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Oral sex producing unstoppable bacteria

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...

GHS, John Hopkins University project reduce child deaths

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

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Farmer, 22 welcomes quadruplets; calls for support

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...

Hot video: bride is killed minutes before her wedding

Heartbreaking footage has emerged of the moment a bride was killed minutes before her wedding when the helicopter taking her to the altar as...

Audio: Lab technicians threaten strike

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...

How people with depression interact with the world differently

Nothing about depression is easy. But the way it affects a person’s daily life is arguably the most difficult part of the disorder. Approximately 300...

Ghana records 1,600 cancer cases in 2016

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...

132 pregnant women in Tema test HIV positive in 2016

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...

Photos: Meet the 60-year-old addicted to Mourinho

"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...

Jumia named among MIT top 50 smartest companies 2017

Jumia Group (formerly Africa Internet Group), has for the second consecutive year been named in the list of MIT’s 50 smartest companies - 2017. This...

'Girls say they hate their vaginas'

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

Study links active sex life to improved brain function

We’ve all been there: you want to have sex but you also feel like you probably ought to do some sudokus to improve your...

Swine fever hits Ashanti Region, 400 pigs killed

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

Ghanaian chef to cook ‘waakye’ for Queen Elizabeth

Ghanaian chef, Chef Elijah Amoo Addo has accepted a request by Queen Elizabeth to cook for her. Elijah Amoo Addo, a food stylist, was in...

10 conversations every couple needs to have before getting married

Getting married is obviously great if you’re in love and having the time of your lives together. But there are certain conversations every couple...

Audio: Unemployed veterinary technicians picket at MOFA

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 to know if someone is flirting with you

It’s always a bit awkward if you can’t tell. Are they interested, or are they just being polite? You don’t want to be rude and presume...

How often should you replace a mattress?

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

10 conversations every couple needs to have before getting married

Getting married is obviously great if you’re in love and having the time of your lives together. But there are certain conversations every couple...

Heavy breathing: Ten causes and treatments

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

6 things you’ll feel when it’s time to say ‘I Love You’ to your partner

Sometimes, it's incredibly hard to tell when to say “I love you” to your partner.Important lesson: The right time is definitely not on the...

Six eye-catching hotels in Ghana to consider for your wedding reception

With love comes marriage and with marriage comes a ceremony. Ceremonies in the past were limited to close friends and family with a few...

4 things to tell yourself when feeling insecure

Feeling insecure sucks, and the worst part is that it makes you beat yourself up and question your confidence.Jumia Travel, the leading online travel...

‘I was gang-raped on my wedding day’

When Terry Gobanga - then Terry Apudo - didn't show up to her wedding, nobody could have guessed that she had been abducted, raped...

Hair dyes, relaxers tied to raised breast cancer risk

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

5 things to never axe from your budget

A budget is important for you to check your spending and finances. So, in a bid to survive on your budget, you may want...

Bonded nurses threaten another demo over delayed posting

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

What every second wife needs to hear

The most romantic statement my husband Gabe ever made to me didn’t happen on our wedding day.  He didn’t declare it at the base...

5 technologies will define our lives in the future

There is no gainsaying that technology is now a major part of our life. Some of these techs are playing significant roles in our...

4 Foods that will make your skin look younger as you grow older

Beauty as they say is skin deep, but skin seems to be the least understood organ in the body.Our skin protects us from external...

7 ways to tell if you’re heading for divorce

Problems such as stresses brought on by circumstances (new job, moving, living somewhere too small, a new addition to the family, etc) are often...

Childhood poverty may predict heart failure in adulthood – Study

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...

Why rotten plantain used to prepare ‘kakro’ can give you cancer

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

98% of women get pregnant by accident – Catholic Relief Services

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

Why does light keep us awake and darkness make us sleepy?

Many of us have heard that going to sleep when it is dark outside is healthy, as light and darkness influence our circadian rhythm....

5 interesting reasons why talking to yourself is not a ‘Sign of Craziness’

It has long been described as a sign of madness, before scientists found that it was far from it. Talking to yourself or self-talk...

Why dating in the 21st-century sucks and what to do about it

Relationships in 2017 seem to be becoming an ever increasingly frustrating dilemma – not just for men, but for women too.Before I get into...

Health Ministry raises alert over ‘strange disease’ in Liberia

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

The long lasting health damage caused by ‘broken heart syndrome’

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...

There are no mistakes in love

Maybe you fell into the wrong person, wrong relationship, wrong time, wrong place. Maybe you gave everything to a connection you thought was real...