Health

Heart surgery survival chances ‘better in the afternoon’

Open heart surgery appears to be safer in the afternoon because of the body's internal clock, scientists have said. The body clock - or circadian...

PTA to roll out insurance policy for SHS

The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs) is set to roll out an insurance policy for Senior High School students. The move according to the...

Nine countries issue health warnings about the plague

Do you remember studying the plague when you were at school? Otherwise known as the 'Black Death', the pandemic spread all across Europe and took...

EndPoint Homeopathic Clinic wins Excellent Clinic in Homeopathy Care award

Leading homeopathic healthcare center in Ghana, EndPoint Homeopathic Clinic, has been adjudged Excellent in Homeopathy Care of the Year 2017 by Health Legend Foundation. The...

Treating your hair with mayonnaise

Have you ever considered using mayonnaise for hair treatment? Well, you might want to, because not only does mayonnaise taste better when added to...

Joy FM Sugar project not initiative of Ghana Diabetes Association – Kojo Yankson

Ghana Diabetes Association's claim that a diabetes sensitisation program, Sugar Project, was plagiarised by Joy FM presenter Kojo Yankson has been debunked. The broadcaster says...

PhD students have double risk of developing psychiatric disorder

Academia isn't for everyone. The hours are long, you're likely to spend a lot of time looking at a computer or in a lab,...

Cerebral Palsy is not a curse

President of the Cerebral Palsy (CP) Awareness Ghana, Mr Boniface Kwaku Aberor has urged the public to desist from dissociating oneself from patients with...

Do condoms expire? Here’s what you should know

In the heat of the moment, checking that the condom you’re about to use isn’t expired probably isn’t the top of your list of...

Shave your wives – Husbands of expectant mothers advised

A nurse at the Surgical Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has urged husbands of expectant mothers to shave their wives to prevent...

More than 60 children in Akatsi North almost blind

More than 60 children in the Akatsi North District are said to have been diagnosed with serious eye problem a situation which is very...

Optometrists call for adequate eye clinics and good referral system in the country to reduce blindness

Ghanaians have been advised to take their eye health seriously by doing periodic eye screening in order for early detection of eye conditions that...

Scientists create pill that can stop type 2 diabetes in its tracks

Scientists have created a new pill that can halt type 2 diabetes in its tracks and help patients shed pounds from their waistlines, a...

Bear with us, you’ll be posted – Government to unemployed doctors

The Health Ministry is pleading with the 0ver 200 unemployed doctors awaiting financial clearance for posting, to consider the country’s financial constraints and wait...

Daily ‘light therapy’ may help people with bipolar disorder

People afflicted with bipolar disorder may find some relief from depression with daily doses of light therapy, new research suggests. With light therapy, people spend...

Can I re-wear my workout clothes if they don’t smell?

It’s gym day, but you haven’t done your laundry yet. So you dig out a gym shirt from your hamper, give it a sniff...

‘Love your breasts and men will respect them’

Founder/Project Director of Partnership in Cancer Care Initiative Gloria Yankson is calling for women to appreciate and love their breasts; an act she says...

Stop flaunting your boobs before men and allow the kids to suck – Nurse

A retired nurse at Assin Fosu polyclinic in the Central Region, Mrs Veronica Mensah has advised that women to stop flaunting their boobs to...

Diarrhoea kills fourteen thousand children under five annually – First Lady

Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the First lady of the Republic of Ghana, has said available statistics indicate that diarrhoea kills about 14,000 children under five...

Newest craze in Ghana

Keeping fit and staying healthy are two sides of the same coin. Gone are the days where some Ghanaians were only concerned about unhealthy foods. Today,...

Foam mattress makers halt production in cancer scare

UK mattress companies Silent Night and newly-listed Eve Sleep have had to halt production at factories after being told there was a risk of excessive levels of...

FDA destroys 4,500 cartons of rotten “Asahi Mackerel”

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Wednesday destroyed 4,500 rotten cartons of “Asahi Mackerel,” imported into Ghana by Dotsisco Ventures, whilst it also...

More obese kids than malnourished ones by 2022 – Study

The number of obese children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades. If current trends...

Samira Bawumia named ambassador for UN’s clean cookstoves project

Samira Bawumia has announced her appointment as an ambassador for the United Nations' Foundation Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves...

Cape Coast nurses to quit night shifts for security reasons

Midwives and other nurses of the Cape Coast Metro Hospital maternity ward, have given their management up to Friday to provide them security, or...

Gas explosion: 37 Military Hospital providing free care for injured persons

The 37 Military Hospital is taking care of 40 persons injured in Saturday evening's inferno at the Atomic Junction in Accra. Two persons, according to...

Govts, WHO, aid agencies pledge to end cholera by 2030

Health officials from around the world are meeting in France to commit to preventing 90% of cholera deaths by 2030. The disease, which is spread...

Government calls for private sector investment in WASH

The Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has indicated government’s preparedness to partner with private investors in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector...

Ghana hosts post-Ebola workshop

A post-Ebola workshop on improving disease monitoring capacities and early warning systems in West Africa has opened in Accra with a call on countries to strengthen...

PHOTOS: Shortage of drugs hits Nsawam Prison

Authorities of Nsawam Prisons are appealing to Ghanaians to provide them with medicines in to adequately cater for sick prisoners. Medical Officer at the prison,...

Nurses at Asesewa Hospital accused of revealing information of HIV/AIDS patients

Some nurses at the Asesewa government hospital have been accused of breaching confidentiality and patients' charter developed by Ghana Health Service, by divulging health...

Over 100 Ghanaians use artificial eyes – Statistics

Statistics from the Ocular Prothesis Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital indicate that 133 Ghanaians have fixed their custom fit artificial eyes (ocular...

Work on Tamale Teaching Hospital begins

Work has begun to fix the Tamale Teaching Hospital’s (TTH) Oxygen Plant to ensure constant supply of oxygen at the facility to better serve...

PHOTOS: TOBINCO Group acquires ISO 9001 Certification

Entrance Pharmaceutical and Research Centre, a subsidiary of the Tobinco Group has received the I.S.O 9001 Certification from TUV NORD, a German Company to...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis

“1 in 8 women get breast cancer,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus began a note to followers over social media. “Today, I’m the one.” The “Veep” and “Seinfeld”...

Govt to roll out free house-to-house breast screening

Government is set to roll out a free house-to-house breast screening to improve access to early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. The training in...

25m unsafe abortions occur each year worldwide – WHO

Worldwide, 25 million unsafe abortions (45% of all abortions) occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, according to a new study by WHO and...

Hot video: Fabewoso: Sherry Ayitey, Bagbin fingered in ambulance deal

Former Health Ministers in the erstwhile Mahama administration have been implicated in the controversial ambulance saga. Alban Bagbin according to reports did not do due...

What is Serotonin and Signs of Serotonin Deficiency?

Do you find yourself always looking on the dull side of things? Your days don’t seem bright, nothing excites you. Normal daily tasks are...

10,000 Ghanaians suffering from dementia

An estimated 10,000 Ghanaians are suffering from dementia, which is a neurological disorder that affects the brain leading to the gradual loss of the...