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Carrie Fisher Autopsy Reveals Cocaine, Ecstasy

Carrie Fisher had a mixture of drugs including cocaine and ecstasy in her system when she suffered a fatal mid-air...

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The Telling Journey of A Sickle Strong Warrior!

I am Yasmine Ponle Okudzeto, a 37 year old Muslimah, an entrepreneur, a mother and a sickle strong warrior. Today, 19th...

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Negligence At 37 Military Hospital Killed Actress Gloria Sarfo’s Ex Fiance

The family of a US based Ghanaian medical student and ex fiancé of actress Gloria Sarfo who died at the 37 military...

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Elephantiasis Forces Boy To Drop Out of School

Diseases could deprive you of enjoying the beauty of life and has the potential of crippling your dreams and...

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Prostate Cancer Blood Test ‘helps Target Treatment’

Scientists have developed a blood test that could pick out which men with advanced prostate cancer would benefit from a...

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‘Quack Radiographers Could Cause Cancer’

Mr Prince Rockson, the National President of the Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR), said wrong usage of radiation on...

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Boy Drops Out of School Due To Elephantiasis

Diseases could deprive you deprive you from enjoying the beauty of life and has the potential of crippling your dreams...

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Surgeon Removes 30 Inches Of Man’s Constipated Colon

A team of surgeons in China have beat the odds to remove 30 inches of large intestines from a 22-year old man suffering...

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Unqualified Radiographers Could Be Responsible For People’s Cancer’

Mr Prince Rockson, the National President of the Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR), said wrong usage of radiation on...

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Wenchi Hospital Gets A Urological Ward

A German-based Ghanaian Philanthropist, Mr Kwame Abrefa Busia, has constructed an ultra modern 48-bed capacity ward for...

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YALI Screens People of Nandom

Participants at the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) programme have organised a Hepatitis B and C screening...

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Did Unpaid Salaries Kill the Deputy Speaker’s Aide?

“No health issues, phenomenal athlete, came to work every day — just as healthy as can be,” said a colleague at...

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Drones Could Save Lives With Rapid Heart Attack Response

Drones could help save the lives of heart attack victims by delivering defibrillators faster than an ambulance can...

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Cholera Leaves Yemen Hospitals In Constant Code Black

At Yemen's Sabaeen Hospital, code black is an understatement: patients sleep three to a bed, on the bare floor or...

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Ghana Records 60,000 Cancer Cases Annually

Dr Joel Yarney, the Head of the Medical Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital,...

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MP Wants YEA To Roll Out Module For PWDs

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Krachi Nchumuru Constituency in the Volta Region, John Majisi, has called on the...

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Weight-Related Deaths Can Affect Non-Obese Too

You don’t have to be diagnosed as obese to be at risk of dying from illnesses related to excess weight, a global...

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WHO Adds New Drugs To 2017 Essential Medicines List

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released this year's Essential Medicines List (EML), adding new treatments for...

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Anti-Diabetes Drug Also ‘lessens Kidney, Heart Disease’ Risk

An anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes sufferers also significantly cuts the risk of...