A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose identity is being protected, was given a burst of...
A South African girl has become only the third child to beat the AIDS virus into long-term remission -- almost nine years and counting -- after receiving a drug cocktail in infancy, researchers...
Traditional medicine practitioners have been urged to register and renew their licenses to ensure lawful operations of their businesses. They must also uphold standards to help build confidence in...
At an austere mental health clinic in northern Syria, male patients with shaved heads squat barefoot in a courtyard, some dressed in uniforms and others in T-shirts and tracksuit trousers. One man...
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has said it supports the appointment of the party’s Flagbearer, Dr. Edward Mahama as Ambassador-at-large by the NPP government. This is despite opposition...
Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's proposed cuts to global health projects, experts and campaigners warned ahead of...
The People’s National Congress (PNC) has suspended its General Secretary, Atik Mohammed for derogatory comments made about the party’s flagbearer in the 2016 elections, Dr. Edward Mahama. Several...
Former Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor says he is battling with blood pressure and diabetes as a result of the pressure that came with his work. He told Lexis Bill on Joy FM’s Personality Profile...
One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people looked after their brain health throughout life, according to an international study in the Lancet. It lists nine key risk factors...
An Indian musician played the guitar on the operating table to help doctors treat involuntary muscle spasms in his fingers. Abhishek Prasad was asked to play every time doctors “burnt” a circuit...
Residents of Teshie Camp two in Accra have to battle dusty roads to access healthcare at the LEKMA hospital. This is because a GHc230, 000 Community-Based Health Planning and Services popularly...
An innovator and lecturer at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, Dr. Mark Amoo Boateng is seeking a $300,000 to enable him develop a programme...
Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used to be one of the top 10 causes of...
Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, according to his office. The options may include chemotherapy and radiation, his...
Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used to be one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. A report by the Joint United...
John McCain, the Republican maverick and conservative force in the US Senate, promised Thursday he would "be back soon" after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Since the diagnosis, McCain has been...
An Indian man was made to strum his beloved guitar during brain surgery - so doctors could make sure nothing went wrong. Abhishek Prasad, 37, was given the instrument during the the complex operation...
An Indian man who strummed the guitar as surgeons operated on his brain demonstrated Thursday how the unusual procedure had cured the problem hindering his ability to play. Abhishek Prasad had been...
A one-day sensitization seminar on breast oncology for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Ashanti region has ended in the capital, Kumasi. In attendance was Regional...
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN report Thursday proclaiming "the scales have tipped". Not only are new HIV...
