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After Tuesday's Flood Allied Oil Incurs over GHC1000

Sowutuom allied oil incurs debt over GHC1000 last Wednesday after the heavy rainfall that caused flood and ejected many from the rooms and killed more live stocks in the area.
Read more • 164 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011 under Health

Patent ductus arteriosus-Hole in Heart

Surgeon, National Cardiothoracic Centre
Heart diseases are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in our society today.
Read more • 469 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011 under Features

Environmental costs of utilizing Ghana’s forest for Fuel wood ...

Ghana's forest cover, which stood at 8.2 million hectares in 1900, has now been reduced to about 1.2 million hectares, with an estimated lost of 65,000 hectares of forest annually.
Read more • 294 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011 under Editorials

LOCAL RICE SELLS BETTER IN FOREIGN BAG

A Survey conducted by the business department of the Health Digest Communications has indicated that the locally produced perfumed rice sells in the market better than the imported ones if it is bagged in foreign bags.
Read more • 374 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011

SIX MILLION DIE FROM AVOIDABLE DISEASES-HEALTH MINISTER (

In spite of the Techno-Medical advances in the country and around the world, over 6 million people die every year from avoidable diseases.
Read more • 185 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011 under Health

Heavy Smoking May Raise Breast Cancer Risk For Younger Women

Women who smoke regularly before their menopause have a higher risk of developing lung cancer - the risk is even higher before they get pregnant, researchers from Brigham and Woman's Hospital and Harvard Medical School wrote in Archives of Internal Medicine. No link was found among light smokers.
Read more • 140 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011 under Health

No Side Effects Reported in First Phase Trials of HIV Vaccine

The HIV vaccine being developed in India has undergone the first phase of clinical trials and experts say no side effects have been reported.
"The first phase of clinical trials for the HIV vaccine being produced in India has already been accomplished in December 2010.
Read more • 145 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011

Experts gear up to fight worm invasion

A team of experts from the Ghana Armed Forces have arrived at Keta to review the situation of the army worm invasion and also render support to the District Assembly and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to eradicate the worms.
Read more • 182 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011 under Health

EPA calls for support against use of lorry tyres for singeing of meat

Mr Daniel Amlalo, Executive Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has called on stakeholders to support efforts by the Agency to stop the use of lorry tyres by butchers for the singeing of meat in the country.
Read more • 196 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011

NHIA's restrictions would deny rural population access to health care

The Ghana Medical Assistants Association (GMAA) has expressed concern about restrictions imposed on its members by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), with regard to the management of certain diseases and drugs prescription.
Read more • 156 Views Posted on 03-Mar-2011 under Health

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