FDA gets greenlight to destroy 9,000 packets of fake abortion drugs
Food and Drugs Authority says it has the greenlight to destroy 90,000 packets of fake abortion drugs imported into the country by family-planning giant...
Why I had to terminate my baby’s life
Last year, stand-up comedian Lou Conran had to end her pregnancy at 22 weeks - five-and-a-half months. She is now preparing a show about...
Pharmacy error leads to woman’s coma
Back in 2014, Khaliah Shaw of Snellville, Georgia, began experiencing symptoms of depression. So she went to see a doctor who prescribed her an...
No woman should die giving life to another – First Lady
The First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo is rallying all well-meaning Ghanaians to join her campaign to end “needless deaths of mothers” in labour, especially...
WHO Confirms Ebola Case in DR Congo
A person has tested positive for the Ebola virus in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo.A spokesman for the World Health Organization says officials...
Locally produced cooking oil can manage diabetes
Various types of vegetable oil produced in Ghana have potential to manage diabetes in human beings.That’s according to scientists at the Kwame Nkrumah University...
Volta region tops HIV ‘league table’
The 2016 HIV sentinel survey report has revealed that Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions jointly top the list of prevalence rate.According to the report,...
Why your brain loves ordered tasks
Almost everyone struggles with getting stuff done. But some of us struggle with the stage before that: just figuring out what it is we...
Audio: Student prevented from writing exams for being pregnant
The Principal at the Gushegu Midwifery Training School in the Northern Region on Wednesday prevented a pregnant student from continuing with her examination because...
Government to settle GHc 1.2 billion debt owed health providers
President Nana Addo Danqua Akufo-Addo has affirmed government will soon retire the huge debt of GHc 1.2billion owed the National Health Insurance providers.This comes...
VIDEO: Candidiasis develops into Gonorrhea and HIV – Doctor claims
Every now and then, something pops up on TV that makes you wonder if there may have been some merit to the National Media...
HIV life expectancy ‘near normal’
Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests.Twenty-year-olds who...
Audio: We will strike again if… Bonded nurses threaten gov’t
The over 400 members of the Coalition of Bonded Unposted Allied Health Professionals have warned they will strike again if government fails to heed...
Assin North records high teen pregnancies
The Assin North District has recorded 273 teenage pregnancies in the first quarter of 2017.This represented an increase of 27 as against the 248...
The slimming pills that put me in hospital
Fake drugs are now a multibillion dollar international industry, but for those who have ended up inadvertently taking them the personal consequences can be...
We’ll resolve your issues next week – MoH to allied health professionals
Deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah has assured members of the Coalition of Bonded Unposted Allied Health Professionals that government will address issues concerning...
Avoid early sex to prevent cervical cancer
Dr Shimaila Ibrahim medical doctor in charge of the Daboase Ahmadiyya Hospital has entreated young ladies, especially teenagers to desist from engaging in early...
Health Professionals to picket at MoH today over delayed posting
A group of 500 Health Professionals are expected to picket at the Health ministry today over delays in posting them.According to the Coalition, comprising...
Over 4,000 bonded nurses to start work in July
Over 4,000 unemployed bonded nurses have received financial clearance from the ministry of finance to enable the ministry of health post them to the...
First Lady thanks #SaveThemNow donors
The First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has extended a heartfelt message of gratitude to all those who supported her fundraising event towards the construction of a one-storey maternity...
First Lady, Multimedia Group commended for KATH project
A principal of the Jackson Educational Complex has commended the First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo for her commitment to ensuring better health care delivery...
10 Most Common Habits that Damage Your Kidneys
Kidneys are one of the most important organs in the human’s body. They detoxify the blood and help the body to filter out the...
EPA wages war on unhygienic food vendors
Environmental health officers in the Kumasi metropolis have vowed to clamp down on food vendors who operate under insanitary conditions.The officers have also begun...
Hospitals beyond KATH need urgent help; First Lady cries
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has promised to extend a helping hand to health institutions struggling with the infrastructure needed to save the lives of...
‘Exercise pill’ could deliver benefits of fitness in tablet form
Drug could transform lives of those who are unable to exercise because of obesity or serious physical disability, mouse study suggests.For those who cannot...
‘Stealthing’: Victims describe partners removing condoms during sex without consent
The calls to the crisis lines have a familiar beginning: "I'm not sure this is rape, but …"That's according to a new report, in...
Lifestyle: 10 snacks that are A-okay to eat at night
Okay, so you’ve been told to stop snacking at night. You really don’t want to. You love to snack at night, and it keeps...
What that energy drink can do to your body
Energy drinks may be popular - the global energy drink market was worth $39 billion in 2013 and is forecast to reach $61 billion by...
Greater Accra Region records 197 maternal deaths
The Greater Accra Region recorded 197 maternal deaths, while 100 women died through bleeding.Dr Linda A. Vanotoo, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health...