The nationwide intermittent shortages of mental health drugs is retarding the recovery process of patients in the Brong-Ahafo Region, investigation by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has revealed. The...
Among the benefits of the most treasured fruits available to man, banana health benefits can never ever be overemphasized! Wonderfully sweet with firm and creamy flesh, bananas come prepackaged in...
Heard of perinatal depression before? Well, it’s a very common disorder amongst women yet very little is known about it. Perinatal depression, like any other depression, is a mental health disorder...
Some of the most impressive health benefits of coffee include its ability to improve cognitive health, protect the cardiovascular system, reduce the chances of developing diabetes, aid in...
As a new American football season is set to begin, researchers examining the brains of deceased NFL players have found that 99 percent of them showed signs of degenerative disease -- believed to be...
At an austere mental health clinic in northern Syria, male patients with shaved heads squat barefoot in a courtyard, some dressed in uniforms and others in T-shirts and tracksuit trousers. One man...
One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people looked after their brain health throughout life, according to an international study in the Lancet. It lists nine key risk factors...
Stressful events in life, such as the death of a child, divorce or being fired, can age the brain by at least four years, US researchers suggests. They looked at performance in memory and thinking...
There’s no such thing as ‘catching up on sleep’. When the weekend rolls around, many of us can admit to staying up later and sleeping in longer than usual. Because hey, that’s what weekends...
Japan's Takashi Miura set aside his depression 18 months ago and began working to reclaim the World Boxing Council super featherweight crown. On Saturday night, his chance finally arrives. The...
The United States urged China on Tuesday to give cancer-stricken Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife freedom to move and choose his own doctors after he was granted medical parole. The...
Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize from behind bars, was for decades a vocal champion of democracy and human rights until Chinese authorities locked him up for speaking out. The...
China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. Liu, who had about...
Dr Joseph Osafo, a Clinical Psychologist and Suicidologist, is advocating the de-criminalisation of suicide from the laws of Ghana. He said suicide was not a crime, a disease, an immorality, nor...
I am Yasmine Ponle Okudzeto, a 37 year old Muslimah, an entrepreneur, a mother and a sickle strong warrior. Today, 19th June is the World Sickle Cell Day and it is my hope to create enough awareness...
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was on the CIA payroll, ousted from power by US soldiers in 1989, and spent years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering, has died....
There is obvious pain after every surgical operation regardless of the site that patient reports. Patients usually have poor understanding of pain management which results in low expectations of pain...
The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Depression and suicide - the role of the family physician’ Family Doctors fear depression and suicide may soon reach an overwhelming level if immediate...
Doing moderate exercise several times a week is the best way to keep the mind sharp if you’re over 50, research suggests. Thinking and memory skills were most improved when people exercised the...
Sixteen years ago my family and I got involved in a traffic accident and unfortunately, our youngest brother Apache passed away. Now, he was the life of the family. His name Apache was given to him...
