Medicine
Meet the ‘heart ‘repairer’–Prof. Frimpong-Boateng
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng (Prof.) is a Ghanaian Cardiothoracic Surgeon who was a former Chief Executive Officer of the...
You Can Spend $500m On ECG Without Any Improvement
Pressure is mounting on government to take a second look at an agreement that will lead to a partial privatisation of...
ISODEC Boss Calls For Outright Rejection of ECG Concession
Campaign Coordinator of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), says the credibility of the of the...
‘One Prescription’ Fits All
By Dr. Kojo Cobba Essel I assumed the above description applied only to certain concoctions being peddled about as...
Vaccine Shortage For Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since...
Meningitis Outbreak Kills Nearly 270 In Nigeria
Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to...
Quadriplegic Man Regains Use of Arm In Medical First
A decade after a bike crash that left an American man paralysed from the shoulders down, he can again feed himself,...
Government To Build Infectious Diseases Hospital At Nsawam
The government is working in collaboration with the Global Fund to build a $1 million modern infectious disease...
Meningitis Outbreak Kills At Least 140 In Nigeria
An outbreak of meningitis in several states of Nigeria has killed at least 140 people, officials say. It has been...
Alarm As Measles Spreads Across Europe
Measles is making its way across Europe at an alarming rate, shocking new figures reveal. Cases of the highly...
Meningitis Kills 140 In Nigeria
More than 1,000 people have been infected. At least 140 people have been killed by meningitis outbreak in six states in...
Johns Hopkins Has First Black Female Neurosurgeon Resident
In the 30 years that Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department has accepted residents, there has...
US Researchers Develop Rapid Blood Test For TB
US researchers on Monday said they have developed a fast blood test for tuberculosis that could speed diagnosis and...
UN, WHO Plan To Eradicate Polio In Africa
The campaign, one of the largest ever conduct in Africa, will run from march 25-28 The World Health Organization and...
Malaria Rise In Zimbabwe After Heavy Rains
They say more than 150 people died of the disease over the past two months Health officials in Zimbabwe say heavy rain...
Modern Hospital For Infectious Disease To Be Sited In Nsawam
Government is working with the Global Fund to remodel a facility for a modern infectious disease hospital at Nsawam to...
‘Scared’ Father of Bangladesh ‘tree Girl’ Ends Treatment
A young Bangladeshi girl diagnosed with a rare condition known as "tree man syndrome" has left hospital, her father...
Consume More Fluids To Avoid CSM – UER Health Director
The Upper East Regional Director of Health services Dr. Kofi Issah has adviced the Ghanaians particularly those in...
Indonesian Girl Howls Through Circumcision As Debate Heats Up
Indonesian toddler Salsa Djafar was wearing a glittering golden crown decorated with ribbons and a shiny purple dress...