SCIENTISTS yesterday hailed a new chemotherapy drug as the first ever treatment to prolong life for men with advanced prostate cancer.

PATIENTS with hereditary cancers including breast, ovarian and prostate, have responded well in preliminary trials to a new drug after other treatments had failed.

ALL governments should appoint a Minister for Thinking, the world’s leading authority on creative thinking suggested yesterday.

Leading lateral thinker Dr Edward de Bono today gave his seal of approval to Ireland’s first interactive discovery centre.