http://news.peacefmonline.com/rss/health.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2012-02-10T16:22:18+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/93872.php Hundreds of farmers at Ziavi near Ho on Wednesday chose a medical screening exercise in town over their daily farming activities. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/93872.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/93084.php Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/93084.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/93083.php A Consultant Pediatrician at the Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Lorna Awo Renner says when detected early, about 75 percent of childhood cancer can be cured. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/93083.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92987.php Mrs Julian Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Women and Children Affairs, on Saturday said regular exercise was an effective mechanism to ensure good health since it reduces diseases like cancer, heart attack and obesity. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92987.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92951.php Dr Billy Bosu, Programme Manager of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Friday called for increased political will to fund the prevention and treatment of cancers in Ghana. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92951.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92899.php Three of five children infected by staphylococcus aureus, a lethal bacteria, have died at the emergency block of the Children’s ward of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92899.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92748.php Hypertensive disorders have overtaken haemorrhage(bleeding) as the leading cause of maternal mortality at Ridge Regional Hospital, with one out of every seven deliveries being complicated. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92748.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92594.php Painstaking investigations by the Daily Guide newspaper has revealed that death is being sold at our markets nowadays under the guise of selling fruits. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92594.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92546.php National health insurance subscribers who sought medical care at private clinics in Kumasi Wednesday were denied attention, as the facilities withdrew services under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92546.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92322.php 1. 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But it can provide you with more energy, ease tension, slow breathing, and reduce the strain on your heart. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201202/92322.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/92201.php The Focus Region Health Project (FRHP), in collaboration with the International Women’s Club, has provided equipment worth US$320, 000 to the Accra Ridge Hospital and renovated the facility’s maternity theater. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/92201.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/92002.php Members of the Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners (SPMDP) and Ghana Registered Midwives Association (GRMA) in Ashanti Region, have resolved to indefinitely suspend their services to National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) subscribers, effective February 1. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/92002.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91926.php The Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners (SPMDP) Ghana has said they would not take part in the Capitation arrangement of payment for medical services as it exists in its present form. “The Capitation rate is too low and will collapse the system,” they said. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91926.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91608.php Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has closed down the Children’s Emergency ward indefinitely. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91608.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91484.php A section of cardiothoracic staff of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and patients of cardio say they want Prof. Frimpong Boateng back at the Cardio Centre. Some of them say the absence of Prof. Boateng has created a vacuum at the Centre. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91484.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91480.php The Public Relations Officer of the Awutu Effutu Senya Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, Mr. Joseph Yaw Owusu-Kwarteng has advised pregnant women against double registration under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91480.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91465.php Inhabitants of Block D 35-39 of the 37 Military Hospital are living in a state of discomfort as the stench emanating from a human waste spillage for several months now reaches alarming proportion, Citi News investigations reveal. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91465.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91380.php Caregivers to persons living with HIV in the Ho Municipality are powerless in their efforts to rein in some clients whose sex lives point to deliberately infecting others with the virus. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91380.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91306.php Henceforth, men who accompany their wives to the antenatal clinic for four consecutive times in 2012, will qualify for an award, under a new scheme instituted by the Atiwa District Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91306.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91228.php The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Health Directorate is positioning itself to meet health challenges envisaged as a result of the oil find, Dr. Teddy Avotri, the Metropolitan Director of Health Services has said. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201201/91228.php