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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 the...

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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...

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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 child with...

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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...

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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...

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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 arrested, the...

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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 arrested, the...

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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...

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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...

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4 -10% Ghanaians Are Epileptic

Specialist assistant at the Psychiatric Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Ruth Owusu- Antwi...

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4-10 People Suffer Epilepsy In Ghana

Specialist assistant at the Psychiatric Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Ruthf Owusu- Antwi...

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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...

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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...

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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...

International

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...