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Inflammatory Breast Cancer

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A rare disease that often isn’t detected until it’s too late.
by Bethany Lye for MSN Health & Fitness

It is called “the silent killer” because this type of breast cancer slips by mammograms undetected, and it even evades ultrasounds and some biopsies. It is often diagnosed too late, when the cancer has already spread throughout the body. Usually, new patients are categorized as Stage 4’s—plopped right into the final stretch of breast cancer’s four-part progression.

For years, inflammatory breast cancer (or IBC) has flown under the medical community’s radar. Ask an X-ray tech, a nurse or a family care physician about it, and more often than not, you’ll get a dumbfounded stare or a surprised “Huh?” in return.

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Poor quality infrastructure services affect growth--Report

Accra, Sept. 11, Ghanadot/GNA - The World Bank Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) report, on Tuesday said Ghana's key infrastructure services were not only short in supply but were characterized by poor quality and unreliable, leading to serious implications for growth. .....More

Offshore banking has its significance

Commentary, Sept 11, 2007, Ghanadot - The news that Ghana, in a joint effort with Barclays Bank, has set up an offshore banking system should be welcoming one, but, as usual, this news is raising some alarm in the minds of some people. ....More

AMA targets property rate collection of GH¢ 60 million

Accra, Sept. 10, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson, Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on Monday said the Assembly would be 60 billion cedis (GH¢ 60 million) richer by the end of the year if they collected property rate from residents in the city..... More