Michael J Fox says he often “can’t stop laughing” at his inability to perform everyday tasks due to the symptoms of his Parkinson’s disease. The Back to the Future actor was diagnosed with the neurological disease, which causes a person’s movements to become slow and imprecise, 26 years ago. But speaking to AARP magazine he … Read more
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng (Prof.) is a Ghanaian Cardiothoracic Surgeon who was a former Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. He established the National Cardiothoracic Centre teaching young surgeons. He is also the director of Ghana’s National Cardiothoracic Centre, and currently President of the Ghana Heart Foundation and the Ghana Red Cross Society. … Read more
Pressure is mounting on government to take a second look at an agreement that will lead to a partial privatisation of power distributor, the Electricity Company of Ghana. The Programme Implementation Agreement (PIA) under the Millennium Challenge Compact agreement, campaigners say, is fraught with serious problems. Even though the Compact promises a juicy sum of … Read more
Campaign Coordinator of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), says the credibility of the of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession under the Millennium Challenge Account is questionable and should not be accepted by government. Dr Steve Manteaw said no amount of damage control will justify the decision to put the ECG on concession. … Read more
By Dr. Kojo Cobba Essel I assumed the above description applied only to certain concoctions being peddled about as miracle potions, until I had a rude awakening. I discovered that something that had been staring me in the face for years, could do just that, and there was scientific evidence to support it. Name: Mr. … Read more
Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since November last year, senior health officials said on Thursday. The head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, said nearly 2,000 cases had been reported since the first in the northwestern state … Read more
Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to hit Nigeria, public health officials said Wednesday. “Presently we have 1,828 suspected cases… and we have 269 deaths in about 15 states,” Olubunmi Ojo of the National Centre for Disease Control told local television. At … Read more
A decade after a bike crash that left an American man paralysed from the shoulders down, he can again feed himself, researchers hailing a medical first reported Wednesday. The remarkable advance hinges on a prosthesis which circumvents rather than repairs his spinal injury, using wires, electrodes as well as computer software to reconnect the severed … Read more
The government is working in collaboration with the Global Fund to build a $1 million modern infectious disease hospital at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The objective is to contain the threat of a multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) and other emerging infectious diseases in the country. It is expected that the facility will be completed … Read more
An outbreak of meningitis in several states of Nigeria has killed at least 140 people, officials say. It has been reported over the last week in six states and has so far infected more than 1,000 people, the Abuja Centre for Disease Control says. Meningitis causes an acute inflammation of the outer layers of the … Read more
Measles is making its way across Europe at an alarming rate, shocking new figures reveal. Cases of the highly contagious infection have tripled in Italy so far this year, while Romania has also recorded an outbreak. France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland and Ukraine, which are all deemed endemic, have also reported an increase in cases. The … Read more
More than 1,000 people have been infected. At least 140 people have been killed by meningitis outbreak in six states in Nigeria, including the federal capital, Abuja. More than 80 of the deaths occured in north-western Zamfara state. Confirming the news, the head of disease control in Nigeria, Dr Nasiru Sani Gwarzol, said the death … Read more
In the 30 years that Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s neurosurgical department has accepted residents, there has never been a black woman in the ranks. Now, Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is making history. The prestigious program accepts just two to five residents, and is ranked second in the country. Among its most notable alumni: Dr. Ben Carson, … Read more
US researchers on Monday said they have developed a fast blood test for tuberculosis that could speed diagnosis and treatment of the serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection. One of the oldest known diseases, tuberculosis, or TB, has killed an estimated billion people over the past two centuries. A bacterial infection that attacks the lungs … Read more
The campaign, one of the largest ever conduct in Africa, will run from march 25-28 The World Health Organization and the United Nations children ‘s fund are planning a massive immunization campaign across Africa to wipe out Polio from the continent. According to the UN, tens of thousands of health workers will visit 13 central … Read more
They say more than 150 people died of the disease over the past two months Health officials in Zimbabwe say heavy rain in recent months has led to a dramatic increase in cases of malaria. They say more than 150 people died of the disease over the past two months. About 90,000 cases of malaria … Read more
Government is working with the Global Fund to remodel a facility for a modern infectious disease hospital at Nsawam to contain the threat of multi-drug resistant TB and other emerging infectious diseases. This was made known during the launch of the national commemoration of the World TB Day which took place at Tarkwa in the … Read more
A young Bangladeshi girl diagnosed with a rare condition known as “tree man syndrome” has left hospital, her father told AFP Monday, saying he feared she would never be cured. Surgeons operated on Sahana Khatun last month and removed some of the bark-like growths she has developed from the extremely rare condition of epidermodysplasia verruciformisa. … Read more
The Upper East Regional Director of Health services Dr. Kofi Issah has adviced the Ghanaians particularly those in the region to take enough fluids and avoid overcrowding to prevent being infected with Cerebrum Spinal Meningitis (CSM). In an interview with Citi News in Bolgatanga, Dr. Issah debunked reports that, two students in Bawku died from … Read more
Indonesian toddler Salsa Djafar was wearing a glittering golden crown decorated with ribbons and a shiny purple dress to mark a special occasion — her circumcision day. At the celebrations attended by relatives, shrieks filled the modest, yellow-walled house in remote Gorontalo province as a traditional healer covered the 18-month-old girl with a white sheet … Read more