Eating about ½ cup of walnuts every day for two years modestly lowered levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as “bad cholesterol,” and reduced the number of total LDL particles and small LDL particles in healthy, older adults, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. Walnuts are a […]
The first case of fatal Marburg virus disease was identified in Guinea, West Africa on 9 August 2021. Marburg is a highly infectious zoonotic haemorrhagic fever transmitted to people from fruit bats, specifically the Egyptian Rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). It spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials. […]
It has been said that malaria breeds poverty, and poverty breeds malaria. This is the reality in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where after decades of control initiatives there were still some 384,000 deaths and 188 million malaria cases in 2019. Malaria prevention in African countries heavily depends on using insecticide-treated bed nets and house spraying. […]
Dr Patrick Sakyi- Larbi, the Medical Superintendent of the Abirem Government Hospital has called on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to post more nurses and doctors to the facility to promote a quality healthcare system in the area.https://7e871a80b4fc1bec7bf7ffcae23a8dc1.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, he said staff attrition at the facility was […]
Mr Tony Kokutse, a Nurse of Africare Incorporated from Dallas, United States of America, on behalf of the Leklebi Citizens of North America on Saturday donated drugs and equipment to the Leklebi Duga Health Centre in the Volta Region.https://b3b4445317542fd15f597debb00e6798.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html The drugs comprised; Antibiotics, Pain medications, Allergy drugs, Diabetic testing equipment, N95-Masks, Sanitizers, Wound care materials […]
