Tag Archives: CANCER

Asamoah Gyan supports cancer patient on admission at Korle-Bu for 2 years

The family of Efua Danu has thanked Ghana’s veteran football international, Asamoah Gyan for supporting their daughter, Martha Tawiah Korkor who had been on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching for the past two years.  Miss Korkor was on admission at the premier teaching hospital in the Greater Accra Region for …

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Contracting breast cancer does not amount to death penalty – BCI Boss allays fears

The President of Breast Care International (BCI) Dr Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai has allayed the fears among women that contracting breast cancer does not amount to death. She said the disease is curable when it is detected at the early stage and therefore advised women to go for regular checkups …

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VIDEO: Ken Agyapong pays US$145,000 for repairs of KATH cancer machine

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has paid an amount of US$145,000 for the importation of parts of a crucial cancer treatment machine at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, KATH. He issued the checque during the week on Net 2 TV when some of the medics who work at …

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Nigeria national anthem’s co-author Prof Ogunnaike dies of cancer

The Nigerian-born American scholar prior to his death was a chemical engineer and the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University Of Delaware – a position he held for more than 25 years. “Babatunde Ogunnaike 1956-2022. The death has occurred of Tunde Ogunnaike, whose words …

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Joe Biden appoints Nduom’s son to lead fight against cancer

President Biden relaunches ‘Cancer Moonshot Program’ Dr. Edjah Nduom is son of Papa Kwesi Nduom More than 600,000 people die from cancer yearly in the US The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has appointed the son of businessman and politician in Ghana, Paa Kwesi Nduom, to an …

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Sucking of women’s breasts does not prevents breast cancer- Dr Wiafe Addai warns

President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has denounced the public perception that sucking of women’s breasts by men prevents breast cancer.  According to the Global Breast Cancer Advocate, no research has proven that breast cancer can be prevented by regular sucking of the breast by …

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Man who suffered from breast cancer shares experience

Breast cancer has for a long time been known to be a disease that solely affects women, yet recent discoveries have shown that more and more cases of breast cancer in men are being diagnosed in last few decades. To help mark Breast Cancer Awareness month, a survivor of this …

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