Health

Adom News gets results: Visually impaired woman dumped by lover while pregnant graduates (Photos)

The 36-year-old visually impaired woman, who was dumped by her lover while pregnant, is living her dream of becoming a teacher. Adiza Nyankey, who had resorted...

Audio+Photo: How a doctor put oxygen tank in a pickup to save 2-day old baby at Donkorkrom

The worsening  health delivery system at Donkorkrom in the Kwahu Afram Plains district of the Eastern region has claimed the life of a two—day...

Don’t go after ‘booby stand’, examine your wives’ breasts – Dr Wiafe-Addai

Married men have been tasked to cultivate the habit of playing with their wives’ breasts to help detect early signs of breast cancer...

Doctor performs abortion on the wrong woman

Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion by mistake. On August 7, a pregnant patient with a six-week-old...

How much calories does sex burn?

Raise your hand if you've ever wondered after a hot and sweaty session between the sheets how many calories you burned. Same. Well, it...

Do not use toilet rolls, rags during menstruation period

Teenage girls have been urged not to use toilet rolls and rags during menstruation period to prevent themselves from contracting infections. Instead, parents must endeavour...

Photos: My ambulances can compare to a clinic – Hawa Koomson

Minister of Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has thrown a subtle jab at the opposition National Democratic Congress for their role in the...

Photos: Chief of Staff donates items worth over ¢5000 to Legon Hospital

The Chief of Staff as part of the celebration of Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday has donated items worth ¢5000 to the maternity ward of...

Special Report: Find out where poisoned water is used to grow vegetables for public consumption (video)

There is a general upsurge in urban farming; particularly, in the capital, Accra. So, such areas as Achimota, Dzorwulu, Kanda and around the Accra...

Woman born with two vaginas and wombs is now a mum of 4

Double the vagina, double the fun? Not in the beginning, says 34-year-old Lauren Cotter, who was born with uterus didelphys, a birth defect that results...

Male infertility linked to prostate cancer risk

Men who have fertility treatment have a higher risk of prostate cancer in later life, a study has suggested. The research - in the British Medical...

Repeat Caesareans ‘often safer birth option’

Planned Caesarean delivery can be the safest option for women who have had a Caesarean in the past, according to new research in...

DO NOT ignore this 1 symptom after having sex!

1. Women, be warned Ladies, tell us if this sounds familiar. You just had mindblowing sex and are feeling at the top of the world....

Can your body really mistake thirst for hunger?

1. Can your body really mistake thirst for hunger? When it comes to understanding the world of health and nutrition, many of us fail due...

How to survive and maintain a relationship with a doctor

Doctors are human beings like any other person who works in another profession, however, the exercise of medical practice predisposes them to lead a...

Ibrahim Mahama gives visually impaired pensioners GHC 22,000.00

Business magnate Ibrahim Mahama has donated a sum of GHC 22,000.00 to visually impaired workers who have gone on retirement. Immediate past president of the...

Video: 20-year-old gets HIV ‘in exchange’ for exams fees

My Status, a JoyNews’ Hotline Documentary, tells the story of a 20-year-old girl who became HIV positive after she had unprotected sex with a man who...

Danger! Adolescents use weedicides for abortion

The Central Region Public Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has expressed worry about reports of adolescents resorting to weedicides to abort pregnancies. The...

Doctors use part of woman’s arm to make a replacement tongue

A woman has undergone groundbreaking surgery to replace her tongue with arm tissue after battling cancer. Rebecca Patterson from Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, was 38 when she was...

Pre-term babies dying at Asamang Hospital due to lack of equipment

The Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital at Asamang Ashanti Region attends, averagely, to seven cases of premature births and neonatal jaundice every week. Regrettably, however, majority of the...

Pressure on NHIS as private health insurance subscribers ‘crawl’ at less than 1% of population

Less than one percent of the country’s population is on private health insurance scheme, a development industry players describe as worrying and a threat to the...

Counsellor George Lutterodt hot, banned from counselling on TV, radio

The Ghana Psychology Council has warned controversial Counsellor George Lutterodt for the last time to stop calling or holding himself as a counsellor and...

5 essential oils that can enhance your s3x life

1. Suffering from a bad sex drive? Is poor sex drive spoiling you and your partner's intimate life? Whether it is stress, chronic illness, disinterest,...

Ghanaians urged to be moderate in eating fried fish

Mr Wise C. Letsa, Principal Dietician at the Trust Hospital, has advised Ghanaians to be moderate in their intake of fried fish as it could...

Clear the yellow, bind the BIND and save a baby

I stood at the triage area of the Mother Baby Unit (MBU) ready and alert for the day. I checked the clock on the...

Zoomlion takes steps to optimise waste management processes

General Manager of waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Florence Larbi, has stressed the need to examine plans to implement a waste management system,...

The mystery of the male libido

The desire to have sex, also known as libido, is one of the body’s many wonderful mysteries. Some call it “instinctual” and a...

Sleeping for more or less than 7-8 hours can lead to THESE health problems

1. Sleeping for more or less than 7-8 hours can lead to THESE health problems Most of us always thought that not sleeping enough can...

Watch: ‘My body won’t let me have sex’

Vaginismus is a sexual pain disorder where women experience an involuntary tightening of muscles around the vagina whenever penetration is attempted. Few know about it,...

Sanitation disaster looms in Takoradi, Assembly for Zoomlion’s IRECOP

There is a sanitation disaster waiting to explode within the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region as the Assembly lacks capacity to manage...

Excessive consumption of ‘koobi’ can cause heart-related diseases – Cardiologist

A cardiologist has cautioned against excessive consumption of salted tilapia (koobi) citing it as one of the causes of heart-related diseases.  Dr Abdul Sahmed Tanko further described...

Photos/Video: Food stored close to toilet being served to the public

Public health and safety had been compromised at Mantse Agbona, a suburb of Accra, when the JoyNews’ 'Clean Ghana Campaign' team made a stop...

Why people gain weight as they get older?

1. Why people gain weight as they get older? It’s a fact that as people age, it becomes harder for them to keep their weight...

Vaginal tightening products pose serious health risk – Gynecologist

An Obstetrician / Gynecologist at the Sunyani Regional Hospital, Dr. James Boakye Fordjour has cautioned women against the use of vaginal tightening products as...

FDA seizes relabelled canned Lucozade

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has taken into custody a consignment of canned Lucozade belonging to Andiana Royal Ventures at a warehouse in Hong...

Audio: Why people commit suicide – Dr Akwasi Osei explains

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Mental Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei has been detailing why people resort to suicide to end their lives. According to...

You have failed us – Kumawu chiefs to Health Minister

Chiefs and Elders of Kumawu Traditional Council in the Ashanti region have called for the immediate completion of an abandoned 120-bed district hospital. According to...

Stop rubbing toothpaste on your p3nis to last longer in bed – Men warned

British men are being warned to stop smearing toothpaste on their penises as part of a bizarre trend to help them last longer in bed.  The...

Minority to summon Health Minister over abandoned Mahama hospital projects in Ashanti region

The Minority in Parliament has served notice it will soon summon the Health Minister before the House to demand answers on why the government...

One person commits suicide every 40 seconds – Report

Statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), has shown that a person dies every 40 seconds by suicide, worldwide. it also said at least 25...