Health
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Nurses issue govt a two-day ultimatum to pay up 20-month allowance
Rotational nurses have given the government a two-day ultimatum to pay their allowances else they strike. Addressing a press conference today, Wednesday, 29 September 2021, the Vice-president of the …
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WHO chief expects all hands on deck in second probe of COVID origins
The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that he expected all countries, including China, to collaborate in the second phase of a probe into the origins of the coronavirus after an i…
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GHS says COVID-19 vaccination has tamed positive cases
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) said evidence locally and internationally shows that vaccination against the Covid-19 accounts for the steady decline in positive cases. Additionally, improving adheren…
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French artificial heart maker announces first implant in a woman
French artificial heartmaker Carmat announced on Tuesday that it had carried out the first implant of its Aeson artificial heart in a woman. The company said the procedure had been performed at the U…
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Six health benefits of Kola Nut
The important health benefits of the kola nut may include its potential ability to boost the metabolism, optimize digestion, increase heart rate, help with weight loss, help to prevent certain types …
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[Rainy Season] Importance of hot/warm water as cold weather deepens
Growing up in the eighties was different. A good kind of different. Remembering with nostalgia those days when the world was innocent and still sane, when it was still devoid of the madness that came…
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Mental Health Authority urge telco companies to launch toll-free lines for victims
The Mental Health Authority has appealed to the telcos and other organisations to help provide a toll-free helpline via which people who are feeling or exhibiting suicidal tendencies could call for f…
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Italy set to legalize home-growing of cannabis
Italy is set to allow the small-scale cultivation of cannabis plants at home after a reform was approved by the Lower House’s justice committee on Wednesday, September 8. The reform decriminalises t…
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Conjoined back-to-back Israeli twins undergo successful surgery
One-year-old twin Israeli girls who were born conjoined at the head, back to back, can make eye contact for the first time after undergoing rare separation surgery. The more than 12-hour operation at…
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Govt looking to include herbal medicine to NHIS-covered list
Government is working to add essential herbal medicines to the list of drugs covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Kofi Bobby Barimah, Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Plant…