Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests.
The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men.
Female drinkers did not benefit to the same extent, the study in Heart found.
Experts are critical, warning heavy drinking can increase the risk of other diseases, with alcohol responsible for 1.8 million deaths globally per year.
The study was conducted in Spain, a country with relatively high rates …
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IMANI director, Franklin Cudjoe met with Ghana’s Minister of Health at the United Nations Economic and Social Council Conference in Accra on e-Health held in Accra between June 10-June 11.
Franklin reminded the Minister about the alcohol policy and he said “Yes, it is very important eh?”. Franklin promised to follow up with a reminder to the Minister on an August 2009 deadline for governments to submit preliminary reports on efforts to draft policies on alcohol.
Franklin was speaking at the UN conference on Mobile Pedigree, the latest mobile-phone …
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) on Friday announced the appointment of Mr Gregory Metcalf as the new Managing Director for SABMiller’s Ghana operations.
Mr. Metcalf’s appointment took effect from June 1, 2009, a statement from the ABL in Accra said.
The statement said Mr. Metcalf, a British, is an experienced Managing Director who had spent the last 10 years as Managing Director in several manufacturing organisations before joining SABMiller in 2008 as the Commercial Director for the Nile Breweries in Uganda.
“Mr. Metcalf’s experience includes product innovation, sales and marketing, administration and distribution management …
IMANI director, Franklin Cudjoe, former deputy head of the FDB, Mr. Kwamina Van-Ess and Mr. Andrew Akolaa, Marketing Manager of Kasapreko distilleries formally presented the draft alcohol policy to Hon. Dr. Sipa-Adjah Yankey, Ghana’s new Health Minister. Minister promised to study the draft and said hopefully, there would be no need to re-invent the wheel.
Franklin later joined the Minister of health and his Ghanaian delegation at a luncheon on M-Health projects organized by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and the United States lobby agency, the Whitaker Group in …
