en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-09-22 Ghana Health

Traditional medical practitioners warned
GhanaWeb
Traditional Medicine Practitioners have been cautioned not to parade themselves as medical doctors, since their license did not mandate them to practise as such. Mr Martin Azaglo, a member of the Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC), gave the ...

Cape Coast Sept. 21, GNA – Traditional Medicine Practitioners have been ...   Ghana News Agency

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CBS Local

Poultry Growers Prepared For The Worst Strain Of Avian Flu
CBS Local
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Poultry growers are preparing for the worst, as a lethal strain of Avian flu is expected to make it to Maryland this fall. Alex DeMetrick reports, millions of chickens and turkeys died in the Midwest. The East Coast could be next ...
Protecting Vermont's poultry producers from deadly bird flu   WCAX
Wild birds affected by bird flu first time in Ghana - Epidemiologist   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Indiana lifts ban on poultry shows   South Bend Tribune
Arkansas Business Online
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Steelers Lounge

Malaria MDG target achieved but 3 billion people remain at risk: WHO-Unicef report
The News International
Malaria death rates have plunged by 60% since 2000, translating into 6.2 million lives saved, the vast majority of them children. Yet, about 3.2 billion people, meaning almost half of the world's population, are still at risk of malaria, reveals a ...
MDG target on malaria achieved amid sharp drop in cases, mortality, says WHO ...   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Africa accounts for 80% of global malaria cases in2015 – Report   Ghana Business News
Children's Malaria Deaths Plunge   AllAfrica.com
Daily Times
Occupational Health and Safety
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GhanaWeb

First Lady donates medical equipment to Hospital
GhanaWeb
Mrs Lordina Mahama, the First Lady, has donated medical equipment to the Asante Mampong District Hospital. The cost of the equipment was not immediately known, but they included packed surgery sets, breathing tubes, anaesthetic accessories, wheel ...

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The Globe and Mail

AP Investigation: WHO Ebola effort faltered in African city
Washington Post
KENEMA, Sierra Leone — Highly contagious corpses rotted in the rain amid a shortage of body bags. Nurses turned to plastic packaging as protective gear ran out. Even some of the chlorine provided to Sierra Leone's Kenema Government Hospital last year ...

WHO bungling of Ebola crisis in Africa revealed in e-mails   CBC.ca
AP Investigation: Bungling by UN agency hurt Ebola response   Chicago Tribune

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Daily Beast

Martin Shkreli Is Big Pharmas Biggest A**hole
Daily Beast
Thanks to Martin Shkreli, life-saving drug Daraprim will now cost $750 per pill—up from $13.50. And no one, not even the FDA, can stop him. Shop ▾. Hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli is 32 years old but he's acting half that age on Twitter today after ...
CEO who raised price of AIDS drug more than $700 calls journalist a 'moron ...   New Zealand Herald
CEO Who Raised Price Of Old Pill More Than $700 Calls Journalist A 'Moron' For ...   NDTV
Here's why Turing Pharmaceuticals says 5000% price bump is necessary   Fortune
Daily Mail
The Guardian
Raw Story
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The News International

Smoking can double the risk of developing dementia
Irish Examiner
Smoking can double the risk of dementia, and campaigners are warning the number suffering from the condition will treble within a generation. The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Ash Ireland warned that while diseases such as cancer, stroke, and heart ...

“Keep the brain active”   The Hindu
Aspirin relative might help Alzheimer's   The San Diego Union-Tribune
Opinion: Focus support on strengths, not weaknesses   Vancouver Sun
Telegraph.co.uk
Basildon Recorder
The Guardian
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