Health_Medical_Pharma
China Facing Largest Diabetes Epidemic In the World
China is facing the largest diabetes epidemic in the world with around 11 percent of its population suffering from the...
US Republicans, Facing Health Care Revolt, Delay Senate Vote
US Republicans eager to repeal "Obamacare" suffered a deeply embarrassing setback Tuesday when shrinking support forced...
Namoale Hit Out At FDA Over Laxity In Prosecuting Fake Food and Drug Dealers
Former Food and Agric minister, Nii Amansah Namoale, has hit out at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) over its seeming...
North Dayi MP To Organise Outreach On Sickle Cell
Ms Joycelyn Tetteh, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, is gearing up for an outreach programme to educate her...
Gov’t Yet To Clear Accra Psychiatric Hospital’s 3-Year Debt
Almost a year after the government released about GHc 500,000 to offset part of a GHc4 million debt owed suppliers of...
Wealth, Poverty Propping Up Pakistan’s Illegal Kidney Trade
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two...
Republicans Launch Bid To Win Support For Teetering US Health Bill
US Senate Republicans on Monday launched into a crucial week seeking to ram through the most consequential legislation...
China Releases Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo With Terminal Cancer
China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with...
Man Inserts 15 Sewing Needles Into His Penis ‘for Satisfaction’
A 35-year-old man was rushed to hospital after putting 15 sewing needles into his penis in search of ‘excitement’,...
Trump Urges Democrats To Get On Board With Health Reform
US President Donald Trump said the Senate Republican health care bill "would be so great if the Democrats and...
Tetteh Quarshie Hospital Takes Delivery of US$60,000 Equipment
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital has taken delivery of eye equipment costing about US$60,000. These included cataract...
FDA Introduces Online Reporting System
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has introduced an online reporting system called Safety Watch System (SWS), to...
Tens of Thousands Stranded By Sri Lanka Doctors’ Strike
Tens of thousands of patients have been left in the lurch by a doctor-led strike at Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals, a...
Japan Media Mourns Death of Cancer-Fighting Newsreader Mao Kobayashi
The death of a former newsreader who won acclaim for blogging about her breast cancer fight hit the headlines Saturday...
Kasapreko’s Awake Water Donates To National Chief Imam For Eid Al-Fitr
Management of Awake Purified Drinking Water, producers of Kasapreko, has presented hundred boxes of water to the office...
Kenya Cholera Outbreak Hits Dozens At Health Conference
Nearly 50 people have contracted cholera while attending a health conference in Kenya’s capital. The infected...
BOST Defends Sale of ‘contaminated’ Fuel To Oil Company
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) has defended its decision to sell off contaminated or off-spec...
I Have Not and Will Not Apologise To Dr. Omane Boamah – Dr. Zuberu
Dr. Ibrahim Zuberu, a member of the National Democratic Congress election review committee, has refuted claims that he...
Tamale Teaching Hosp. Management Rubbish ‘cash & Carry’ Untruths
Management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has refuted claims that patience are made to pay before healthcare is...