Many Indians are offering to donate their kidneys to Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj after she tweeted she was undergoing tests for a transplant. The 64-year-old minister has a history of chronic...
Doctors in Tanzania have told a man that they can't treat him, because he is too tall. Baraka Elias, who is 7ft 4in (2.20m), needs hip replacement surgery after hurting himself in a fall. But doctors...
Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness Transmitted through contact with eye and nose discharge of infected people, particularly young children, it affects...
Telecommunications operator Airtel has presented a cheque of GHc 4,600 to Breast Care International, (BCI) to support the NGOs awareness creation program on breast cancer. At a brief presentation...
A sickle cell disease patient, Robert Nyan Jr., who was suffering from a contracted hip condition, has expressed gratitude to Vodafone Ghana for funding his hip replacement surgery. The surgery has...
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...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to consider certain clauses in the Millennium Challenge Compact agreement that seeks to cede the management of part of...
The St. Andrews’ Clinics For Children-Ghana (StACC-Ghana), a non-governmental organisation has held a two-day workshop for teachers in the Bongo District with the aim of improving health awareness...
Don’t rely on routine tests alone to protect you from cancer. It’s just as important to listen to your body and notice anything that’s different, odd, or unexplainable. Here are some signs that...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on people with diabetes to have their eyes examined regularly to prevent vision health problems. “Diabetes is a leading cause of poor eyesight and...
Reported cases of cholera in the Central Region had hit 268 as of last Wednesday evening. No death had been recorded. This was made known by the Central Regional Director of Health Services, Dr...
According to a research finding by Mr Charles Ampong Adjei, a public health specialist, women who test positive for hepatitis B infection suffer psychological and social afflictions including...
The presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has blamed poor leadership for the endemic poverty and the recent outbreak of cholera in the Central region. Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom...
Measles jab saves more than 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the disease every day, United Nations health agencies report has revealed. According to the...
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According...
Statistics indicate that about 1,000 men are diagnosed of prostate cancer every year, and an estimated of 800 die of the disease annually, figures that have compelled President John Dramani to devote...
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has assured that adequate steps have been taken to effectively respond to any cholera outbreak. Mr. Afriyie Asubonteng, the Disease Control Officer, said...
An implant that beams instructions out of the brain has been used to restore movement in paralysed primates for the first time, say scientists. Rhesus monkeys were paralysed in one leg due to a...
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has given assurance that adequate steps have been taken to effectively respond to any cholera outbreak. Mr. Afriyie Asubonteng, the Disease Control Officer,...
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According...
