Dr Joel Yarney, the Head of the Medical Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has said about 60, 000 cancer cases are recorded by the country annually. He said out of this figure 2,500 were breast cancer cases, and this requires that urgent action be taken to ensure prevention and … Read more
A US government advisory panel has reversed its opposition to a controversial prostate cancer screening test for men aged 55 to 69, according to draft recommendations published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Patients are now advised to discuss the potential benefits and harms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening with their physicians … Read more
With just six months of training, a pair of German Shepherds became 100-percent accurate in their new role as breast cancer spotters, the team said. The technique is simple, non-invasive and cheap, and may revolutionise cancer detection in countries where mammograms are hard to come by. ‘In these countries, there are oncologists, there are surgeons, … Read more
The President of Breast Care International, (BCI), Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has disclosed that over seven hundred women who were diagnosed of breast cancer, survived the disease following early detection and prompt treatment at the Peace and Love Hospitals. According to her, their conditions were detected during the free screening programs carried out across the … Read more
Newmont Ghana Women and Allies Network has donated GHc45, 742 to anti-breast cancer campaigner, Breast Care International, BCI in support of breast care education in Ghana. The donation was done at a short, but impressive ceremony at the Peace and Love Hospital, Baatsona, on the Spintex road, Accra. The cash donation is to boost BCI’s countrywide … Read more
The President of Breast Care International, BCI, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has urged the media to devote more airtime and print space to non-communicable diseases currently responsible for the top ten major causes of all mortality cases in the country. The BCI President, who is also the CEO of the Peace and Love Hospitals, … Read more
The President of Breast Care International, BCI, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has urged the media to devote more airtime and print space to non-communicable diseases currently responsible for the top ten major causes of all mortality cases in the country. The BCI President, who is also the CEO of the Peace and Love Hospitals, … Read more
Staff at the Accounts Department of the Hospital sat idle, redundant for the three day period that the exercise had travelled. There was paperwork, but for the third day running, philanthropist and renowned Breast surgeon and consultant, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, had rendered them “partially redundant,” and deliberately so. Premises of the Peace and Love … Read more
215 women drawn from the Rehoboth Apostolic Church, Sakaman in the Greater Accra Region have benefited from a free breast screening exercise organized by the outreach team from Breast Care International (BCI). Ahead of the free breast screening was an awareness creation talk by BCI President, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, who highlighted some non- communicable … Read more
Close to one thousand teachers and members of the Methodist church drawn from Bibiani and Awaso in the Western Region have benefitted from two separately organized free breast screening programs carried out by the medical outreach Team of Breast Care International, (BCI), Africa’s front line campaigner against the debilitating disease. The Bibiani and Awaso screenings, … Read more
Black women in England are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer as white women, according to a new analysis by Cancer Research UK and Public Health England. Late-stage disease is found in about 25% of black African and 22% of black Caribbean breast cancer patients. In white breast cancer patients, … Read more
As part of the global breast cancer awareness month, Odebrecht Ghana has organized a free Breast Cancer Education and Screening exercise for its employees (both male and female). They were taken through how to self-examine the breast for early detection of breast cancer. Dr. Rosemary Keatley, Managing Director of Medlab emphasized the importance of early … Read more
Mammography is a great example of a stubborn head-in-the-sand approach to cancer screening says Dr. Mercola. He further said Americans are already exposed to seven times more radiation from diagnostic scans than they were in 1980. It is well known that ionizing radiation increases the cellular mutations that lead to cancer—and mammograms aim at a … Read more
I bring you greetings from Bolgatanga in the Upper east region of Ghana. On the 26th of September, I embarked on a journey as a result of an invitation I received from a division one football club called Tanga FC. I was very excited to receive such an invitation as the journey was my first … Read more
There is this trending story on social media which says that some 10years ago, Diego Simeone played alongside Fernando Torres at Athletic Madrid in Spain. Then, Torrers was the club captain despite being far younger than Simeone; Torres was in charge of the dressing room in the absence of the coaches. He was so influential … Read more
“Ignoring prostate cancer won’t beat it,” says Dr Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, a research Professor of Prostate Cancer and Holistic Medicine. Dr Abu who doubles as the founder of Men’s Health Foundation, a charity and a prostate cancer advocate, believes the current efforts by government in addressing the cancer issue is not enough to address the … Read more