Health

Joy News to air ‘Cervix in Crisis’ documentary

Joy News is set to air another masterpiece documentary captioned 'Cervix in Crisis' done by Seth Kwame Boateng, one of the country’s most-celebrated...

Come what may, ambulances will be distributed January 28 – Health Minister assures [Audio]

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has revealed government’s readiness to distribute parked ambulances at the forecourt of the State House on January 28,...

Paternity fraud rising in Ashanti Region – DOVVSU

Cases of false paternity fraud have shot up in the Ashanti Region, the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Police...

Ghana gets ‘Plastic Fund’ for levies mobilisation

Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has announced the establishment of a Plastic Fund to support plastic management in...

Health tips: Dear Asthmatics, harmattan is here again

If you are asthmatic, here are some tips to deal with the Harmattan. 1. Carry your inhalers everywhere you go. Having an inhaler doesn't make...

Polio vaccination to begin in Oti Region tomorrow

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from tomorrow, Wednesday, embark on a 5-day polio vaccination exercise in the Oti Region. The exercise has been targeted...

Visually impaired man defies odds to make ends meet [video]

Many people with disabilities in the Ghanaian society and elsewhere would often give up in life and resort to begging. The case of 29-year-old visually impaired man,...

Listen: Ambulance Service boss breaks silence on distribution brouhaha

The Director of the National Ambulance Service has brought closure to the controversy surrounding the botched distribution of the over 275 ambulances by the...

Detained nursing mother breaks down in tears at Tema General Hospital

A nursing mother who has been detained over client protection reasons at Tema General Hospital (TGH) was in tears when help finally came...

Adom FM’s ‘Nyinsen Ne Awo)’ rewards listeners

Adom FM’s Health talk show, Nyinsen Ne Awo), on New Year’s day, rewarded listeners for their support throughout the year. The listeners were expected to...

Sight for a lifetime: How to protect your eyes this harmattan season

As sure as the rising and setting of the sun, the harmattan season is an inescapable period in West Africa. The north easterly trade...

National Ambulance Service makes public its essential needs [Listen]

The National Ambulance Service (NAS), which operates under the Ministry of Health, is in need of urgent support to enable it to deliver the...

National Ambulance Service to establish council

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has revealed it will soon establish a council that will regulate its operations. Public Relations Officer, Simmons Yussif Kewura, who...

Akufo-Addo was misled over commissioning of ambulances – ACHP [Audio]

Executive Director of health policy think tank, the Africa Center for Health Policy, Research and Analysis, Dr Thomas Anaba says President Akufo-Addo may have...

Adom TV’s ‘Nkwa Hia’ surprises New Year mothers at the labour ward

Adom TV’s health show, Nkwa Hia has showered mothers who gave birth on January 1, 2020 with goodies in the Labour ward. Host of the...

Bureau of Public Safety commends Ambulance Service

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) has commended the National Ambulance Service (NAS) on its call for the postponement of the commissioning and subsequent...

The real habits you need to adopt to stay healthy this year

Our thoughts. They can be deeply reflective. This article is meant to be intentionally persuasive. Only those who want to be compulsively healthy want to make...

Hope for millions as scientists learn how to ‘edit out’ PAIN

Scientists have discovered how to switch off a key ‘pain gene’, dramatically raising hopes of a long-term treatment to relieve the agony of serious...

Planned commissioning, distribution of 307 ambulances: Ambulance Service requests gov’t to halt process

Government’s plan to commission and distribute some 307 ambulances to the 275 constituencies on Monday January 6, 2020 may have suffered another setback. This is...

Take that headphone off, warn doctors

The headphone market is booming. No wonder then we find most people with headphones plugged in their ears, listening to loud music for longer...

Weight Loss: Let 2020 be the year of less sugar

We all feel that we are not having enough sugar, barring the last week of the year, because heck, we were celebrating. But ask...

Dear Asthmatics, Harmattan is here again

If you are asthmatic, here are some tips to deal with the Harmattan. 1. Carry your inhalers everywhere you go. Having an inhaler doesn't make...

CEO of Tamale Teaching Hospital Board asked to step aside

Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr David Kolbila has been directed to temporarily step aside to pave way for investigations into...

Overeating is damaging your brain, here’s how

The first thing that comes to our mind when we talk about overeating is weight gain. But that’s not all, overeating doesn’t just make...

‘Doggy style’ is dangerous; it can kill – Minister warns

“No two ways that Doggy style is the most practiced sexual position during intercourse, the act is dangerous and can send one...

Scientist jailed for editing babies genes to make them HIV- resistant

A court in China sentenced the scientist who created the world's first "gene-edited" babies, to three years in prison on Monday, having found him...

Top 5 diseases people were most curious about in 2019

Our not-so-healthy schedules and too much work pressure definitely take a toll on our health. If you have noticed, we have started falling sick...

Insomnia: 7 foods that will help you sleep faster at night

Sleeping comes easy for some people while for others, they will need to count backward from 100 to 1 before the cousin of death...

3 easy resolutions to take for better health in 2020

Resolutions and the new year are synonymous. So while we aspire for wealth and ambition and love and peace, let’s also resolve to better...

Momoni, the special one or the ‘stinking’ ingredient?

One could be misled by the nose and miss out on a delicious culinary journey in a Ghanaian environment because of the smell of...

Killing the customer with bare hands

In this era of globalisation and civilisation one would have expected a high level of careful and hygienic food handling practice to improve the...

Dr Obengfo reacts to video of lady with extra-large backside who caused stir at Kotoka Airport

The Chief Executive Officer of the Advanced Body Sculpt Centre at Obengfo Hospital, Dr Dominic Obeng Andoh, has reacted to a viral video of...

Weight loss: 4 psychological reasons halting your progress

Not able to lose weight? Read this! It is a common belief that dieting and exercising are two prominent factors for people wanting to lose...

70% of rural girls bath once during menses as tradition bars them from fetching water

Research Commissioned by Plan International Ghana has revealed that over 70% of rural girls bath only once during menstruation. The survey was part of the...

Five therapist-approved tips to challenge negative thoughts

These tips are really effective! We spend a lot of time in our own head and hence, it is crucial that it is a positive...

5 popular weight loss tricks that actually DON’T work

Popular weight loss tricks that actually DON'T work The world is going crazy over losing weight and as new year is round the corner, the...

3 psychologists share the biggest mental health issues

We spoke to three psychologists Mental health crisis is on the rise. According to official data, the total burden of mental health diseases has nearly...

Korle-Bu reveals top 10 diseases killing Ghanaians

Dr Daniel Asare, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has advised Ghanaians to be wary of their lifestyles...

‘Poor recognition of pharmacists unfair’

The Director of Pharmacy at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr Hamidu Abdulai, has bemoaned the poor recognition of pharmacists and other healthcare...

December born women less likely to die from cardiovascular diseases: Study

1. December born women less likely to die from cardiovascular diseases: Study Were you shocked to read the headline? So were we. But this is not the...