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Deported Ghanaian Dies of Cancer Just When Help Came In

A Ghanaian woman who was deported from Britain while undergoing treatment for terminal cancer has died in her home...

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Korle Bu, Komfo Anokye Hospitals Selected As African Study Sites

The Komfo Anokye and Korle Bu Teaching Hospitals in Ghana are among selected study sites in five African countries...

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Mental Health Authority Provides Helpline For Persons Planning Suicide

The Mental Health Authority has decided to establish a temporary helpline for persons contemplating suicide. The...

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Health Minister Orders Reinstatement of Korle Bu’s Offei-Palm

Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang Manu has ordered management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to reinstate, with...

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Ghanaian Deportee Dies of Cancer

A Ghanaian woman who was deported from Britain while undergoing treatment for terminal cancer has died in her home...

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Trump In Showdown Over Republican Obamacare Repeal Plan

Donald Trump has thrown his full weight behind a contested plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, battling to overcome...

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Quack Doctors Killing Patients With Wrong Diagnosis – NHIA Reveals

There’s an increasingly alarming number of unqualified practitioners involved in irrational patient diagnosis in...

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Ignore Poisonous Drugs Publication- FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is calling on the public to ignore media publications suggesting that poisonous...

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UER Records 37 Maternal Deaths In 2016

37 maternal deaths were recorded in the Upper East Region in 2016, according to the regional health directorate. The...

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Here Is What Your Farts Reveal About Your Health

Flatulence is the stuff of comedy for people young and old, and it’s not something often discussed in polite company....

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Tamale Teaching Hospital Anaesthetists Hot Over Expired Drug Claims

The management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital and the Food and Drugs Authority have mounted pressure on anesthetists...

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BEIGE Acquires Empire Mutual Health Insurance

The BEIGE Group (TBG), a financial services provider, has ventured into the provision of Health Insurance Services...

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President Akufo-Addo and Wife Show Off Dancing Skills At Ghana Unity Ball 2017

His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the dance floor with his wife Mrs Rebecca Akufo Addo at the 2017 Ghana...

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Legon Suicide Victim Suffered ‘psychological Problem’

Police say they have discovered prescription medication in the room of the 23-year-old University of Ghana student who...

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Police Discover Drugs In Deceased Room

The Legon Police who are investigating a case in which a female level 400 student jumped to her death on Wednesday dawn...

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Can Sweat Patches Revolutionise Diabetes?

Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analysing sweaty skin. But rather than a...

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Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital In Shambles

play videoSome patients of the Ankaful Mental Health Facility loitering around the compound The Ankaful Psychiatric...

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China’s Elderly Live Longer, But Are Less Fit

The number and proportion of people in China over 80 is growing, but their mental and physical fitness appear to be...

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Unhealthy Eating Is Linked To 400,000 US Deaths Per Year

Unhealthy eating habits can be blamed for more than 400,000 US deaths a year due to heart disease and related...