Alcoholism Rife Among Pregnant Women In Dormaa West District
Mrs Veronica Asamoah Tortor, the Dormaa West District Director of Health, has expressed worry about alcohol abuse among pregnant women ...
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Drug Shortages Retard Recovery of Mental Patients
The nationwide intermittent shortages of mental health drugs is retarding the recovery process of patients in the Brong-Ahafo Region, investigation ...
Regent of Dagbon Vows To Protect Rights of Mental Health Patients
The Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya Naa Andani Yakubu has called for the immediate inclusion of mental illness in the National ...
Australia Cautiously Enters Medical Marijuana Market
At a secret location in Australia's southeast, Peter Crock delicately tends to a two-month-old cannabis cutting. Barely knee high, it ...
Patients Turned Away As Pantang Hospital Staff Strike
Dozens of patients who reported at the Pantang Hospital, Accra yesterday were turned away as the staff of the facility embarked on a ...
Patients Turned Away As Pantang Hospital Staff Strike
Dozens of patients who reported at the Pantang Hospital on Monday, July 10, were turned away as the staff of ...
Cannabis Extract Cuts Seizures For Epilepsy Patients
The first large-scale clinical trial of a cannabis derivative known as cannabidiol shows it was able to cut the frequency ...
Obesity In Pregnancy Is Linked To Epilepsy Risk
Being overweight or obese in the first trimester of pregnancy has been linked to a higher risk of bearing a ...
Spider Venom May Offer Stroke Therapy
A protein in spider venom may help protect the brain from injury after a stroke, according to research. Scientists found ...
5 Common Meds That Could Be Killing Your Sex Drive
Contrary to popular belief, your sex drive doesn’t just go south once you hit the big 4-0. If you’re losing your libido ...
US Man Held For Sending Flashing Tweet To Epileptic Writer
A man accused of sending a flashing image to a writer in order to trigger an epileptic seizure has been ...
Man Who ‘sent Flashing Tweet To Epileptic Writer’ Arrested In Maryland
A man accused of sending a flashing image to a writer in order to trigger an epileptic seizure has been ...
Lack of Mental, Epileptic Drugs Hit Health Facilities; No Supply For Over A Yr
Mental and epileptic patients in the Northern Region requiring medical care have shunned health facilities due to the absence of ...
Beware! Head Injuries Can Lead To Epilepsy
IT has been revealed that head injuries can cause epilepsy. This, according to a health professional, is either due to ...
4 -10% Ghanaians Are Epileptic
Specialist assistant at the Psychiatric Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Ruth Owusu- Antwi has stated that ...
4-10 People Suffer Epilepsy In Ghana
Specialist assistant at the Psychiatric Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Ruthf Owusu- Antwi has stated that ...
Advances In Imaging Could Deepen Knowledge of Brain
New imaging techniques enable exploration of the brain in much more detail than ever before, opening the door to greater ...
50 Million People Worldwide Have Epilepsy
World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common ...
Epilepsy Sickness On the Rise At Assin North Municipality
The Community Mental Health Officer for the Assin Fosu District in the Central region, Madam Comfort Sarpong is calling for ...
Six Other Times the US Has Banned Immigrants
On Friday, Donald Trump barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries - Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen - ...