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
The President of Breast Care International, BCI, and CEO of the Peace and Love Hospitals, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has renewed the commitment of the two institutions to a holistic health care delivery system for Ghanaians. She explained that though BCI is focused on breast cancer, “that does not negate the inclusion of other … Read more
Ghanaian showbiz personality and former broadcaster, Mabelle Prior has made a call to African governments to create more awareness on breast cancer and provide the needed support for treatment for women that are affected with the disease. Mabelle made this call when she supported ABC Foundation, an NGO based in Nigeria in an awareness creation … 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
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
To all my friends, congratulations on making it to 2017. I know most of you have important goals for the New Year. In addition to whatever goals you have, I pray with you and for you, 3 John 1:2 ” Beloved, I pray that all may be in good health as it goes well with … Read more
To all my friends, congratulations on making it to 2017. I know most of you have important goals for the New Year. In addition to whatever goals you have, I pray with you and for you, 3 John 1:2 ” Beloved, I pray that all may be in good health as it goes well with … 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
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