HEALTH

Specialists at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge in Accra have offered to perform the medical procedure to separate a set of Siamese twins delivered at the hospital recently. The Siamese twins are conjoined at the head, and the procedure to separate them would be the first of its kind …

The government has decided to take up the cost for the surgery to separate the conjoined twins at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge). The Chief of staff, Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare announced this Monday morning on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The total cost of the surgery is …

• 46 active cases out of an initial 135 have been recorded after over 800 persons were tested in the school • 21 of the students who tested positive for the new Delta variant are day students • Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Kuma Aboagye says results of …

Oftentimes, people ask what they can do to avoid getting heart disease. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to reduce your chances of getting heart disease. A research by MedlinePlus, has shown that, heart disease is a leading cause of death in many parts of the world, especially …

While food and nutrition are associated with a healthy and long-lasting life span, sexual productiveness is still a topical issue among many men. Most health professionals have described it as an underlying problem that could be attributed to a hormonal imbalance, an inherited chromosomal abnormality and dilated testicular veins. These …

HALF OF THE DANISH POPULATION HAVE OVERWEIGHT, WHILE 17 PERCENT LIVE WITH OBESITY. WORLDWIDE, ALMOST 40 PERCENT HAVE OVERWEIGHT AND 13 PERCENT LIVE WITH OBESITY. The condition is associated with increased risk for early death, as well as sequelae such as Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and infertility. Weight …

•The 37 Military Hospital has shared pictures of two patients whose families cannot be located •The two patients were admitted after being involved in separate car accidents •The hospital has called on the public to help locate the families of the patients The 37 Military Hospital has called on the …

The alleged negligent removal of the womb of a 30-year-old patient of the LEKMA Hospital, without her consent, has landed the medical facility in trouble. The woman, now childless, was at the Teshie-based Municipal Hospital to be delivered of her first baby, which came out successfully after a caesarean section. But …

 • These are some basic hygiene measures every woman should consider after every monthly flow • These tips when practiced will prevent women from sexually transmitting infections to their male partners • Women must endeavor to take their sexual reproductive health seriously A woman’s menstrual period can pass by smoothly …

  Health expert, Doctor Muftawu Mohammed, has asserted that it is wrong to manage body pains, whether internal or external, with pain killers. According to him, managing pain with painkillers is simply a lazy man’s approach and not recommended. He said this during an interview with Nana Yaw Odame on …