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 2010-03-18T10:11:12+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40366.php Pharmacists under the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos Branch have given an insight into why health care provision in the country is unaffordable and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has not been effective. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40366.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40363.php A farmer-based organization has called for the suspension of the cultivation of bio-fuel crops in the country to help address the growing threat they pose to food production and food security. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40363.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40344.php The UN General Assembly has declared 2011-2020 as the first "Decade of Action for Road Safety" in a bid to halt increasing trends in traffic deaths and injuries worldwide. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40344.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40329.php Mrs Patricia Akua Adika, Second National Vice President of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) has advised members to eschew negative tendencies, and rather uphold professionalism in the discharge of their duties. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40329.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40223.php Let's be real here, have you seen those promises of "10 minute workouts?" 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Researchers presented three studies revealing that some of the most widely prescribed medications to reduce the risk of heart disease in Type 2 diabetes patients appeared not to provide much benefit at all. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40220.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40217.php A receding hairline can be a good thing, according to US scientists, who say men who go bald by 30 appear to be less likely to develop prostate cancer. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40217.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40205.php Impotence is a strong predictor of heart attack and death among high-risk patients, German researchers have said.The study of 1,519 men who already had cardiovascular disease found those who were also impotent had twice the risk of a heart attack or death as the rest. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40205.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40204.php Two key treatments do not halt diabetes in people with early signs of the disease, a large study has found. Researchers said the results showed the only way to ensure future health in people at high risk of diabetes was exercise and a healthy diet. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40204.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40203.php Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, US research suggests.The preliminary research showed those whose gum disease was not treated successfully were three times more likely to give birth before 35 weeks. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40203.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40201.php Drinkers who are overweight face a “double whammy” impact on their liver, research suggests. Two studies of more than a million UK men and women suggest excess weight and alcohol act together to raise the risk of cirrhosis and other liver diseases. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40201.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40182.php Coconut Water is a natural isotonic beverage filled with immune boosting vitamins and nutrients. This healthy electrolyte drink has potassium, calcium, and magnesium. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40182.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40181.php Mr. Kwame Agyente-Badu, a researcher at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, has advocated the daily consumption of natural cocoa products without additives such as sugar and milk, saying these reduce the potency of the cocoa. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40181.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40106.php Authorities of Merton International School have closed down the school temporarily after it was detected that five children had become infected with the H1N1 strain or swine flu. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40106.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40105.php Vicdoris Pharmaceuticals Ltd -- the company at the centre of the importation of Cipro-Dor and Clavo-Dor -- into the country have described as “very misleading” reports that it had imported “substandard” drugs for sale. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40105.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40085.php Epileptic attacks suffered by people while driving could be the cause of some unexplained road accidents in the country, Mrs Priscilla Elikplim Tawiah, Head of the Psychiatric Unit of the Ho Municipal Hospital, said on Friday. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/40085.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39990.php The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of substandard antibiotics produced by two Chinese companies from the local market. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39990.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39946.php The Minister of Health Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor has said there is no clinical evidence that some people have died through the cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) disease in the Ashanti Region. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39946.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39920.php For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study found. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39920.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39865.php Mr. Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, Deputy Minister for Health, has stressed the need for Ghanaians to know the sickle cell status of their prospective marriage partners to reduce its incidence in the country. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201003/39865.php