A delegation of professors and students from the College of New Jersey, (TCNJ) USA, is in Ghana conducting assessments for children with intellectual disabilities including Autism, and offering...
The Stanbic Bank Global Market Unit has presented GH¢ 20, 000 and other items to the Hope Setters Autism Centre at Tema as part of the Unit’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The...
Missed a period? The first thing to consider is pregnancy. If that is ruled out, other possible causes might be related to the use of certain birth control pills or entering menopause. One of the...
Personality largely explains the ‘unique set of attributes that define a particular person or persons’. While personality could fundamentally be described as a product of ‘nature’, there...
1. Have you encountered a child who barely talks (at least, in your presence), and yet seems to be the one 'running the show' in the hearts and minds of his/ her friends/ siblings? That’s surely...
Dr Ebenezer Badoe, a Neuro Paediatrician at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, says medical students will have communication training as part of their curriculum. “Those already in practice will also...
In Ghana, Bishop Daniel Obinim of International Godsway Ministries has an expansive list of rituals which he uses in various cases. In one incident, which was widely shared he was shown stepping on...
Dr Ebenezer Badoe, a Neuro-Peadiatrician at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has reiterated the need to implement a multidisciplinary working method in managing cerebral palsy patients. He explained...
The Republic of Ghana has a total surface area of 238, 837 square kilometres, extending inland on the western bulge of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea. It is bordered by Cote d’Ivore to the west,...
The findings, published in the journal Stress & Health recently, was based on a study involving 203 people, indicate that the damage from thinking over and over again about conflicts between job and...
Very stressful events affect the brains of girls and boys in different ways, a Stanford University study suggests. A part of the brain linked to emotions and empathy, called the insula, was found to...
Lifestyle: Is it normal to feel sad after sex? Consensual sex is supposed to be a fun thing that makes you feel hot and great, right? That might lead you to believe it could only ever leave you...
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...
Religion is a very delicate subject to discuss in public. We are told from history that the eastern question led to World War I (1914-1918). In history, the eastern question refers to how the Ottoman...
President John Dramani Mahama has said he is unaware of the challenges facing the management and staff of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. The Hospital has in recent times been battling with a number...
With an MA in Journalism from Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales backed by a Diploma in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, host of News@10 and News Hour on TV3 and 3FM 92.7...
A GNA feature by Cecilia Diesob/Deborah Apetorgbor Accra, Oct. 30, GNA - Growing up, many of us have participated in discussions relating to sex. Besides stressing on abstinence, many adults reminded...
Women have all but caught up with men at knocking back alcohol, a global study of drinking habits shows. The analysis of 4 million people, born between 1891 and 2001, showed that men used to be far...
play videoOther symptoms that commonly occur in individuals with CP include hearing loss and impaired vision The term Cerebral Palsy refers to a group of neurological disorders that appear in infancy...
In the past few months or so, we have had to contend with disturbing news stories bordering on clearly mental challenges. When a man murders his mother and a house-help simultaneously, gruesomely, we...
