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Scientists have taken the first steps towards what they say could become a new blood and urine test for autism. Their study tested children with and without the condition and found higher levels of protein damage in those with the disorder. The researchers said the tests could lead ultimately to the earlier detection of the condition, which can be difficult to diagnose. But experts expressed caution, saying such a test was still a long way off. Protein damage Autism affects behaviour and particularly social interaction but it is difficult to spot and is not usually diagnosed before the age of…

Scientists have taken the first steps towards what they say could become a new blood and urine test for autism. Their study tested children with and without the condition and found higher levels of protein damage in those with the disorder. The researchers said the tests could lead ultimately to the earlier detection of the condition, which can be difficult to diagnose. But experts expressed caution, saying such a test was still a long way off. Protein damage Autism affects behaviour and particularly social interaction but it is difficult to spot and is not usually diagnosed before the age of…

The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Board approved the appointment of Mr Ernest Hanson as a Board Member on Monday 19 February 2018. Hanson joins with over 20 years Rugby playing experience. He played schoolboy rugby at Clifton College in the UK and another three years at Gloucester Rugby Academy until the age of 21. Mr Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, spearheaded the appointment of Hanson who had previously served on the Board of the GRFU. According to Mensah, Ghana Rugby adopted a new Constitution in 2017 that for the first time in 17 years allowed…

More tributes are pouring in for the late Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng popularly known in showbiz circles as Ebony Reigns, a week after her tragic motor accident. The Minister of Communication and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has described the late dancehall artiste as “real” and not someone who was doing music for the fame and glory. “Ebony was real and very outspoken, a huge talent and beautiful. She was not pretending or posing to be someone she was not. People did not understand her but I saw her as real and genuine young lady who had achieved…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has maintained that the appointment of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor is a strong indication of government’s commitment to combat corruption. He made the above pronouncement in a meeting with the new Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Tsutomu Himeno, where he called on Japan and other developed countries not to hold back on offering support to Ghana because of its willingness address the corruption canker. Mr. Rawlings said, “the appointment of Amidu as Special Prosecutor from outside his own party shows the President is serious. It vindicates some of us. No developed country should hold…

File photo. Impounded vehicles[/caption] The Director in charge of Transport and Logistics at the Flagstaff House has said journalists keeping and using state cars would soon be named, shamed and prosecuted. Odeneho Nana Oppong has hinted that the soon-to-be-confirmed Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, would be provided with the names of the journalists holding state cars. According to him, they would be prosecuted for illegally taking state vehicles through crooked means. “We have all the names of the journalist that benefitted from the purchase of state cars through suspicious means when the NDC government was about to leave political office”, he…

Five women have been killed in a shooting at a church in Russia’s volatile republic of Dagestan. Five others, including a police officer and a national guardsman, were injured, Russian officials said. Two are said to be in a critical condition. A man fired at people leaving an evening service in the city of Kizlyar. The attacker was shot and killed at the scene. He was later identified as 22-year-old Khalil Khalilov, a resident of Dagestan. The Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attack but did not immediately provide any evidence. The gunman used a hunting rifle,…

Acting principal of the Ankaful Psychiatric Nurses’ Training College, Simon Dorgedon, is being accused of misappropriating a little over GHC8, 000 belonging to the school. Mr. Dorgedon, according to some anonymous staff of the school, paid himself an amount of GHC943.20 on February 14 as allowance for marking end of first semester examination scripts of trainees. It emerged, however, that Mr. Dorgedon did not take part in the marking of the examination scripts. The anonymous staff told TV3 Sunday the acting principal gave the scripts to some two new tutors to mark, each of who received GHC943.20 as their allowance.…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced its primaries to elect constituency executives, which were scheduled for Wednesday, have been moved to Saturday, February 24. The elections were to be held from February 21 to 24 but the party in a statement signed by its acting general secretary John Boadu explained the date is not favourable. It said the decision to push the date forward was necessitated by “a number of compelling reasons, including some important commitments” of government, party members including its Members of Parliament which coincides with the date. In view of that, it has fixed February 24…