Health

Tramadol abusers now move to cough mixtures

As the FDA clamped down on tramadol sales from Pharmacy shops, Over the Counter Medicines Sellers (OTCMS) and other identified sales joints in the...

Audio: Throat Cancer Alert! Use your fingers instead of tongue for sexual pleasure – Doctor advises

Founder of Philteng Medical Centre, Dr. Philemon Mensah, is urging couples who engage in oral sex to use alternative means to satisfy their partners. According...

Fish vs Meat; let's end the debate

The first two food items that come to mind when protein is mentioned are fish and meat. Undoubtedly, these are the two most popular...

Ghana set to pilot world's first malaria vaccine

Ghana is readying for the smooth pilot of the world's first malaria vaccine later in the year, officials said on Wednesday. Ghana, Kenya and Malawi...

2 Social Welfare staff arrested for stealing, selling baby

Two senior officials of the Social Welfare Department in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, have been picked up for allegedly stealing and selling a...

How to save money on Dental Care

One thing we have come to learn through years of experience is the fact that not many people like going to the dentist. Wow,...

Death of 3 children: FDA, EPA partner to trace distribution channel of Topsotoxin

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said the three children who died after their parents sprayed a fumigant tablet lost their lives through...

Ghana to use drone technology for essential health services – Bawumia

The government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with a health service provider this week that would enable the country to use drone technology...

NHIS soon to cater for family planning services

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) would, from May 1, 2018, kick-start a pilot project to include family planning in its services in six...

The rich are betting on living to 100

Money might not buy love, but it can buy better health. And, to live as long as possible, the world’s wealthy are willing to pay...

MTN to provide 300 mosquito nets on Malaria Day

MTN Ghana Foundation said it will distribute 300 Insecticide Treated Nets in commemoration of World Malaria Day on 25th April 2018. Marking the day under...

Stigmatization of HIV patients by medical staff increase in Ashanti region

Health experts have discovered high levels of stigmatization against HIV patients by medical staff at the various health institutions in Ashanti Region. Emergency and Out-Patient...

AMA moves to address Dansoman Junction, Asoredanho stench problems

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it is putting in place interim measures to curb stench emanating from Dansoman-Darkuman Junction to Asoredanho and other...

‘Ghana stands ready to beat malaria’ – Akufo-Addo

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the effective execution of the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Control, as well as the introduction of other innovative...

Mystery behind stench emanating from Dansoman Junction/Asoredanho broken

 People living and trading between Darkuman Junction and Dansoman Asoredanho say they can no longer live with the stench emanating from a drain in...

MTN heroes of Change: Dr Dzifa Dey dedicated to autoimmune diseases

Dr. Ida Dzifa Dey, a nominee of the MTN Heroes of Change Season VI is a Rheumatologist physician specialist at the Korle Bu Teaching...

Current guidelines for drinking alcohol could be too high, a new study shows

People who follow government guidelines to have a drink or so a day could be drinking themselves into an early grave, researchers said Thursday. Any...

Bathroom hand dryers spraying faeces on your hands, study finds

A study by the scientists at the University of Connecticut found hand dryers in men's and women’s bathrooms blew bacteria onto hands including fecal...

Our health in danger following unsafe water sources-Residents cry

The lack of potable drinking water in Janakura in the Central Gonja district of the Northern region is making life unbearable for residents in...

FDA seizes thousands of unregistered Tramadol tablets

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has referred 21 over-the-counter chemical sellers to the Pharmacy Council for stocking and selling high doses of Tramadol. Nora...

What should you eat if you have endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a condition where tissue resembling the uterus lining grows outside of the uterus, causing painful symptoms. Following a specific diet may help to...

Orphanage bus auctioned over non-payment of GHC26,000 bribe at ports

A Kasoa-based orphanage that cares for hundreds of homeless children with grave health conditions, Royal Seed Foundation was denied access to a bus sent...

PHOTOS: Bizarre; woman bags food in Cemetery for sale

A middle aged woman has been spotted in a strange act of packaging food for sale at the Awudome Cemetery in Accra. The woman whose...

Nivodent oral hygiene campaign hits Ashalley Botwe

Excitement hit the roof at the Ashalley Botwe school park Tuesday as the Presbyterian church, Ashalley Botwe and Madina districts received full sponsorship from...

Adolescent girls warned against the use of rags during menses

A Reproductive and Child Health Officer at Ahwerewa Health Centre in the Sekyere East District, Ms. Rosemond Owusu Ansah, has warned adolescent girls, especially those...

Heart disease risk may show in your earlobes, eyes, fingers

The heart, so integral to life, sits in its protective cage in the chest, going about its work without any external sign to the...

RECIPES: Try this pineapple fried rice today

It's an Easter Monday, a holiday for all to relax and spend quality time with friends, family and loved ones. Try this tantalizing, appetizing, savoury...

Why rubbing your eyes is making you look old and tired

You’re exhausted after a long day at work. You find yourself slumped in your chair, head in your hands, when your hands slowly begin...

Drugs which killed three in E/R contaminated – FDA reveals

The Food and Drugs Authority has revealed that the medications administered to three persons in the Eastern region who later died was contaminated. In a...

‘Step Up Breast Cancer Campaign’——-Cancer Surgeon Tells Ghs.

The Head of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr Beatrice Wiafe-Addai has appealed to government and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to upscale the awareness...

There is no herbal cure for tuberculosis – Pediatrician

A pediatrician at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Hilda Boye has warned that people who rely on herbal medicines for the treatment of...

GHS to employ 27,000 health professionals in 2018

Director- General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, says the government has made budgetary allocation to employ a total of 27,000...

Volta Region: Doctor raises concern about rising hypertension cases

Hypertension has been found to be one of the major health conditions troubling residents of North Tongu District of the Volta Region. Medical Director of...

Seven ways to prevent snoring

Many of us snore at least some of the time, but it can be damaging for health and relationships. Shut your mouth We are designed so...

Where fat goes when you lose weight

The world is obsessed with fad diets and weight loss, yet few of us know how a kilogram of fat actually vanishes off the...

Bathing after unprotected sex is a waste of time – Doctor

A Nigerian doctor (YourFavOnlineDoctor) by the twitter handle @DrOlufunmilayo took to his Twitter page where he gave tips on how women can take care...

FDA calls for inter-agency collaboration to stop Tramadol abuse

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has called for inter-agency and international collaboration in the area of awareness creation on the high abuse of...

Cervical cancer kills 2,000 annually – Expert

A medical superintendent at Our Lady of Grace hospital in Breman Asikuma, Dr. Francis Bentsil, has expressed worry about the increasing rate of cervical...

Sucking of breasts doesn't prevent breast cancer – Doctor

The sucking of women's breasts by men is not the panacea to preventing or causing breast cancer, Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addae, President of Breast...

Smoking ‘shisha’ can lead to breast cancer; expert warns

Smoking of “shisha” and excessive alcohol intake have been identified as rising causes of breast cancer among the young people in the country, President...