Medicine
Captain Smart Unveiled As Ambulance Service Ambassador
Broadcast Journalist, Captain Smart has been unveiled as Ambassador for the Ghana National Ambulance...
Yemen Cholera Cases Could Pass 300,000 By September
A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen could infect more than 300,000 people by the end of August, up from nearly...
Kenya Cholera Outbreak Hits Dozens At Health Conference
Nearly 50 people have contracted cholera while attending a health conference in Kenya’s capital. The infected...
Health Ministry Alerted Over ‘strange’ Killer Disease From Liberia
The Ministry of Health has been advised to increase its surveillance at all levels over a strange disease that has...
Health Ministry Issues Alert On ‘strange Disease’
Ghana’s Health Ministry has issued a health alert following a “strange disease” that has claimed eleven lives in...
NTP Receives GHc215,000.00 In Fight Against TB In Ghana
Persues Mining Ghana Limited, on Wednesday, donated GHȼ215,000.00 to the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP)...
New Therapy For Macular Degeneration Shows Promise
An experimental treatment may significantly slow the progression of the blindness-causing disorder macular...
No Autopsy For US Student Detained By N. Korea
The family of Otto Warmbier has asked that no autopsy be performed on the body of the US student who died days after...
New Data On Breast, Ovarian Cancer Highlight Age Risks
Researchers have unveiled new data that they said would help better assess breast or ovarian cancer risks in women,...
NFL Hall of Fame Defender Sapp Suffering Memory Loss
Warren Sapp, an American Football Hall of Fame defender, said Tuesday he is experiencing memory loss and will donate...
Kofi Annan Calls For Fight Against Snakebites
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for a global fight against snakebites and the need to reduce impact...
Polio Paralyses 17 Children In Syria
A polio outbreak in war-ravaged Syria has paralysed at least 17 children since March, the World Health Organization...
Living With Sickle Cell; the Untold Story [Audio]
Imagine being in pain every day of your life. Your knees hurt, you feel sharp pains in your elbow and your entire body...
Yemen Cholera Death Toll Passes 1,100
Cholera has killed 1,170 people in war-ravaged Yemen and the number of suspected cases is now at nearly 2,000 a day,...
Indian Girl With Rare Condition Dies Suddenly
An Indian girl who made international headlines when a rare condition caused her head to swell to more than twice the...
NGO Celebrates Sickle Cell Day
About 15,000 babies are born annually with sickle cell disease in the country. Out of the number, 50 to 80 per cent die...
Avoid Meat, Eggs and Lust, Pregnant Indians Told
Pregnant women in India are being advised to stay away from meat, eggs and lust -- drawing derision from health experts...
Medical Marijuana Woos Four-Legged Fans
It's early morning, just after breakfast, and six-year-old Cayley is wide awake, eagerly anticipating her daily dose of...
US Student Dies After Release From N. Korea
Otto Warmbier, the US student released in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in detention in North Korea, died on...