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‘World’s Heaviest Woman’ Has Surgery In India, Loses 100 Kgs

Indian doctors said Thursday that an Egyptian who was believed to be the world's heaviest woman had successfully...

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Giving Life To NDC’s Collapsed NHIS

If you have ever seen how a cocoyam leaf touched by fire looks like, you would understand what I went through on that...

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‘Bitters Not Remedy For Weak Erection’

Young men who resort to drinking bitters and other aphrodisiacs for sexual potency should refrain from the practice...

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Cases of Maternal Mortality Increase In Western Region

The maternal mortality rate in the Western Region increased from 75 per cent in 2015 to 92 per cent in 2016, due mainly...

International

Life Expectancy To Break 90 Barrier By 2030

South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, a study suggests....

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Indian Doctors Prepare ‘world’s Heaviest Woman’ For Surgery

Indian doctors put an Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman on a special liquid diet Monday as they...

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More Men Becoming Hypertensive

The Ghana Demographic Health Survey has revealed a disturbingly high prevalence of hypertension among males in the...

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Dawn Harper-Nelson Banned For 3 Months For Failing Doping Test

Former Olympic champion, Dawn Harper-Nelson, has been banned for three months after testing positive for a banned...

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Breast Care International, Delta Airlines Unite For Cancer Awareness

According to WHO and UICC, cancer is a growing public health concern. In 2012, there were 14.1 million new cases and...

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Kumasi Metro GNAT Screens Teachers

The Ghana Association of teachers (GNAT), Kumasi metro has organized a free health screening exercise for it’s...

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Stroke Leading Cause of Death

About 181 people lost their lives as a result of suffering from Cerebrovascular Accident also known as stroke in 2016...

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Mamprobi Residents Get Free Health Screening

MORE than 400 residents of Mamprobi in Accra over the weekend received free medical screening from Vodafone Ghana...

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Stroke Claims 181 Lives In Koforidua Gov’t Hospital

Stroke has become the leading cause of deaths at the hospital claiming 512 lives within 3 years Cerebrovascular...

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Highlight Non-Communicable Diseases – NGO Urges Media

The President of Breast Care International, BCI, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has urged the media to devote more...

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Highlight Non-Communicable Diseases – NGO Urges Media

The President of Breast Care International, BCI, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has urged the media to devote more...

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Let’s Prevent Diseases Rather Than Curing Them

Dr George Amofah, a Private Health Consultant, has called on stakeholders in the health sector to pursue proven...

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Rising Trend of Lifestyle Diseases

Dr. Ajediran I. Bello Civilisation encompasses broad life transformation ranging from technological advancement, social...

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Medical Team Ready To Handle Emergencies

The leader of the medical team at the funeral of the Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem II, has assured it well...

Opinion

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,...