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220 doctors to be recruited this month – Director-General of Ghana Health Service
Acknowledging the Ghana Health Service’s e-learning platform for continuous professional development, Dr. Okoe-Boye commended efforts to make learning
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How to make pineapple essence (flavour) at home
This homemade essence captures the fresh, vibrant flavor of pineapple and can be a delightful addition to various culinary creations.
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Gum arabic from Africa’s acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: what’s worth knowing
In pharmaceuticals, it is used to encapsulate pills, make solutions and bind tablets.
In textiles it is used to fix colours in printing and dyeing.
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Eating some chocolate really might be good for you – here’s what the research says
The culprit is often dark chocolate, which can provoke symptoms of agitation, rigid muscles and even seizures. In certain cases, if ingested in high
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Frequent teen vaping might boost risk of toxic lead and uranium exposure
“These findings call for further research, vaping regulation, and targeted public health interventions to mitigate the potential harms of e-cigarette use, p
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GHS warns public against misuse of naphthalene balls, it causes newborn jaundice
Although camphor had many benefits, Dr. Awekeya advised citizens to be very careful when using the chemical, or better still, avoid it where possible
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Sugar in baby food: why Nestlé needs to be held to account in Africa
We need to make sure that consumers are aware of what’s in their food by having large front-of-package warning labels. Take yogurt: many people assume it is healthy
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The consumption of certain food additive emulsifiers could be associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
As with all food additives, the safety of emulsifiers had been previously evaluated by food safety and health agencies based on the scientific evidence
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Africa: World Malaria Day 2024 – ‘Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World’
The strategy notes that all efforts to fight malaria should be rooted in the principles of health equity, gender equality and human rights
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Pharmacy Council warns public against sale of unlicensed medicines
In addition to that, all the products they were offering, were not registered. Intended use of these medicines was also very detrimental to the health
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Dietary treatment found to be more effective than medicines in irritable bowel syndrome
“We need more knowledge about how to best personalize the treatment of IBS in the future and we will further investigate whether there are certain factors
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Men experiencing erectile dysfunction need psychological help — Counselor
He said five to eight men reported with ED daily during consultations and encouraged men, who experience ED to report to the hospital
