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Africa: Is the World Health Organization Slowing Down the Efforts to Reduce Tobacco Harm?
He said that as a physician he always advised his patients to quit smoking but if they could not do so, switch to less harmful nicotine products
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Adding herbs and spices to meals may help lower blood pressure
In a controlled-feeding study, the researchers found that seasoning foods with 6.5 grams, or about 1.3 teaspoons, of herbs and spices a day was linked with lower blood pressure after four weeks.
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GHANA’S FIRST TWI HERBAL MEDICINE GLOSSARY PUBLISHED.
The 131-page book is a collection of commonly used medicinal plants, their family, indication and names in Twi and English. It serves as a source of reference for Researchers, Health Workers, Students and Traditional Doctors.
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Depression and hypertension attributed to limited facilities
Project Coordinator said findings from the formative study would guide the implementation of a pilot study to test the feasibility of managing depression and hypertension at the CHPS level using supervised CHOs and CHVs.
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MoH recruiting 2019 degree, diploma, certificate nurses and midwives
The statement said the Ministry of Health was not charging any fee for the recruitment and postings and cautioned applicants against making any payment to anyone.
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People who eat more fish have fewer signs of vascular disease in the brain
Participants who said that they ate more fish had fewer signs of damage in MRI scans of their brains than those who ate it less frequently.
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Make prostate cancer treatment affordable – Dr Yarney
y made the call at a health forum on Prostate Cancer Management in Ghana organised by the American Chamber of Commerce – Ghana (AMCHAM) in Accra last Tuesday.
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Ghana Records 1,000 Stroke Cases Annually – Health Minister
He called on the public to change their lifestyles and stop thinking that stroke disease is for rich people since the poor and children are also getting stroke.
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Noguchi investigating efficacy of traditional cancer remedies
“We have found some medicinal plant products that have interesting anti-cancer activity, not only breast cancer. We have found some that are interesting for prostate, leukaemia and so on”
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Naturopathic Medicine in the Ghanaian Healthcare System
He explains that, these people collect materials from any websites, read from books, sit on radio and Televisions and educate the public on natural medicine.
The Republic of Benin votes to legalize abortion
Several countries in Africa have total bans on abortion, including Congo-Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
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Widespread fast-food restaurants linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes
neighborhoods with higher availability of fast-food outlets across all regions of the United States is associated with higher subsequent
