Nkrakwanta Polyclinic Cries For Help
The management and staff of the Nkrakwanta Polyclinic in the Dormaa West District of the Brong Ahafo Region, have made a passionate appeal to the government, philanthropists and corporate...
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Pregnancy Not Dangerous For Women Who Had Breast Cancer
Becoming pregnant after a diagnosis of breast cancer does not raise the risk of the cancer returning, said the largest study of its kind to date, released Saturday at a major cancer conference. The...
Pregnancy Not Dangerous For Women Who Had Breast Cancer
Becoming pregnant after a diagnosis of breast cancer does not raise the risk of the cancer returning, said the largest study of its kind to date, released Saturday at a major cancer conference. The...
Drug Shrinks Ovarian Tumours In Early Trial
A new targeted treatment for ovarian cancer has shown “very promising” results in women in the advanced stages of the disease. It shrunk tumours in around half of women who took part in a small...
‘Tragic’ Measles Vaccine Blunders Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed using the same syringe for four days. In addition to the...
Contaminated Vaccines Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in a South Sudanese village last month after being administered with contaminated measles vaccines, the country's health minister said Friday. During the vaccination of 300...
GOIL Donates 50 Beds To Upper East Regional Hospital
GOIL has donated 50 beds with mattresses to the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital in the Upper East Region. The 50 beds, which cost GHC80,000, are to support the regional health directorate to improve...
Ministry of Health Outdoors Legislative Instrument On Tobacco Control
A legislative Instrument (LI) to control the use of Tobacco in Ghana, has been launched by the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service at a ceremony to commemorate the 2017 World No-Tobacco...
Some Vaginal Bacteria May Weaken Anti-HIV Gel
Some kinds of vaginal bacteria may interfere with a gel meant to curb the risk of contracting HIV, which infects more than one million women worldwide each year, researchers said Thursday. The...
‘Disgraced’ Breast Surgeon Ian Paterson Jailed For 15 Years
Breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been jailed for 15 years after carrying out unnecessary cancer operations. Paterson, 59, was convicted over operations on nine women and one man, but there were...
Ohio Sues Five Drugmakers Over Role In Opioid Crisis
The US state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major producers of prescription opioid medications, accusing them of lying about the deadly risks the painkillers -- at the center of a nationwide...
HIV Prevalence High Among Females
Dr Patrick Bampoh, Northern Regional Coordinator of HIV and AIDS, has said the HIV prevalence is high among females in the region. He said this year, the prevalence rate for females in the region is...
A Match Made In Heaven, Or In the Brain?
It's a tale as old as time. Meet someone you like, spend time together, get physical, settle down. This is a normal pattern for the hopelessly romantic prairie vole, a rare monogamist among mammals,...
We’re A Lawless People
The founder and leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, has said if he were president of Ghana, law and order would be his number one priority rather than roads...
FDA Officers Schooled On Tobacco Control Regulation 2016 L.I.2247
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has organised a day’s training workshop in Accra for its regional officers and law enforcement agencies to update their knowledge on the implementation of...
Olivia Newton-John Reveals New Cancer 25 Years Later
Singing great Olivia Newton-John revealed Tuesday a return of breast cancer, 25 years after her first successful battle made her an advocate for fighting the disease. The British-born star said she...
First Lady Cuts Sod For GHc10m KATH Maternity Unit [Photos]
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of a new GHC 10 million Maternity Unit for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), following fund-raising events recently...
First Lady Cuts Sod For KATH Maternity and Baby Unit
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a new GH¢10 million Maternity Unit for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) following fundraising events recently held...
KATH Gets US$10 Million New ‘Maternal and Baby Unit’ Block
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has performed the ceremony for construction work to start on a US$10 million Maternal and Baby Unit (MBU) block for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)....
Malaria Cases Declining In Ghana
Dr Seidu Barikisu, Northern Regional Focal Person for Malaria has disclosed that malaria cases have reduced from 41.2 per cent to 25.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year. He said malaria case...