Medicine
Voiceless Iraqi Coach Inspires Footballers
Kadhim Flayeh taps three fingers on his watch. It's the sign for kick-off: one of Iraq's top football coaches has lost...
Forum Decries Proliferation of Quacks In Health Facilities
Stakeholders in the health sector have expressed worry about the proliferation of unqualified health personnel in...
First Lady Accepts To Be Cancer Ambassador
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has accepted the role of Cancer Ambassador from Cancer Voices Ghana, a...
A US State Speeds Up Executions, Scheduling Eight In 10 Days
The US state of Arkansas is racing to execute eight death row inmates in 10 days next month to beat the expiration date...
Quack Doctors Killing Patients With Wrong Diagnosis – NHIA Reveals
There’s an increasingly alarming number of unqualified practitioners involved in irrational patient diagnosis in...
UER Records 37 Maternal Deaths In 2016
37 maternal deaths were recorded in the Upper East Region in 2016, according to the regional health directorate. The...
Here Is What Your Farts Reveal About Your Health
Flatulence is the stuff of comedy for people young and old, and it’s not something often discussed in polite company....
Tamale Teaching Hospital Anaesthetists Hot Over Expired Drug Claims
The management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital and the Food and Drugs Authority have mounted pressure on anesthetists...
Legon Suicide Victim Suffered ‘psychological Problem’
Police say they have discovered prescription medication in the room of the 23-year-old University of Ghana student who...
Can Sweat Patches Revolutionise Diabetes?
Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analysing sweaty skin. But rather than a...
Vaccine Created To Protect Ebola-Ravaged Chimps
Scientists announced Thursday that they have developed a vaccine to shield endangered chimpanzees and gorillas against...
Is Yellow Fever the New Zika Virus?
Health experts fear a random outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil could affect millions if it isn't contained. The entire...
Seven Babies Die At Tamale Teaching Hospital
At least seven people have died and the death toll is still rising at the Tamale Teaching Hospital following...
Police Hospital Dialysis Centre Makes Gains Through Exciting PPP
World Kidney Day falls on 9th March 2017, and as the years go by we are faced with an alarming increase in chronic...
‘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...
Oxygen Shortage: Seven Babies Die At TTH
At least seven people have died and the death toll is still rising at the Tamale Teaching Hospital following...
Oxgyen Shortage Kills More Than 7 Patients At Tamale Teaching Hospital
More than seven (7) people have died and the death toll is still rising at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after a chaotic...
Ghanaians To Pay High Tariff Under ECG Concession
The General Secretary of the Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU), Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi, has admonished government...
Zika Virus In Canadian Patients ‘more Severe’ Than Expected
The impact of the Zika virus on infected Canadian travellers was “more severe” than expected, say researchers. A...