A recent study by the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network suggests that sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden of stroke worldwide, with an age-standardized stroke incidence rate of up to 316 per 100,000 persons. When the blood supply to portions of your brain is blocked or ruptures, denying brain tissue oxygen and nutrition, 32,000 […]
By Emmanuel Asare Bentil Health delivery is not complete without the prescription of medicines and adherence of patients/clients to the prescribed medicines. In Ghana, most herbal centers/clinics started as manufacturers of herbal medicines, making available various herbal medicinal products to the general public through herbal shops and pharmacies to date. Products like the TONICS are […]
Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy among males worldwide and is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States. According to GLOBOCAN (2012), an estimated 1.1 million new cases and 307,000 deaths were reported in 2012. The reasons for the increase of this disease are not known but increasing […]
Source NGA The Executive Director of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Dr. Kofi Bobi Barimah, has urged Ghanaians to conserve the country’s forest cover towards preserving plant biodiversity. “This is essential for the food security and health of the country while preserving our heritage of traditional medicine,” he said. He said this when he […]
Chronic constipation is a common gastrointestinal condition associated with intestinal inflammation and a considerably impaired quality of life, affecting approximately 10–20% of the population in the US. Dietary fiber and laxatives have been shown to aid in the treatment of chronic constipation, Venancio, V. P. (2016) Mango (Mangifera indica L.), a fiber- and polyphenol-rich fruit may […]
