Health

A new study shows that bathing too often is actually really bad for your skin.If you take daily showers, you may be doing more...

The Ministry of Health has been burdened with GHC 130 debt, a situation that has gotten stakeholders fearing it will impede the delivery of...

Fatigue is common and should be expected during pregnancy, especially in the first and third trimesters.  Causes range from increased body metabolism to support...

The church has been asked to give strong support to the promotion of sexual health education. Ms. Golda Asante, Eastern Regional Technical Coordinator of the...

Tuberculosis activists (TB) have come up with cost effective ways of reducing stigma on TB-HIV at the just ended 20th Conference of the Union...

Two incubators, five patient monitors and two portable ultrasound machines have been donated to support the Save A Child Save A Mother campaign spearheaded...

Ghana aims to end Tuberculosis (TB) and it related lung diseases by 2030, with the introduction of a new sophisticated diagnostic technology known as...

Striking workers at the Pantang Psychiatric hospital have resolved to return to work following the intervention of the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu. The minister...

Are you addicted to coffee? Then you may have a reason to celebrate. A long-term international study suggests that enjoying a cup of coffee...

The energy drink industry pulls in roughly 9 billion dollars annually, so it’s obvious that many of us turn to these sugary drinks when we need a...

Striking staff of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital are set to hit the streets today, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 to protest against what they say...

Not sure how to quit smoking cigarettes? Try one of these 20+ ways to stop smoking and start your path towards a healthier, smoke-free...

The management of a private mortuary, Toluwalase Hospital Morgue, located at Otunba Oladokun Street, in Igando area of Lagos State has ejected corpses deposited...

Residents of Bunkpurugu in the Bunkpurugu Yunyoo District of the Northern region are appealing to government for a district hospital following the increase in...

A vaccine has for the first time been shown to protect against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, scientists in New Zealand say. There are fears...

Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea – a common sexually-transmitted infection – much harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat. Gonorrhoea,...

Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns...

A total of 224 inmates from the 43 prisons in the country tested HIV positive last year. The figure was made up of 192 males...

Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization says. It is warning...

A joint project by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, US, has yielded great success in reducing...

A 22-year-old farmer, Amadu Razak and his 19-old wife Amina Razak from Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Volta region have welcomed a...

The Coalition of Cheated Medical Laboratory Technicians has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health to rectify...

The quest for children with cancer in Ghana to seek lasting treatment from Ghana’s health service has suffered a major blow regarding government’s refusal...

One-hundred and thirty-two pregnant women in the Tema Metropolis tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) between January and December, 2016. The figure shows...

"I rarely go into town and not come back with another Jose tattoo on my body, I must have 20 of just him. He's...

Girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their vagina because they are distressed by its appearance, the Victoria Derbyshire show has been...

An outbreak of African swine fever has reportedly hit three districts of the Ashanti Region, leading to the killing of over 400 pigs between...

Members of the Coalition of Unposted Veterinary Technicians are picketing the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) today over the government’s failure to give...

How often you replace your mattress does not really have a timetable. More than anything, it depends on whether you still have a comfortable...

Heavy breathing can feel like suffocation, making each breath a struggle. For some people, heavy breathing feels like pressure on the chest, as if...

New research finds evidence of a link between use of certain hair products, such as dyes and relaxers, and raised risk of breast cancer...

The Coalition of Bonded Unemployed Diploma Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals, are threatening to picket at the Flagstaff House following what they describe...

Growing up poor might put you at risk for heart failure in adulthood, a new study suggests.Heart failure, a progressive condition, means the heart...

A former dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor George Tawia Odamtten has cautioned the public against eating...

The Country Representative of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Ghana has disclosed that about 98 percent of women between the ages of 15 to...

The Ministry of Health has issued a health alert over what says is a “strange disease” that has claimed the lives of eleven people...

A condition known as "broken heart syndrome" may leave longer lasting damage than previously thought, experts say.Around 3,000 people per year in the UK...

Our favorite terrible-yet-delicious food—French fries—now has another sad strike against it.A new study finds that fries, along with other types of fried potatoes, increase...

New research finds that two chemical compounds commonly found in household cleaning and personal hygiene products cause birth defects in rodents.Researchers from the Edward...

Jenni June raised four kids as a single mom, in homes in Oregon and Southern California where she wasn’t able to have air conditioning....