Korle Bu, Komfo Anokye Hospitals Selected As African Study Sites
The Komfo Anokye and Korle Bu Teaching Hospitals in Ghana are among selected study sites in five African countries being ...
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‘World’s Heaviest Woman’ Has Surgery In India, Loses 100 Kgs
Indian doctors said Thursday that an Egyptian who was believed to be the world's heaviest woman had successfully undergone weight-loss ...
Giving Life To NDC’s Collapsed NHIS
If you have ever seen how a cocoyam leaf touched by fire looks like, you would understand what I went ...
‘Bitters Not Remedy For Weak Erection’
Young men who resort to drinking bitters and other aphrodisiacs for sexual potency should refrain from the practice since it ...
Cases of Maternal Mortality Increase In Western Region
The maternal mortality rate in the Western Region increased from 75 per cent in 2015 to 92 per cent in ...
Life Expectancy To Break 90 Barrier By 2030
South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, a study ...
Indian Doctors Prepare ‘world’s Heaviest Woman’ For Surgery
Indian doctors put an Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman on a special liquid diet Monday as they ...
More Men Becoming Hypertensive
The Ghana Demographic Health Survey has revealed a disturbingly high prevalence of hypertension among males in the Ashanti Region. Those ...
Dawn Harper-Nelson Banned For 3 Months For Failing Doping Test
Former Olympic champion, Dawn Harper-Nelson, has been banned for three months after testing positive for a banned diuretic. The American, ...
Breast Care International, Delta Airlines Unite For Cancer Awareness
According to WHO and UICC, cancer is a growing public health concern. In 2012, there were 14.1 million new cases ...
Kumasi Metro GNAT Screens Teachers
The Ghana Association of teachers (GNAT), Kumasi metro has organized a free health screening exercise for it’s members to ensure ...
Stroke Leading Cause of Death
About 181 people lost their lives as a result of suffering from Cerebrovascular Accident also known as stroke in 2016 ...
Mamprobi Residents Get Free Health Screening
MORE than 400 residents of Mamprobi in Accra over the weekend received free medical screening from Vodafone Ghana Foundation as part ...
Stroke Claims 181 Lives In Koforidua Gov’t Hospital
Stroke has become the leading cause of deaths at the hospital claiming 512 lives within 3 years Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) ...
Highlight Non-Communicable Diseases – NGO Urges Media
The President of Breast Care International, BCI, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has urged the media to devote more airtime ...
Highlight Non-Communicable Diseases – NGO Urges Media
The President of Breast Care International, BCI, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has urged the media to devote more airtime ...
Let’s Prevent Diseases Rather Than Curing Them
Dr George Amofah, a Private Health Consultant, has called on stakeholders in the health sector to pursue proven interventions that ...
Rising Trend of Lifestyle Diseases
Dr. Ajediran I. Bello Civilisation encompasses broad life transformation ranging from technological advancement, social integration, lifestyle changes and the rest. ...
Medical Team Ready To Handle Emergencies
The leader of the medical team at the funeral of the Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem II, has assured ...
When We Harm Ourselves
By the grace of God, I have been a physician for about 3 decades. During this time, I have seen ...