Medicine
Health Directorate Intensifies Tuberculosis Screening
The Upper West Regional Directorate of Health Services has intensified its screening efforts at identifying persons...
Adolescents Urged To Avoid Casual Sex
Ms Rosina Adorbor, the Kpone Katamanso District Director of Education, has advised pupils to shun negative peer...
NGO Fights Maternal and Infant Mortality In Northern and Volta Regions
A Non Governmental Organization, Savana Signatures (Save Sign) has widened its scope to fight maternal and infant...
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Kills Two Students In Bawku
Two students have been confirmed dead with eleven others on admission at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital from...
Understanding Suicide, Everyone Is At Risk
Adolescent suicide is real. Reported cases in the media in the first two months and three weeks of the year, stand at...
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Kills Two Senior High School Students
Eleven others who have also been infected with CSM are in hospital for treatment At least two Senior High School...
Dialysis Supplies Dwindle For Besieged Syrians
The wail sliced through the stuffy underground medical centre in a besieged town near the Syrian capital. Dania, 14,...
Northern Region Best Performing Region In Neonatal Health Care
The Northern Region has been adjudged the best performing region in the country in neonatal health care in 2016 by the...
Researchers Say Dogs Can Detect Breast Cancer By Smelling A Bandage
With just six months of training, a pair of German Shepherds became 100-percent accurate in their new role as breast...
Tuberculosis Infection On the Decline In Ashanti
Statistics from the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate show that tuberculosis (TB) infection is on the decline in the...
116 Million African Children To Get Polio Vaccines
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west...
Ignore False Alarm That Antimalarial Drugs Has Been Removed From EU Market
This picture shows the building of the Food and Drugs Authority The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) wishes to bring to...
British Scientists In World-First TB Breakthrough
British scientists have made a world-first breakthrough in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Researchers in Oxford and...
Mother Rejects Baby With Rare Deformity
A baby boy has been inundated with visitors who believe he is a reincarnation of a Hindu god – despite being rejected...
Producers of Alternative Medicines Advocate For Separate Council
Producers and Practitioners of Alternative Medicines in Ghana are advocating to government to consider setting up a...
Ambulance Service Operates With Overaged Vehicles
All the 161 ambulances operated by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) are over aged. The development has compelled...
Most Mutations In Cancer Are Random DNA Mistakes
What causes cancer? A new study published Thursday suggests that cells make random mistakes while dividing, accounting...
Sensational Actor, Peter Ritchie Signs Ambassadorial Deal With GRAFT Foundation
Ghana’s love for philanthropy is embedded in the core conscience of its populace and the entertainment industry and...
New Vaccine Against Rotavirus Could Curb Child Deaths
A new vaccine that is cheap to make and does not require refrigeration has shown promise in preventing rotavirus, a...