Health

Scientists explain why COVID-19 patients lose sweet, bitter tastes

New research from a European group of smell disorder experts at the University of East Anglia, shows that, while COVID-19 patients can breathe freely,...

Ladies and gents: Here are 5 tips for you if you are having s3x for the first time

As you mature, you may start thinking about having sex for the first time. In addition to this, you may be wondering how it...

WHO warns young people are emerging as main spreaders of the coronavirus

The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that young people are becoming the primary drivers of the spread of the novel coronavirus in many countries — a...

9 more dead as Ghana records 340 new Covid-19 cases

Nine more Ghanaians have lost their lives to Covid-19 while 340 more have tested positive for the virus. This pushes the country’s death toll to...

Ladies: Here are 4 benefits of green tea to your hair

Green tea is a good drink. It has everything: it is high on antioxidants, vitamins, enzymes, amino acids. But it also has an impressive...

Gifty Anti joins ‘Live strong with iron’ campaign to sensitise Ghanaians on Iron deficiency

Renowned TV host and media personality Gifty Anti has been appointed as a brand ambassador for the second phase of the â€˜Live Strong with Iron’ campaign that is educating Ghanaians on...

Information Minister to open Covid-19 photo exhibition on Aug 20

Information Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah will on Thursday open a one day photo exhibition on coronvirus pandemic at the forecourt of the...

Ladies: Here are 5 dangers of wearing waist trainers

Waist training is the process of using a steel boned corset to modify your waist into an hourglass shape with semi-permanent results. They are latex...

School of Hygiene students go wild, storm Sanitation Ministry again!

Students of the Ghana School of Hygiene are for the second time in two weeks, picketing the premises of the Sanitation Ministry to demand...

Check out Ghana’s covid-19 death toll as 9-week-old baby dies

Eight more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 in Ghana, taking the country’s death toll to 239. The total case count of the highly...

Know your woman’s cycle to control child-bearing – Men told

A former Medical Director at the Ridge Hospital, Dr Thomas Anaba, has revealed that he uses natural ways to prevent his wife from conceiving...

Sanitation Ministry, Zoomlion donate 3 pick-ups to Interior Ministry

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), in partnership with waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has donated three pick-ups to the...

Coronavirus: 322 new cases bring Ghana’s tally to 42,532

Ghana has recorded 322 new cases of the novel coronavirus taking the country’s tally to 42,532. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 40,362 persons...

Is chocolate good for you? 14 health benefits of dark chocolate

Especially if you have chronic pain. Is chocolate good for you? Well, if you or someone you know experiences constant chronic pain, your best bet...

Teenager reveals how doctors removed her womb to save her life

A 19-year-old lady named Mary Lavoe has recounted the dreadful medical condition that informed doctors to remove her womb after she became pregnant while...

Parliament approves ¢174m as tax waiver on income taxes for front line health workers

Parliament has approved an amount of ¢174 million as tax waiver on income taxes for front line health workers. The waiver covers personal emoluments for...

Why women must throw away underwear every 6 months – Expert explains

When it comes to our underwear drawers, most of us will have pairs of knickers tucked away that have seen better days. You know the...

Laboratory scientists ‘fight’ FDA over test kits validation method

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS), has expressed concern over the Food and Drugs Authority's (FDA) method of validating antibody Rapid Diagnostic...

Stories of our survival: This is how I overcame depression

My name is Naa and I have lived experience with depression. It all started when I was in senior high in-between 2003 and 2004 ....

GHS speaks as Ghana’s COVID-19 cases drop further

Ghana has recorded yet another low figure in its number of COVID-19 new and active cases. Per updates on the official website of the Ghana...

Noguchi develops model to detect fake Covid-19 drugs

The proliferation of fake Covid-19 drugs on the Ghanaian market will soon see a change as Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research is developing...

You should avoid sitting in THIS position while working from home

You should avoid sitting in THIS position while working from home Work from home has become the new normal. Some have managed to strike a...

This is the worst time to eat lunch when trying to shed kilos

Eat lunch at right time to shed kilos If there is one thing that both science and Ayurveda will agree to is that every meal...

5 reasons why sleeping naked must be a routine

Sleeping naked has been proven to be essential in a maintaining good health. You could be missing out on some serious benefits from sleeping the...

Liberia’s Vice President flown to Ghana with ‘respiratory complications’

The Vice President of Liberia, Jewel Howard-Taylor, has been flown to Ghana for health treatment. The government said she was sent to Ghana on Tuesday...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 168 new Covid-19 with 8 deaths

Ghana has recorded 168 new Covid-19 cases raising the national Covid-19 tally to 41,572. These were samples that were taken from the period July 29...

20 tips for when you’re ready to have s3x for the first time

Ah, so you’re ready to have sex for the first time. Let’s start with the basics: For one, it’s absolutely normal to feel a...

Residents break into mortuary, steal body of suspected COVID-19 patient

Some residents of Kojo Boffour near Yeji in the Bono region have stormed the St. Mathias Catholic Hospital to remove the body of a...

‘Don’t patronise cheap face shields’

The Importers and Wholesalers Association of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Ghana, Tuesday urged the public not to patronise low priced face shields because they...

‘We’re 85% through with making Accra the cleanest city in Africa’ – Sanitation Minister

Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah says government’s promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa by 2020 is 85% complete. In an interview with...

Ghana’s coronavirus active cases drop significantly – GHS

The number of COVID-19 active cases in Ghana has dropped significantly, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. According to the GHS, Ghana currently has...

Ladies: Here are 4 ways to maintain vagina hygiene when having infections

Just like menstruation, vaginal hygiene is very important. Knowing about vagina hygiene helps keep your genitals clean and your reproductive tract healthy. There is a way...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for new projects [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, cut the sod for the construction of new projects in Accra. They include the 400-bed...

Avoid these 5 healthy foods if you have hormonal imbalance

Here are some useful tips that might help Hormones are chemical messengers of the body, which travel to different parts of the organs and tissues...

Anas reacts to suspension of two Ridge Hospital staff in his latest documentary

Ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has reacted to the suspension of two Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge) staff after they were captured in...

Nurse narrates how bullet fired into moving taxi damaged his eye [Audio]

Cephas Pagayiri, a community health nurse in Navrongo has narrated how he lost his eyes from a bullet that was fired into a taxi...

Environment and Zoonotic diseases

In the past, coronaviruses that circulated in humans caused only mild infections. This changed in 2002, when the SARS-CoV virus presented itself in humans...

Bitter Kola: The 7 health benefits of this plant are incredible

Bitter Kola does not only increase sex drive, it also improves the sexual performance of men who consume it. It is said that the best...

NHIA management activates nationwide visit to district offices

An executive management team of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has activated a nationwide visit to district offices of the scheme to stress...

ECOPH, engage Now Africa and H2GO sensitize eight communities on COVID-19

Some three non-governmental organizations have organised COVID-19 sensitization for some communities in the Ashanti, Eastern and Volta Regions. The NGOs namely; Ensign College of Public...