HEALTH

If you are asthmatic, here are some tips to deal with the Harmattan. 1. Carry your inhalers everywhere you go. Having an inhaler doesn’t make you weak or show you’re going to die. 2. Know your triggers. Stay away from them. 3. Carry a sweater, pullover, coat with you, where …

“No two ways that Doggy style is the most practiced sexual position during intercourse, the act is dangerous and can send one to his grave than you could ever imagine”, South Africa’s Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi told The Insider. According to the minister in the interview sighted on The …

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Daniel Tapang in 2006 questioned the campaign strategy of HIV/AIDS educators who were advising the youth to stay away from sex. Dr. Daniel Tapang argued that “sex is biologically driven” and, therefore, it was impossible to ask the youth …

Despite new claims of a significant reduction in national Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevalence rate in Nigeria, it is quite mortifying that the country still tops the mother-to-child transmission rate in the world. This is evidence that a lot needs to be done before the epidemic can be …

Latest statistics from the World Health Organisation shows that Ghana’s capital, Accra, is less congenial for human habitation due to unacceptable levels of contaminants in the air. The data, which is based on perceptions of persons surveyed over a period of three years, is presented below.  It indicates a very low perception if the value is …

The Head of the Children’s Ward at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Madam Joyce Oppon Ayisi has expressed worrying concern at the rate with which challenges facing the health facility has to force children to be detained because their mothers could not afford bills. According to Madam Ayisi, it sometimes takes the …

The Food and Drugs Authority has directed the withdrawal of all batches of certain brands of tomato paste from the market which were found to contain the ingredients starch and colour, that were not indicated on the labels. According to the FDA, these ingredients are not permitted in tomato paste …

A research Commissioned by Plan International Ghana has revealed that over 70% of rural girls bath only once during menstruation. The survey was part of the NGO’s implementation of 2,247,500 Euro – Plan Germany Office Funded project dubbed “Rural, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (RWASH)” in 36 beneficiary communities in Akuapem …

Dr Daniel Asare, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has advised Ghanaians to be wary of their lifestyles as there has been an upsurge in chronic kidney disease as well as other diseases. Chronic kidney disease, also known as chronic kidney failure, is the …

A metal safe securely locked with some unspecified amount of money, fixed into a concrete wall at the Account Office of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital is missing. Dr Kwadwo Obeng, Acting Director of the hospital who suspects that it was stolen, said the thieves broke into the general and accounts …