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More young people contracting hypertension, diabetes – CEO of UGMC
Add a CommentThere is a growing number of young people with hypertension and diabetes in the country, the Chief Executive Officer of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), Dr Kwame Anim-Boamah, has said. He said some of the patients were either … Read more →
Manage diabetes as epidemic – Expert
Add a CommentA diabetes treatment expert, Dr Yacoba Atiase, has said diabetes has reached epidemic levels in the country and so it should be managed as such. Dr Atiase, who is the Head of the Diabetes Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching … Read more →
Hypertension, diabetes rising in Muslim community – Experts warn
Add a CommentHealth experts have raised concerns over the prevalence of high blood pressure and diabetes among residents in Koforidua Zongo. The situation has been attributed to a shift in healthy eating and regular physical exercise in form of walking which was … Read more →
Over 19 million people have diabetes in Africa
Add a CommentAccording to a World Health Organization (WHO) report on diabetes, four Hundred and Sixty three (463) million people have diabetes in the world and more than 19 million people in the African Region with a projection of 47 million by … Read more →
Diabetes Screening: Firm Health Ghana Foundation screens hundreds at Inchaban
Add a CommentA leading not for profit health foundation in the Western Region of Ghana, Firm Health Ghana Foundations on 1st December, 2018 organized a free diabetes screening exercise for over two hundred people at Inchaban in the Western Region of Ghana … Read more →
Diabetes is actually five separate diseases – Research
Add a CommentScientists say diabetes is five separate diseases, and treatment could be tailored to each form. Diabetes – or uncontrolled blood sugar levels – is normally split into type 1 and type 2. But researchers in Sweden and Finland think the … Read more →
109 children down with diabetes in Ghana
Add a CommentDR EMMANUEL Ameyaw, the Paediatric Endocrinologist at the Department of Child Health of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, has disclosed that about 109 Ghanaian children are currently seeking medication for diabetes at the various hospitals in the … Read more →
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