Breast cancer: Patient creates app to help with treatment
A mobile app designed by a patient is helping people with breast cancer prepare for the start of radiotherapy. The treatment requires them to raise their arm above their head, but patients often find that difficult or painful after breast surgery. Exercises are important but Karen Bonham said leaflets giving details did not help her […]
Election 2020: STAR Ghana Foundation supports GBC, GJA and 24 CSOs
STAR-Ghana Foundation has signed Grant documents with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GBC, the Ghana Journalists Association, GJA and 24 other organisations under the Strategic, Managed and Local Partnership components of its election 2020 projects. The Grant which is ¢9 million will fund 26 selected projects focusing on achieving a successful election in 2020. Director General […]
Man coughing non-stop for two months had leech stuck to his throat
Doctors at a hospital in south-eastern China’s Fujian Province recently reported the unusual case of a man whose non-stop coughing had apparently been caused by a leech attached to his throat. Last Friday, the unnamed man arrived at the Wuping County Hospital in the city of Longyan complaining of almost non-stop coughing over the past […]
Ghana poised to become self-sufficient in poultry production
Dr Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, has said Ghana is on its way to becoming self-sufficient in poultry production in three years’ time as government provides incentives to local farmers to expand production. He said the Government has provided poultry farmers with the needed incentives to help them expand their production and […]
