Cancer Spread Cut By 75% In Tests
The deadly spread of cancer around the body has been cut by three-quarters in animal experiments, say scientists. Tumours can “seed” themselves elsewhere in the body and this process is behind...
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Man Carries Bag of Cement With Teeth
play videoMan carrying a bag of cement with his teeth It is unbelievable how a young man could carry a bag of cement with his teeth! The man who seems to be a student in one of the Senior High...
Doctor Rapes Nurse At Essikado Hospital
Officials of the Essikado Hospital in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis could not confirm report about an alleged rape case involving a trainee nurse and a medical doctor. A source claimed that the...
Opuni Relieved of Post
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, has been relieved of his post with immediate effect. A letter dated January 12, 2017, issued in Accra yesterday,...
Prioritize Quality Healthcare – Akufo-Addo Urged
The government has been asked to make access to quality healthcare a major priority on its development agenda. Mr. Archibald Adams, Coordinator, Universal Access Healthcare Campaign (UAHCC), a local...
Doctor Rapes Nurse At Essikado Hospital
Officials of the Essikado Hospital in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis could not confirm report about an alleged rape case involving a trainee nurse and a medical doctor. A source claimed that the...
Moderate Screen Use ‘aids Teen Wellbeing’
A study of screen time and mental wellbeing among teenagers has suggested moderate use of devices may be beneficial in a connected world. The researchers collected self-reported data from 120,000...
U.S. House Votes To Begin Repealing Obamacare
U. S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of...
Prioritize Quality Healthcare
The government has been asked to make access to quality healthcare a major priority on its development agenda. Mr. Archibald Adams, Coordinator, Universal Access Healthcare Campaign (UAHCC), a local...
U.S. House Votes To Begin Repealing Obamacare
U. S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of...
Tension At Cocobod As Transition Team Meets Dr Opuni
There is an uneasy calm at the headquarters of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in Accra as the government Transition Team meets with the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Stephen Opuni, to hand over...
Opuni’s Sack Letter Un-Ghanaian
Retired Ghanaian diplomat, Dr. KB Asante is unhappy about the ultimatum given the Chief Executive of Cocobod, Dr. Stephen Opuni, to vacate his post not later than 5:00 pm Friday, January 13, 2017....
Vaccination Drive To Protect 4 Million Nigerian Children Gets Underway
A measles vaccination campaign to protect more than four million children living in conflict-affected areas of Nigeria is due to begin on Friday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The...
Govt Fires CEO of COCOBOD
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Dr. Stephen K. Opuni has been sacked. A letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Badiatuo Asante directed Dr. Opuni to handover...
Dr Opuni Sacked From COCOBOD; Asked To Hand Over By 5pm Friday
Dr Opuni sacked from COCOBOD; asked to hand over by 5pm Friday The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen K. Opuni, has been sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo Addo. A...
Man Suffering Persistent Manhood Erection Cry For Help
A 32-year-old man who is battling persistent penis erection, known medically as priapism, says relatives have abandoned him. Kwaku Donkor, a sickle cell patient, says his plight has rendered him...
When We Harm Ourselves
By the grace of God, I have been a physician for about 3 decades. During this time, I have seen quite a bit. Sometimes, physicians and patients just talk past each other with hilarious effects. There...
India Hospital Builds New Unit To Operate On ‘500kg’ Egyptian Woman
India hospital builds new unit to operate on ‘500kg’ Egyptian woman An Indian hospital is building a special facility so that an Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest at 500kg...
Tobacco Kills Six Million People Die Annually
Currently, around six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a joint report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Cancer...
Tobacco Kills Six Million People Annually – WHO Report
About six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a joint report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute of...