Health

Sniffing body odour is tested as an anxiety therapy

Sniffing other people’s body odour might be useful in therapy for social anxiety, say Swedish researchers who have started tests with volunteers. Scientists have...

How ginger increases virility in men

Popular plant ginger is used for its many health advantages. While ginger is frequently used to treat nausea and inflammation, research has shown that...

Coconut husk: 3 healthy benefits of this commodity

Coconuts have slowly become a very hot and versatile food commodity. Coconuts are highly nutritious, rich in fibre, and packed with essential vitamins and minerals....

KATH begins home delivery of drugs

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has started home delivery of drugs to chronic but stable patients. The Chief Executive Officer, Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, said...

Woman, 38, appeals for support to undergo kidney transplant [Listen]

A 38-year-old Priscilla Parry has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians for financial support to aid her kidney treatment. The young woman, whose two kidneys...

‘Chewing gum improves academic performance’

This article seems funny though but I am tempted to do this write-up due to the many female students I have seen who are...

FDA issues alert on two eyedrops

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against the use of two eyedrop products Ezricare Artificial Tears and Delsam Pharma’s Artificial...

Liposuction overtakes breast augmentation as most popular cosmetic surgery

Liposuction has overtaken breast augmentation as the world's most popular form of cosmetic surgery amid growing concern about the implants' links to cancer, according to newly...

Exodus for greener pastures: 100 nurses leave Pantang Hospital

Nearly 150 experienced nurses and other health professionals from the Pantang Hospital have left the shores of the country in search of greener pastures...

6-packs come with a risk of depression

I chanced on this important study in the men’s health article in the Times of India (2018) and I want to share it with...

Top Nigerian politician, wife found guilty of organ-trafficking in UK

A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical "middleman" have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought a 21-year-old...

Man boobs: Here’s why men get bigger breasts than usual

According to research, when the body is creating excess oestrogen or there is low testosterone, the male breasts can get bigger. Experts explain that gynecomastia,...

Safeguarding Ghana’s future against pandemics through public health emergency fund

Infectious diseases have had adverse effects on humans all around the globe through the years. Diseases such as yellow fever, meningitis, Cholera, Monkey Pox, Ebola,...

Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital owes suppliers GH¢2m

The Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital is suffocating from debts, and unless it gets help, it could soon be turning away the hundreds of patients who...

Korle Bu records 15 tuberculosis cases every day

Tuberculosis (TB) is growing at an alarming rate in Ghana in spite of awareness and treatment options in health facilities. According to reports, Korle Bu...

Ministry of Health takes delivery of 500K measles vaccines

The Ministry for Health has taken delivery of 500,000 measles rubella immunisation vaccines. The sector Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, led a delegation to receive the consignment at...

Women 35 years and above are at higher risk of giving birth to babies with Down syndrome – Expert

Pediatric Physiotherapist, Yvonne Ewurama Osei, has said that one of the conditions that put an individual at a higher risk of having babies with...

How orgasm feels like for women

An orgasm is what happens when a person reaches the height of sexual excitement, which comes with feelings of pleasure and muscle contractions in...

Why ‘slay queens’ can’t quit having butt enhancement surgeries – Christiana Awuni

Ghanaian actress Christiana Awuni is of the view that nothing can stop young ladies from patronising body enhancement surgeries. According to her, the high...

Christian Atsu’s adopted son on verge of losing sight

A 19-year-old footballer, Joseph Kumi, who is an adopted son of the late Christian Atsu, is on the verge of losing his eyes as...

How onions improve men’s sex drive and health

Testosterone is the main sex hormone in men, maintaining high testosterone improves sexual performance including having and maintaining an erection. The importance of testosterone Testosterone is...

Eye drops do not cure glaucoma – Ophthalmologist

President of the Ophthalmologist Society of Ghana, Dr. Dzifa-Bella Ofori-Adjei, has disclosed that eye drops do not cure glaucoma but are meant for the...

How the foods you’re eating are affecting your performance in bed

In any relationship, both partners should contribute equally to ensure that the partnership remains strong and healthy. How the foods you're eating are affecting your...

Ketu South records 10 measles cases

Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Kwasi Senanu Djokoto, has said the Ketu South Municipality has recorded 10 cases of Measles. He, however, disclosed...

I can ‘cure’ over 85 diseases including HIV with cow dung and urine – Spiritualist [Video]

Ghanaian spiritualist, Prophet Ernest Ampaw Aboagye, says he has healed more than 85 sicknesses with cow dung in Ghana. According to the founder and leader...

Squatting to pee at a public toilet? Why it’s a bad idea, what to do

Public toilets can be a pain to pee in, but what’s the right way to use them? For women, it is common trying to strike...

Child vaccines: Ministry of Health sends SoS message to Ghanaians [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ministry Of Health On Child Vaccines The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged calm among Ghanaians over the supply of child immunisation vaccines...

Cynthia Morrison constructs maternity block at Agona Nsuansa [Video]

Former Gender and Social Protection Minister, Cynthia Morrison, has constructed a maternity block for the Agona Nsuansa CHPS compound in the Central Region. The...

Ghana receives first consignment of child vaccines

The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service has taken delivery of the first consignment of child immunisation vaccines. They include the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin...

Five suspected Measles related deaths recorded at Tamale Teaching Hospital 

JoyNews/AdomNews · There are 5 suspected measles mortality - Head of Pediatrics and Child Health at TTH The Head of Pediatrics and Child Health at...

Akandoh takes on govt over shortage of child vaccines

Ranking member on the Health Committee of Parliament has blamed the shortage of child immunisation vaccines in the country on the incompetence of the...

Blood bank falls short of annual requirement

The national blood bank received only 169,435 units of blood, far lower than the annual stock requirement of 330,000 units, the 2022 Performance Review...

Childhood killer diseases: Vaccines coming in 3 weeks – Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has assured the nation that steps are being taken for the country to take delivery of children's...

SONA 2023: Akufo-Addo reacts to shortage of baby vaccines

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed concern over the shortage of childhood vaccines in the country. The President, delivering the state of the Nation...

Govt moves to deliver vaccines 

The government is deploying all efforts and resources to fast-track the delivery of the routine child immunisation vaccines that are in short supply in...

Doctors abandon Wa East; only one left to cater for 90,000 residents

Inadequate health infrastructure in the Wa East District of the Upper East Region has left the district with only one doctor, as others posted...

Over 100 measles cases recorded in northern Ghana as babies vaccines shortage bite

Over 100 children in the northern part of Ghana are suspected to have contracted measles. This is according to the President-elect for the Paediatrics...

7 ways to achieve orgasm

Although some health professionals think it is very normal to not experience orgasm, some health experts also believe that it could be a medical...

People living with disability demonstrate against govt over poor orthopaedic services

Some persons living with disability in the Ashanti Region have staged a protest against the government's failure to build an orthopaedic treatment facility. The group...

Pregnant woman scheduled for CS dies after ditching hospital for prayer camp

One of the four cases of maternal deaths recorded in the Ledzokuku Municipality in 2022 involved a pregnant woman who, for the fear of...