HEALTH

The high stench from the Tamale Teaching Hospital mortuary has forced management to carry out a mass burial service for unknown dead bodies at the Tamale General cemetery. This was as a result of the breakdown of five compressors of the…
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Millions of people in the UK are putting their sight at risk by continuing to smoke, warn specialists. Despite the clear connection, only one in five people recognise that smoking can lead to blindness, a poll for the Association of…
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UK attitudes towards abortion are becoming more liberal, a poll suggests. Sam says financial worries were a driving force in her choice to terminate her pregnancies. And several women the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme have spoken…
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Health benefits of bitter leaf are something that people didn’t know. But, before we talk about the specific benefit, it could be better to know about bitter leaf first.Bitter leaf is an herb plant. According to the herbpathy.com, this…
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Deputy Minister of Health, Alexander K. K. Abban says government has activated a programme to offer employment to all qualified nurses from private institutions who completed between 2012 to 2016. He said an electronic platform had been…
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Carrying more fat on legs compared with the stomach protects postmenopausal women from heart disease, a study says. Women of a healthy weight with the highest risk of stroke or heart disease had the most belly fat and the least hip and…
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A 23-years-old has been spending the last 20 years in isolation in the Nkwanta south of the Oti region, because of a medical condition. Basty Abass passes urine, defecates, eats and sleeps in a room locked and heavily secured with a…
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The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has lauded the collaborative role the private sector has played in the successful roll out of several programmes in the Akufo-Addo government’s digitisation agenda. According to…
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THE PEDIATRIC Emergency Unit (PEU) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in Kumasi, has received a timely support through a donation by the Make a Child Smile (MACS) Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).…
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A man has been jailed for the murder of his partner of 15-years after claiming that she had accidentally died during ‘vigorous oral sex’. On the night in question, Robert Simpson-Scott, 44, called emergency services and told them that…
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