More Than 100 MILLION Americans Have Diabetes, Report Reveals
Almost a third of the US population - 100 million people - either has diabetes or pre-diabetes, a new federal ...
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Diabetes Or Its Precursor Affects 100 Million Americans
Almost one-third of the US population -- 100 million people -- either has diabetes or its precursor condition, known as ...
World’s First Child Hand Transplant A ‘success’
The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress ...
Ghana Reaches 90% Coverage of Vaccination For Three Diseases
The 2016 Immunization Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Ghana has reached the Global Vaccine Action ...
Promising Immunotherapy Helps Adults With Leukemia
A cancer treatment that genetically alters immune cells has shown success in 71 percent of adults with the most common ...
Surgeons Remove 27 Contact Lenses From Woman’s Eye
A 67-year-old woman has had 27 contact lenses removed from one eye. The discovery was made after the woman went ...
MOH Receives Digital Radiology X-Ray Equipment For TB Diagnoses
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, received the first batch of ultra-modern digital radiology X-Ray equipment from the Delft Imaging ...
Veterinary Service Destroys Dog After Biting Class One Pupil To Death
The Western Regional office of the Veterinary Service of Ghana has killed an alsatian dog after establishing it poses serious ...
‘Show Your Breasts’ Dress By Ghanaian Actress Gets People Talking
Actress Zynnell Zuh was the center of attention when she attended an event ‘Glam Africa Ball‘ held recently to raise funds to ...
Australian Has Thumb Surgically Replaced With Toe
An Australian man whose thumb was severed in a cattle herding accident has had a big toe surgically removed and ...
Australia Cautiously Enters Medical Marijuana Market
At a secret location in Australia's southeast, Peter Crock delicately tends to a two-month-old cannabis cutting. Barely knee high, it ...
Malaria Rates Plunge In The Gambia
The Gambia could become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria, reports Reuters. The prevalence of the malaria ...
ECG Privatization Might Create Redundancies
The Coalition of ECG Concession Arrangement (COSECA), is calling for further negotiations on government’s decision to partly privatize the Electricity ...
US Panel Urges Approval of Cutting-Edge Cancer Therapy
An advisory panel on Wednesday unanimously urged the US Food and Drug Administration to approve a cutting-edge cancer therapy that ...
Gov’t Pays $10m For Polio, Measles Vaccines
The Government of Ghana has transferred about $10 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the procurement of ...
Family of China’s Ailing Nobel Laureate Declines Artificial…
The family of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo declined to let doctors put him on artificial ventilation on Wednesday, ...
Polio, Measles Vaccine Shortage Hit Ghana
Nursing mothers in Ghana would have to wait until next week before having their babies vaccinated against Polio and Measles ...
Contaminated Blood Scandal Inquiry Announced
A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime ...
Measles ‘tragedy’ Kills 35 Across Europe
Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned. It ...
We Naturals Ghana Named Best Natural Hair Brand
We Naturals, a leading African hair brand has been voted as the best Natural Hair Brand in Ghana. The recognition ...