HEALTH

Wearing looser underpants could be a simple way for men to improve their sperm count and the hormones that control it, a US study suggests. In a study of 656 men, by researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, in the US, boxer…
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President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Government is investing resources to improve the current health conditions of prisoners in the country. According to the President, the National Health Insurance scheme will be expanded to cover inmates…
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President Akufo-Addo has announced that government is investing resources to improve the current health conditions of prisoners in the country. Speaking at a graduation parade at the Ghana prisons service, the President indicated that…
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Regular physical activity lasting 45 minutes three to five times a week can reduce poor mental health - but doing more than that is not always beneficial, a large US study suggests. A total of 1.2 million people reported their activity…
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Durex has issued a recall for three batches of its Real Feel condoms here, after these condoms failed to pass its shelf-life durability tests. The recall was initiated last Wednesday (Aug 1), said Durex in a statement on its Singapore…
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The Minister for Health, Kweku Agyeman-Manu has announced that trachoma, a visual impaired disease, has been eliminated from the country. Addressing the press yesterday in Accra, he said “Ghana has officially been given the World Health…
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A total of 6, 269 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the Ashanti Region between January and June, this year, Dr. Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, Deputy Regional Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Services (GHS), has disclosed. Out of this,…
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Excerpts from the 2018 World Breastfeeding week reveals that despite the country’s effort in promoting exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), continuing rates have deteriorated in the recent times. Speaking at a news briefing and media…
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You may crave for the weekend so you get that extra few hours of much-needed sleep. But it turns out sleeping longer than the recommended seven or eight hours a night could be doing you more harm than good, experts have warned. New…
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Doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) say a 7-year-old boy who is suffering from severe skin and mucous membrane disorder is responding to treatment. They say Emmanuel Ameyaw’s condition known medically as Stevens-Johnson…
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