HEALTH

The general public has been warned against jumping on a ketogenic diet in a bid to reduce weight as it could lead to a liver related disease. Many people especially women are jumping on to the ketogenic diet, where they eat high-fat,…
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Parliament has approved $50 million for the completion of the remaining works at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). According to the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, although the centre looked complete from the…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has referred 21 over-the-counter chemical sellers to the Pharmacy Council for stocking and selling high doses of Tramadol. Nora Narkie Terlabi, the Ashanti Regional head of the FDA told Joy News, the…
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The Ghana Physician Assistants Association (GPAA) has threatened a sit-down strike Friday, April 13 if immediate steps are not taken to release a physician assistant at the new Senchi Health Centre in the Eastern region from prison custody.…
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More than 2000 children between two and 12 years at James Town and its environs in Accra have benefitted from a free deworming exercise. They were given Benzil 400, Tanzol, Mebendazole oral suspension among other medications aimed at…
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Five alleged drug peddlers who were caught displaying and selling drugs and herbal medicines unauthorised by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. The five including two females have been charged…
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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, launched Ghana’s Anti-Microbial Resistance Policy and National Action Plan, at an event at the Accra International Conference Centre. President Akufo-Addo…
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Health Minister, Kweku Agyeman-Manu, has said poor negotiations regarding the management of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) is to be blamed for the delay in using the health post. He gave the assurance that the facility…
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Ghanaians must be cautious with whatever they eat and drink during the rainy season in order to avoid contracting diarrhoeal diseases like cholera, Dr Emmanuel Dotsi, a Senior Public Health Specialist at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has…
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It has emerged that the father of a nine-week-old baby, who died at the St. Gregory Hospital in Kasoa over a GHS533 bill, managed to rush to the health post with the money just two hours after the little patient died after a doctor had…
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