HEALTH

Mrs Olivia Boateng, Head of the Tobacco and Substances Abuse Department of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has advised the public against the use of Tramadol due to the fact that it can push them to commit suicide. Abusers sometimes…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in the Volta Region has seized large quantity of drugs - diclofenac and antibiotics that were being smuggled into the country. Estimated to cost in excess of GH¢100,000, these had been packed on two KIA…
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Music has proven itself an inevitable part of the human life. In Ghana, music is among the top patronised and recognised forms of art. Ghana can boast of several music genres from traditional music, to high life, afrobeats, hiplife, rap,…
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The founder and President of the Dr. Nyarkotey College of Holistic Medicine, has called on government to intensify the fight against prostate cancer, because it kills more people than cervical and breast cancers do. According to Dr.…
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A diet high in carbs could bring on an earlier menopause, a study suggests. Eating lots of pasta and rice was associated with reaching menopause one-and-a-half years earlier than the average age of women in the UK of 51. However, the…
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The Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses (COUPN) has called on its members for an organised strike which will be held on Monday, 7 May 2018. The group is against government’s attempt to enrol its members unto the Heal Ghana module of…
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The Executive Director of the National Population Council, Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah has expressed concern over what she says are the escalating Ghanaian population and reproductive health issues. According to her, many Ghanaian…
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It would be really sad to live through life without stories of the famous ‘vagina’ to tell. But most of the time the story of a female genitalia can only be told through the power of the ink. Many women, and recently some men, may think…
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Nigeria has announced a ban on the production and import of cough syrup containing codeine after a BBC investigation into its role in an addiction epidemic. A health ministry spokesman told the BBC remaining stocks in shops could be sold…
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Labour expert, Austin Gammey has warned that recruiting nurses under the Nation Builders’ Corps (NaBCo) could lead to the loss of precious human lives. “…there are some major that should not be contemplated to be of the temporary nature…
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