Health

Jim McCants took green tea capsules in a drive to get healthy in middle age. His doctors now say they left him needing an...

Mr. Vincent Fekpe, Volta Regional Blood Organizer, has observed that voluntary blood donors in the Region were gradually becoming paid donors.He described the situation...

Doctors need to get better at having difficult conversations with dying patients and not just in their final days, according to a report from...

Radiotherapy could increase the chances of survival for thousands of men with prostate cancer that has already spread by the time they are diagnosed,...

Singer Mzbel, who is known in private life as Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah says she has had anal s*x on several occasions.She made this...

Foods labelled ‘low cholesterol’When you're shopping and you see an item that says it’s low in cholesterol, you still need to check the nutrition...

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) ban on virginity test is a welcome relief: it is long overdue but better late than never.The practice has...

The nationwide vaccination against measles and rubella for children from nine months to five years has received low patronage as mothers feel reluctant to...

A salad nearly killed my brother. It was the...

Scientists say they have found a way to make self-lubricating latex condoms that become slippery on contact.It is thanks to a special, durable coating...

There are reports of widespread use of breast enhancing creams and injectibles among Senior High School students and other teenagers.The substances are also said...

There's a looming crisis over the world's growing appetite for meat. Could a chicken running around a farmyard in San Francisco hold the key...

The Deputy Minister of Sanitation has indicated the need to treat hand washing as an essential practice that has the potential of protecting people...

A woman whose husband pretended to have cancer has said his years of lying "stole so much of my life".Lucy Witchard, of Leicester, said...

I tried a bunch of different diets while...

Baby mice have been made with two mums and no dad, say researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.It took a substantial feat of...

Doctors in Britain will be able to legally...

Lizzie Porter lived with anorexia throughout her teens. Now in her late 20s, she's been discovering that those years of starvation have left a...

Any child who does not get at least eight hours sleep may suffer some mental problems.This, according to Emmanuel Aboakye, a psychologist at the...

The Australian government has issued a national apology to women affected by a vaginal mesh scandal, acknowledging decades of "agony and pain".Mesh implants are...

Reg Manteufel thought he had the flu. Seemingly out of nowhere on June 26, his face turned a deep crimson color. His legs swelled...

Parents who wake their children up early in order to beat traffic and get to school early may be exposing the children to mental...

A new study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, has said that people who walk at least 150 minutes per week -- or...

You’ve been seriously bloated, moody, and tired. You’ve got monster cramps, and your face is as simply as a 17-year-old boy’s. In other words,...

The following is the personal story of Kaylee Denmead, as told to Abby Haglage. Denmead will be getting a preventive double mastectomy in November because...

In the quest to find foods and drinks that will help flatten abs, there are a lot of big claims made by manufacturers and...

Despite the numerous interventions being made globally to reduce cases of breast cancer, the disease remains one of the most prevalent among women, claiming...

Figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reveal that 53,114 abortions were supervised in public health facilities in the country in 2017.Unsafe abortion also...

Fast food restaurants are springing up all over the country, especially in urban centres. But the food on offer is as a real health...

A Legal Practitioner, Richard Kojo Abban, has advised Ghanaians to always prove consequential damage if they intend to sue medical practitioners for medical negligence.This...

Director General of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah -Asare has said breast cancer remains a major public health burden for the global community...

South Korea’s number one condom brand, UNIDUS Long Love, also known as ‘Viagra condom’ will launch in Ghana in the coming weeks.AG Young Trade...

If you’ve ever woken up from a night of drinking, realizing you have very little memory of the events that took place, you know...

As part of efforts to reduce the increasing rate of drug abuse and alcoholism in Assin Fosu Municipality, the Assin North Municipal Assembly in...

Women using unregulated websites to find a sperm donor have been harassed and sent photos of miscarriages, the BBC has found.There are strict criteria...

It’s no surprise that enjoying several beers or gin and tonics a few times a week isn’t necessarily healthy. But you may not be...

Three million and over people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according to a report released by the World...

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) has called on state authorities to prevent fake drugs from eroding the trust between patients,...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), has warned that that air pollution-related deaths are expected to rise in Ghana as urban population and vehicular numbers...

The Ghana Medical Association is urging Ghanaians to...