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 2013-05-23T12:13:45+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/165080.php The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (A.M.A) Sanitation and Motor Court presided over by His Worship, Mr Emmanuel Nana Antwi-Barima, has remanded in police custody a phone repairer, Nana Kofi Boakye, who posed as Dr. Batistuta Owusu Boakye, of Korle- Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/165080.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/165039.php Pharmacists in government hospitals have insisted that they would continue with their strike until they are placed on the appropriate salary levels. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/165039.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164923.php In most African countries, stigmatization is still a big challenge in the fight against HIV and AIDS. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164923.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164913.php The Post Migration Implementation Committee on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) has recommended the refund of the conversion difference deducted from the salaries of doctors. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164913.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164890.php Pharmacists in government hospitals have insisted that they would continue with their strike action until they are placed on the appropriate salary levels. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164890.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164717.php Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai, a consultant and breast surgeon, over the weekend appealed to women to go for early and prompt clinical screening for breast cancer detection and medication. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164717.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164693.php The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on the illness, researchers have suggested. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164693.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164670.php People in mining communities have been advised by the Managing Director of Perseus Mining (Ghana) Limited, Mr Wayne Nicoletto, to support the fight against malaria by ensuring that their environments are clean. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164670.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164652.php Dr Oheneba Boachie- Adjei, Director of Pantang-based Focus Orthopaedic Hospital, has appealed to the Ministry of Health to give duty-free exemption to the facility in the importation of sophisticated surgical equipment to treat patients. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164652.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164651.php World Health Organisation, WHO, has concluded that a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer life-long immunity against the yellow fever disease. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164651.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164635.php Angelina Jolie underwent a preventive double mastectomy after doctors estimated she had an 87% chance of developing breast cancer. How was that figure calculated and how does it differ from other women's risk of getting the disease? http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164635.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164573.php The Executive Council of Ghana Chamber of Pharmacy (GCP) on Friday commended government and Ministry of Health for rolling out mechanism for the establishment of a Bioequivalence Centre. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164573.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164572.php E-health initiative, an electronic health delivery system, was launched on Friday to enable doctors reach their patients online and bring health care to the door steps of the citizenry. http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164572.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201305/164558.php Good health is a very precious gift, a blessing never appreciated until it is lost. 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