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, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. And the devastation wrought by the...
Tag: RTT
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 normal size has died, days before she was to undergo corrective surgery. Roona...
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 before attaining age five, a situation if not properly checked could deprive...
Carrie Fisher Autopsy Reveals Cocaine, Ecstasy
Carrie Fisher had a mixture of drugs including cocaine and ecstasy in her system when she suffered a fatal mid-air heart attack, a coroner's report revealed Monday. The "Star Wars" actress -- who...
The Telling Journey of A Sickle Strong Warrior!
I am Yasmine Ponle Okudzeto, a 37 year old Muslimah, an entrepreneur, a mother and a sickle strong warrior. Today, 19th June is the World Sickle Cell Day and it is my hope to create enough awareness...
Surgeon Removes 30 Inches Of Man’s Constipated Colon
A team of surgeons in China have beat the odds to remove 30 inches of large intestines from a 22-year old man suffering from Hirschsprung disease – a rare condition which caused severe constipation...
An Addict Who ‘lived’ On Drugs For 19 Years
“I was at home taking my last straw of drugs when they came and arrested me”, he said, recounting the last bit of drugs and indeed the last time he took in drugs before his arrest and...
Did Unpaid Salaries Kill the Deputy Speaker’s Aide?
“No health issues, phenomenal athlete, came to work every day — just as healthy as can be,” said a colleague at the office of the Deputy Speaker. Contrary to reports in the media, money played...
A Tanning Drug For the Pale-Skinned
After 10 years of research, scientists have come up with a drug that could help people tan without exposure to the sun, potentially reducing the risk of skin cancer. The drug stimulates cells that...
Cholera Leaves Yemen Hospitals In Constant Code Black
At Yemen's Sabaeen Hospital, code black is an understatement: patients sleep three to a bed, on the bare floor or outside in tents as cholera brings a country torn by war to its knees. Six weeks into...
WHO Adds New Drugs To 2017 Essential Medicines List
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released this year's Essential Medicines List (EML), adding new treatments for HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), tuberculosis, and leukemia. The list, which is...
Anti-Diabetes Drug Also ‘lessens Kidney, Heart Disease’ Risk
An anti-diabetic drug that lowers blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes sufferers also significantly cuts the risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease, according to a study published Monday. The...
Wenchi Hospital Records High Urological Cases
Wenchi Methodist hospital has recorded an increase in cases of prostate related diseases for the past year. Records from the Urological department of the hospital indicates that Benign Prostatic...
An Egg A Day Appears To Help Young Children Grow Taller
An egg a day might help undernourished young children grow to a healthy height, according to a six-month study in Ecuador. Whether soft or hard-boiled, fried or whisked into an omelette, eggs...
In Pursuit of A Care-Giver
Eight Month into pregnancy, I felt desperate for help, I needed help to be able to care for my two other children, I needed help especially for my daughter who has cerebral palsy, I needed a care...
In Pursuit of A Care-Giver…
Eight Month into pregnancy, I felt desperate for help, I needed help to be able to care for my two other children, I needed help especially for my daughter who has cerebral palsy, I needed a care...
Diabetic Athlete Gavin Giffiths Encourages Young Ghanaian Patients To Aim High
Type 1 diabetic Gavin Giffiths has charged some Ghanaian children living with the disease not to let it discourage them but rather soar high in achieving their dreams in life. Mr. Giffiths, who was...
Syria Sees First Polio Cases In Three Years
Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the World Health Organization and a partner initiative said. The new cases were...
Scorpions the New Threat For Displaced Mosul Civilians
They survived the fighting in their home town but displaced Mosul residents now face the threat from snakes and scorpions infesting some of the tented camps they are crammed into. In Khazir camp, one...
100,000 Cholera Cases, 789 Deaths, In Yemen In Past Month
A cholera outbreak of more than 100,000 cases has erupted in war-ravaged Yemen, killing nearly 800 people, in just over a month, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The UN health agency said...