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Ghana: Sweetened Drinks May Damage the Heart
[Ghanaian Chronicle] Soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages can seriously damage heart health, a new review finds. The added sugar in sodas, fruit drinks, sweet teas and energy drinks affects the body in ways that increase risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke, said review author Vasanti Malik, a nutrition research scientist at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 6, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news

"Pictures Don't Lie, Seeing Is Believing": Exploring Attitudes to the Introduction of Pictorial Warnings on Cigarette Packs in Ghana
Conclusions: Warning labels combining pictures and text have the potential to reduce smoking uptake, increase quit attempts, and reduce smoking appeal among smokers and nonsmokers in Ghana. Measures to prevent single stick sales, or to promote health messages to purchasers of single sticks, are required.
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - November 24, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Singh, A., Owusu-Dabo, E., Britton, J., Munafo, M. R., Jones, L. L. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research

Self-reported cataracts in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic and health related factors
Conclusions: Cataract is prevalent in older people in Ghana with approximately 1 in 20 people aged 50 years or older reporting a previous diagnosis of cataract. As cataract surgery is restorative, a public health approach on behavioural modification, well structured national outreach eye care services (for rural residents), inclusion of basic eye health services at sub-district levels, increased family support and national health insurance for older persons is indicated.
Source: Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations - September 12, 2014 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Alfred E YawsonEdith M Ackuaku-DogbeNana A SeneadzaGeorge MensahNadia MinicuciNirmala NaidooSomnath ChatterjiPaul KowalRichard B Biritwum Source Type: research

Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing
Conclusions: Tobacco use among older adults in Ghana was associated with older men living in rural locations, chronic ill-health and reduced life satisfaction. A high proportion of older adults have stopped using tobacco, demonstrating the possibilities for effective public health interventions. Health risk reduction strategies through targeted anti-smoking health campaigns, improvement in access to health and social protection (such as health insurance) will reduce health risks among older persons who use tobacco.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - October 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alfred YawsonAkosua BaddooNana Hagan-SeneadzaBenedict Calys-TagoeSandra HewlettPhyllis Dako-GyekeGeorge MensahNadia MinicuciNirmala NaidooSomnath ChatterjiPaul KowalRichard Biritwum Source Type: research