HEALTH

A man who went into hospital for knee X-ray got the shock of his life when doctors discovered his penis was turning to bone. The 63-year-old had taken himself to A&E after he fell over in the street and landed on his behind.…
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Gynaecologists are warning of the potential risks of vaginal steaming after it emerged a Canadian woman burned herself attempting one. A case study, involving a 62-year-old, was published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology…
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An international research team has designed a wireless, smartphone-controlled device that is able to deliver drugs straight into the brain. It can also stimulate brain cells using light. So far, the scientists have tested this device in…
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Five years after their divorce, Dan Pyatt and ex-wife Kelly Hope had the most important disagreement of their lives. As he lay in Guy’s Hospital, with his kidneys failing and no donor after 12 months on the waiting list, she told him:…
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Most people would shy away from sharing intimate details about their sex life with the general public, but one man is relying on the kindness of strangers to address a couple of key issues in his life. Taking to GoFundMe to share his…
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More than 500 teeth have been removed from a child’s mouth in India, doctors said. The seven-year-old boy had complained to his parents since the age of three that he had a swelling on the right side of his lower jaw. After four years…
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The Chief Executive of Bosomtwe District, Joseph Assuming, is sad about the ascendancy in reported cases of teenage pregnancies in the country. According to him, the rise in teenage pregnancies has resulted in several school-going girls…
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The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to provide all the six newly created regions with a regional hospital each when he wins the 2020 elections. He made this known at a two-day…
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The Kwesimintsim hospital in the Western Region is in dire need of financial support as government is unable to pay its nine months national health insurance payments amounting in excess of 2 million Ghana Cedis. The Administrator of the…
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The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) says the activities of some herbalists, prophets and other religious groups who claim to have a cure for HIV continues to hinder the management of the disease. In 2018, a visit by Citi News and the Eastern…
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