Health
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Study shows connection between insomnia and stroke in people under 50
If you are feeling trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early, this may be a bad sign as researchers have found in their new study that there is a risk of stroke in those people. …
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HIV patients forced into ‘lockdown’ in Uganda following anti-LGBT law
The HIV/AIDS treatment centre in Kampala is almost empty, days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth. The usual daily influx of around 50 patients has all but dried up…
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Study shows fatal heart attacks more likely to happen on specific day of week
A new study has suggested that people are 13% more likely to suffer from fatal heart attacks on Mondays rather than on any other day. Data from 10,528 patients across Ireland was analysed by the doc…
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Agric Ministry verifies anthrax case in Upper East Region, declares safety measures
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has officially confirmed an outbreak of Anthrax in the Binduri district of the Upper East Region of Ghana. The Ministry announced the development in a press state…
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Many men ignorant of silent prostate cancer’
A new survey conducted by Prostate Cancer UK revealed that thousands of men are prone to cancer only because they don’t know as the disease does not show any symptoms. Most men believe that they will…
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Patients in risk as Ghanaian nurses head for UK’s National Health Service
The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evid…
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Ghana Health Service says no HIV/AIDS outbreak at Ho Technical University
The Volta Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has denied social media reports of an outbreak of HIV/AIDS at the Ho Technical University. The story first reported by a blog claimed…
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Rare-blood cancer continuation may be decreased to 74% with immune cells
New trial results presented Monday revealed treatment in which genetically modified human immune cells could decrease the risk of disease progression by 74% in people with rare-found blood cancer, re…
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Eleven infected, One dead in a suspected Anthrax outbreak in Binduri
One person has died of suspected anthrax in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region after eating the carcass of an anthrax-infected dead cow. According to the Upper East Regional Health Directo…
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To lose weight one needs to stop eating junk food
Health experts have always warned about the harms of junk food but a Nashville resident claims he actually lost a tangible amount of weight by bingeing on the nosh from a popular eatery that speciali…