common form of childhood leukaemia, say researchers.
The machinery used to produce millions of antibodies in the immune system can misfire, making cells more likely to become cancerous.
The UK research group hopes to understand why some children do not respond to treatment.
The findings were published in the journal Nature Genetics.
Patients with leukaemia produce abnormal blood cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is the

Iheanacho signs City pre-contract

Nigeria Under-17 striker Kelechi Iheanacho has signed a pre-contract with Manchester City according to his father James.
In an interview with Brila FM the player’s father confirms that he has signed a pre-contract with City but with him being 17 years-old a proper contract will be signed when his son turns 18, and only then will they get money from his

I Stepped On Powerful Toes Says "Oduah"

In a session in Lagos, Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, took us through her two-year old administration of the aviation sector. She spoke on the rot she met on her assumption of office, the reforms she introduced to make our skies safer, and the airports' remodelling she initiated as part of the efforts to key into the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Opinions differ about the situation on ground in the aviation sector when you came in as minister in 2011. Some people claim the situation was bad. Others say it was not so bad. What exactly was

Davido, D'banj Record First Ever Collaboration!

Davido has never hidden his admiration for D’banj; from praising him on songs like ‘All of you‘ to bringing him out on stage, it’s not hard to see the young Pop star looks up to Banga Lee.
The pair recently recorded their first ever collaboration and Davido is quite happy about it. ‘In the studio With the King!! 2014 year of all!!!!! @iambangalee‘, Davido said.