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2.6 million Ghanaians living with diabetes

A website that enables people to find out about the risk level of getting diabetes has been launched in Accra.

The website, [ www.diabetes.merck-africa.com ], allows individuals to provide basic information about themselves to determine whether they stand a high risk of getting the disease.

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Viscous molasses

Molasses is the dark, sweet, syrupy by-product made during the extraction of sugars from sugarcane and sugar beets.

It can   vary in colour, sweetness and nutritional content depending on the variety or how much sugar has been extracted.

Tommy's and World Prematurity Day

Celebrating World Prematurity Day

Tuesday, November 17 was celebrated as World Prematurity Day, a day set aside each year to put the spotlight on over the 15 million babies born prematurely.

More than one in 10 babies are born prematurely. This means on World Prematurity Day 2015, more than 41,000 premature babies will be born.

Mr. Peter Anarfi-Mensah, Ashanti Regional Minister

Minister calls for reforms at nursing and midwifery front

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Peter Anarfi-Mensah, has called for reformation in the health sector especially among the nursing and midwifery units in line with the original intent of the professions to offer love and care to the sick.

He said unlike formerly, the nursing profession has become the last resort of unsuccessful students who do not have any passion for the job but join for financial reasons.

“It’s so sad that the attitudes of some nurses and midwives leave patients and pregnant women worse off than they reported at the clinic.

What Your Poop Reveals About Your Health

Some think it’s funny. Others don’t want to talk about it. But one way or another, everyone has to poop, and the state of your bowel movements can actually be pretty telling of your overall health.

“The digestive tract contains more bacterial cells than there are cells in the entire body,” says Dr. Jean-Pierre Raufman, a gastroenterologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “It’s very important that our bowels work well to absorb necessary nutrients but also keep out any foods, chemicals and germs that could do us harm.”

Spinal Stenosis

What causes narrowing of neck bones

The backbone is a vital part of the body. It shields your spinal cord and nerves which gives signals to direct function and movement in your body.

When the spaces in the backbone become narrow, there is pressure on the spinal cord and this directly affects the signals that move parts of the body.

Dr. Yao Mfodwo

New mental and emotional health centre opens at Abokobi

The Brain Clinic, a private specialized mental and emotional health facility based at Abokobi, Accra, will on Thursday and Friday hold an open day and official launch of the facility.

Dr. Yao Mfodwo, CEO of the Brain Clinic acknowledged in a statement that “Mental and Emotional Health facilities are hard to come by in this country, yet it is one of the most significant entities needed in every modern society.”

He said Mental and Emotional stability are directly linked to productivity and the wellbeing of every individual, expressing the hope also that with the establishment of the Brain Clinic, assistance and needed care will be afforded people with mental and emotional instabilities.

The Nurses, Ambassador Lomotey and Israeli health officials in a group photo

Ambassador Lomotey spurs Ghanaian nurses training in Israel

Ghana’s Ambassador to Israel, Ambassador Ernest S. Lomotey, has urged a group of Ghanaian senior nurses undergoing intensive training at the Sheba Medical Centre (SMC), Israel, to make the most of the opportunity.

The 22 nurses are being trained as part of a programme to equip and prepare them with the necessary skills to take up various positions at the new University of Ghana Teaching Hospital, which is modelled along the lines of the Sheba/Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The nurses who have various specialization backgrounds are the second batch of Ghanaian health professionals to be trained by the authorities of the Sheba Hospital. Earlier in April, 2015, 17 medical doctors were at the facility for a similar intensive programme.

• Mr Beckmann (right), Mrs Denyoh and other guests unveiling the website.

Website on diabetes launched

A website that enables people to find out about the risk level of getting diabetes has been launched in Accra.

The website, http://diabetes.merck-africa.com, allows individuals to provide basic information about themselves to determine whether they stand a high risk of getting the disease.

Dubbed the “Diabetes Online Risk Assessment” (DORA), the website was designed by a Germany-based Pharmaceutical company, Merck. Ghana is the second country to launch the website in the world after Kenya.

•A resident being screened for diabetes

Iran Clinic organises free diabetes screening

More than 500 people in about seven communities in Accra have been screened by the Iran Clinic as part of activities marking this year’s World Diabetes Day (WDD).

The beneficiaries were from Adabraka, New Town, Asylum Down, Neoplan, Kokomlemle, Caprice, Odorna and its environs. Their blood pressure (BP) was checked. They were also educated on diabetes and nutrition.

Parents advised to be conscious of diabetes in children

Parents and guardians have been advised to be conscious of symptoms of diabetes in their children and wards and take steps to medically verify these symptoms.

Dr Nii Boye of the Trust Hospital in Accra, who gave the advice, mentioned symptoms of diabetes exhibited by children and young adults, who were mostly affected by Type 1 diabetes, to include irregular weight loss, bed-wetting and constant complaints of hunger.

When identified early, he said medical treatment as well as supervised care could be given to normalise the situation.

Sensitisation

Dr Boye was speaking to the congregation of the Calvary Baptist Church at Adabraka, Accra, last Sunday, on diabetes as part of the National Diabetes Week and World Diabetes Day.

The programme formed part of the activities to mark this year’s National Diabetes Week and World Diabetes Day, by the Kafui Foundation for Childhood Diabetes.

The programme organised in collaboration with the Diabet

• One of the workers donating blood at the hospital.

Qualiplast supports 37 Hospital blood bank

Qualiplast Limited have donated blood to the blood bank of the 37 Military Hospital.

The pioneer plastic packaging and  manufacturing company last Saturday organised its maiden blood donation exercise where staff and management took turns to donate blood to stock the blood bank. 

The exercise, which was held on the theme: ‘Donate blood, save lives’ was undertaken in partnership with the 37 Military Hospital. It was part of activities to mark the celebration of Qualiplast’s 42nd anniversary.

 The management team of Crystal Health Services displaying their plaque

New Crystal Health Services chalks another Club 100 feat

The management of  New Crystal Health Services has assured that it will adopt best customer-centred practices to exceed the expectations of patrons of its facilities as it achieves another feat on the Ghana Club 100 rankings.

The company placed ninth in the rankings, beating all health facilities that made it to the ranking. The closest company in the health care category placed 69.

Mrs Lordina Mahama (left) handing over the X-ray machine to some officials of the hospital.To her immediate left is the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Victor Asare Bampoe

Emulate Florence Nightingale’s example:First Lady urges health workers

The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, has called on nurses and other health professionals to emulate the good example of Florence Nightingale, the mother of nursing, by showing compassion, civility and politeness to patients who visit their facilities for care.

Dr Kaku Kyiamah

Treat diabetes with food and healthy lifestyle — Kyiamah

An industrialist, Dr Kaku Kyiamah, has expressed worry over the high rate of diabetes cases being recorded in the country and recommended the use of food and change in lifestyle to manage the condition.

He noted that the body was capable of repairing itself using fatty acids as a major component of the diet.

Dr Babatunde Ahonsi — Conutry rep ofthe UNFPA

Improving Family Planning uptake in Ghana

Stakeholders working to promote Family Planning (FP) in Ghana have made several recommendations to strengthen ongoing efforts at influencing increased FP uptake in the country.

The recommendations include broad strategies that are expected to reinforce ongoing efforts at addressing the imbalances in the quality and quantum of FP services currently available to the different segments of the Ghanaian population.

The brain is an organ that serves as the centre of the nervous system in all vertebrates and most invertebrate animals.   Physiologically, the function of the brain is to exert centralised control over the other organs of the body

The brain is what makes you

We call it “susu” in Ewe, “adwini” in Twi, “dwemo” in Ga and “kokoluwa” in Hausa – but at the end, it all comes down to the same – 1.5 kilogrammes of tissue with special cells which we call “neurons”: Tbrain.

Your stomach digests food, your lungs inhale air, your heart pumps blood – but what does your brain do? Does it make you walk? Does it make you happy, angry, and sad? Does it work during the night and make you dream? Does it regulate your heart? Does it make you think? The brain makes all of the above and in fact, it makes you YOU.

Free health screening on World Diabetes Day

In commemoration of World Diabetes Day on 14th November, four Lions Clubs in Accra held a health screening exercise at the Tema Lorry Station, Ministries Accra.

Seek regular medical care to check breast cancer

The President of Breast Care International, Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, has advised women, especially those with a family history of breast cancer, to take good care of themselves and seek regular medical care.

Dr Mrs Wiafe-Addai stated this at a press conference in Accra recently ahead of this year’s Walk Against Breast Cancer.

Use social media to save lives - doctors advised

A Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology's School of Medical Sciences (KNUST-SMS), Dr Gyiku Plange-Rhule, has urged doctors to use social media appropriately to save lives.

According to her, doctors could take advantage of the several benefits social media present in the practice of their profession.

"Use your social media to save lives by way of consulting", she stated.

Dr Plange-Rhule who is also a Paediatrician at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital gave the advice at the graduation and induction ceremony of newly qualified medical doctors of the University for Development Studies' (UDS's) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (UDS-SMHS) in Tamale in the Northern Region.

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