2015年5月14日 星期四

2015-05-15 Ghana Health


Know your blood pressure, it could save your life   
GhanaWeb
17th May is World Hypertension Day and please do not panic. This is not a stress-filled day that aims at increasing your blood pressure but rather it's a day set aside to increase awareness of a serial yet silent killer. That is exactly what Hypertension it; ...

Your Health: High blood pressure   The Tracy Press
Kaiser Permanente rolls up sleeves to help reduce hypertension   PR Newswire (press release)
Booming | The epidemic of high blood pressure   The Courier-Journal

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Diabetes Insider
   
Advanced viral gene therapy eradicates prostate cancer in preclinical experiments   
HealthCanal.com
Even with the best available treatments, the median survival of patients with metastatic, hormone-refractory prostate cancer is only two to three years. Driven by the need for more effective therapies for these patients, researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center ...

Early Chemo May Boost Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer   HealthDay
Prostate Cancer Drug Found to Extend Lives   Diabetes Insider
Prostate Cancer Drug Extends Lives: Study   Newsmax
BBC News   
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Reveal
   
Woman claims mobile phone left in her abdomen after caesarean   
Reveal
A new mum has claimed she went home from hospital with far more than just her newborn baby. The Jordanian woman, Hanan Mahmoud Abdul Karim, alleges that her doctor left his mobile phone in her abdomen after performing a caesarean section.
Doctor leaves mobile phone in woman's stomach after caesarean operation ...   The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
SHOCKER: Doctors 'leave MOBILE PHONE inside woman after caesarean section'   Malaysia Chronicle
Gynecologist Mistakenly Leaves Phone Inside Patient's Abdomen   Softpedia News
CNET   
gulfnews.com   
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GhanaWeb
   
NHIS faces over ¢400m funding gap; Minister insists it doesn't owe   
GhanaWeb
Although Finance minister insists all arrears owed the NHIS has been paid, it has emerged that there is a ¢400million hole on the books of the Scheme, ensuring that health care woes are not yet over. Worse, this huge hole could deepen to about ¢817million ...


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GhanaWeb
   
Government urged to complete abandoned maternity blocks   
GhanaWeb
Government and stakeholders in Health have been urged to continue with the construction of abandoned maternity blocks in some health institutions in the country. Mrs Christiana Mawusi Atsu, Chief Executive Officer of African Mother and Child Health ...

Abandoned Maternity Blocks Must Be Constructed - NGO   spyghana.com

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Let's not be complacent over Ebola and Cholera campaign - NADMO   
BusinessGhana
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has cautioned Ghanaians against complacency in the campaign against the Ebola Viral Disease and Cholera in the country. Ms. Ruth Arthur, the Head of the Disease Epidemic Department of ...


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CBC.ca
   
Weak handgrip a sign of higher risk of dying from disease: study   
CBC.ca
A limp handshake could mean more than just a bad first impression, but also a marker of poor health, researchers say. According to a new study, a weak handgrip is linked to a higher risk of dying from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases.
A firm handshake is enough to kill you   Times LIVE
Hearty handshake a real life-saver   The Australian (blog)
Can a Weak Grip Predict Heart Disease?   NBCNews.com
New Vision   
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BBC News
   
Elderly people who exercise 'live five years longer'   
BBC News
Regular exercise in old age has as powerful an effect on life expectancy as giving up smoking, researchers say. The analysis of 5,700 elderly men in Norway showed those doing three hours of exercise a week lived around five years longer than the ...

Daily exercise as beneficial to health in old age as quitting smoking, study finds   The Guardian
Elderly men who exercise for 30 minutes a day can extend their lifespan by five ...   Daily Mail

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Mail & Guardian Online
   
Lessons from Nigeria on Ebola   
Mail & Guardian Online
The outbreak proved how important it is to respond to infectious diseases with expertise and a unified plan. Nip it in the bud: (Above) an official at a Nigerian school takes a pupil's temperature using an infrared digital laser thermometer, to monitor disease ...

First confirmed Ebola case in Italy   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Tony Blair Commends Sierra Leone in the fight against Ebola   Sierra Express Media

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mirror.co.uk
   
Elderly cancer patient finds himself starving and alone - 911 operator does ...   
mirror.co.uk
After months spent battling cancer in hospital, 81-year-old Clarence Blackmon just wanted to relax at home. But weak and stranded on his own, he realised he had virtually no food in the house. Gradually, he realised the situation was severe as he could ...

What This 911 Operator Did for a Starving Veteran With Cancer Will Absolutely ...   Cosmopolitan.com (blog)
Cancer-Stricken Vet Comes Home to an Empty Refrigerator and No Way to Get ...   TheBlaze.com
Donations pour in for elderly man who called 911 because he had no food   MyFox Washington DC
EMS1.com   
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