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Good Sex Cures Severe Headache Faster Than Painkillers – Doctor Advises
A Ghanaian medical doctor has reiterated that sexual activities can lead to “partial or complete relief” of head pain in some migraines.
This is nothing new as research conducted by various institutions across the globe have proven that…
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FDA Alerts Public Unsafe Hydrocortisone Injection
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has raised a red flag regarding the distribution, supply, or purchase Hydrocortisone Injection B.P 100mg.
The unsafe medication manufactured by Ambica Pharma Sales in India can be identified by the…
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Technical Working Group for Ear–Care Inaugurated
The Ministry of Health (MOH), in partnership with Starkey Hearing Foundation, on Monday inaugurated the Technical Working Group for the development of a National Strategic Plan on Ear and Hearing Health.
The members of the Technical…
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Ghanaians urged to Return to Natural Foods for Healthy Life
Dr Emmanuel Kwame Asenso, the Director of Health Talk Limited, on Monday cautioned Ghanaians about what they consumed as food, which accounts for the rising disease burden and youthful deaths in recent times.
He said one area that most…
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Kokrokoo Charities Donates Two Incubators to Tema General Hospital
The Kokrokoo Charities Foundation has presented two infant incubators valued at 20, 000 dollars to the Paediatric Unit of the Tema General Hospital, to help cater for premature and neonatal babies at the hospital.
The two incubators add…
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Burkina Faso Botched FGM Leaves 50 Girls in Hospital
Around 50 girls are being treated in hospital in Burkina Faso after botched circumcisions, or female genital mutilation (FGM), a minister says.
Not all girls who underwent the circumcision have been traced, Minister of Women's Affairs,…
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GHS, AIDS Commission Urged To Step Up Education on HIV/AIDS
Dr Judith Owusu, a Medical Practitioner, has called on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana AIDS Commission to step-up education on HIV and AIDS as recent survey has shown that a number of reported cases have increased.
She said…
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Cataract Patients to Undergo Free Surgery
The National Cataracts Outreach Program (NCOP) will today, begin a free screening and cataracts surgery for affected persons at the Koforidua Regional Hospital.
Making this announcement to the media, the Head of Eye Care Unit at the…
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Mental Health Authority Wants Suicide Decriminalized
The Ghana Mental Health Authority (GMHA) has called on government to expedite action on the passage of a legislative instrument that would decriminalise suicide.
This, they said would enable persons who fail in taking their lives to…
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Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak: Anger at Crowdfunding Scheme
Zimbabwe has launched a crowdfunding campaign to deal with an outbreak of cholera that has so far killed 25 people, mostly in the capital, Harare.
New Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube sent an appeal on Twitter, sharing a mobile payment…
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