Vodafone Ghana Medical Practitioner, Dr. Florence Koryo Akumiah, has said that a multi-disciplinary approach is required to manage diabetes in adolescents and children effectively. According to her, diabetes in children and adolescents may expose them to psychiatric factors such as depression, stress and anxiety, which can...[READ MORE]
File Photo A full 40 percent of the drugs behind the pharmacist’s counter in the Western world are derived from plants that people have used for centuries, including the top 20 best-selling prescription drugs in the United States today. Vickers et al., (2001) notes that many conventional drugs...[READ MORE]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Think About Mentally Challenged Person Near You (TAMeCPeNY), an NGO, Mr Evans Appiah-Kubi has called on the government to train more psychiatrists to help address mental health issues in the country. According to him, there are limited formal avenues for professional interaction and referrals to mental health professionals, thus...[READ MORE]
Credit Skynews :Passengers queuing at Heathrow Terminal 2 on Friday. Pic: Peter Westmacott Crowds at Heathrow Airport have sparked "super spreader" concerns after pictures emerged of a packed departures hall with limited social...[READ MORE]
Scientists have new biological evidence that the so-called South African coronavirus variant binds more readily and strongly to human cells, making it more infectious, top local epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim said on Monday. He was speaking at a presentation of...[READ MORE]
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A one-time gene mutation in a West African human millennia ago gave them immunity to malaria and doomed some of their descendants to sickle cell anaemia, according to new research. Today, about 300,000 children are born with sickle cell anaemia every year, with that number expected to rise to 400,000 in the next 30 years. The majority of these cases...[READ MORE]
“The bed has become a luxury place for me and I will not exchange it for all the thrones in the world”. ~ Napoleon I~Waking up on the wrong side of the bed is usually characterised by and associated with irritability and grouchy persons, and has nothing to do with nightmares or the ‘wrong sides’ but the bed being lain on. Typically but arguably, the...[READ MORE]
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