There has been an increase in the usage of purgatives especially herbal ones recently. Purgatives also sometimes referred to as laxatives (more powerful laxatives) are substances that loosen stools,...
Today is world HIV day. When this epidemic started, there were arguments about whether it originated from Africa or not. Regardless of its origins, HIV has become mainly an African disease. According...
Today, I wish to dedicate my page to young and beautiful Verma Marie Annan, a twenty-three year old woman and graduate of University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, who packed bag and baggage and left to...
A patient has sued six medical doctors, the 37 Military Hospital, the Attorney General and the Ghana Health Service for medical negligence. The action by the plaintiff, Mr Wisdom Tettey Narh, comes...
The health benefits of dandelion include relief from liver disorders, diabetes , urinary disorders, acne , jaundice, cancer and anemia . It also helps in maintaining bone health, skin care and is a...
Don’t rely on routine tests alone to protect you from cancer. It’s just as important to listen to your body and notice anything that’s different, odd, or unexplainable. Here are some signs that...
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumerewrites that some households can no longer take absolute care of their children living with cerebral palsy or stigmas associated with the condition Air Vice-Marshall...
Some Ghanaians at an open forum for political parties and their candidates in the Kintampo North Constituency, have called on the candidates to conduct their campaign in a manner that promotes peace...
I write not because I want sympathy, far from it. I believe I long won my fight against Breast Cancer. For me it was the battle of the mind and I triumphed. Yes I triumphed! I am writing mainly to...
Breast milk is the Ideal Food for Your Baby. By Abundant Robert K. AWOLUGUTU A newborn has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the...
Tooth extraction, when necessary, is not bad We have read with serious concern, a front-page headline article titled "Tooth extraction is bad -Dentist" in the Friday, 21st October 2016 edition of The...
The Ministry of Health has urged striking nurses of the Accra psychiatric hospital to call off their strike as it works to address their concerns. According to the Ministry, some GH¢1 billion will...
Dr. Klein is Chairman of Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, the nation’s No. 2 urology program as ranked by U. S. News & World Report. He has this to say on the PSA test....
Ghana has recorded a total of about 11,000 HIV AIDS deaths with 12,635 new HIV infections in 2015, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has stated. According to the Commission, there are 274,562 persons...
An average of 7,000 children are born with hole-in-heart condition in the country every year, the Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra, Dr...
The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit. The prospect of a blockbuster vaccine against a...
A vision with provision leads to the revision of the vision. I thank God I have been able to maintain my vision to transform men’s health in this country and the world at large. I am a man on an...
Florence Nightingale is the goddess of the nursing profession. She is profoundly referred to as “the mother of nursing” because she laid the foundation and standard for modern nursing and today...
South African cleric and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was readmitted to hospital on Saturday to treat an infection following a surgery last week, his family said. Tutu, the former Anglican...
As a practitioner in Holistic Urology, one of the most frequent problems I see is recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) but because it is so common there are many remedies and treatments from...
