Articles from the ‘Health & Lifestyle’ category
Posted by Contributor on August 11, 2011 at 9:11 am in Health & Lifestyle, Other Top Stories
About 25,000 new cases of HIV and AIDS have been recorded in Ghana, Dr. Richard Amenyah, Director of Technical Service at the Ghana AIDS Commission, has said. He said as a result of the increase the government had tasked the Ghana AIDS Commission and its key partners to work assiduously to help reduce the infection [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 30, 2011 at 10:25 am in Local News, Marriages
Wife of ex-Ghana Ambassador to Japan is accusing her husband of ‘shameless’ infidelity and threats on her life. Mrs Brempong-Yeboah told Joy News’ Beatrice Adu her husband Dr. Charles Brempong-Yeboah hounded her out of her matrimonial home amidst several threats on her life. She had early on reported the matter to the Domestic Violence and [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 17, 2011 at 1:20 pm in Fitness and Nutrition, Health & Lifestyle
Sugar rushes and caffeine highs followed by a depressing energy crash are what happens to your body if you drink a soda right now, but plenty of Blisstree readers actually seem to be okay with that. Some of you think it’s alarmist to compare a caffeine and sugar rush to doing drugs, and some just [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 28, 2011 at 1:14 pm in Health & Lifestyle
A urologist at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr J.E. Mensah, has cautioned the public, especially men, against the regular use of painkillers such as Ibuprofen and Aspirin because of their increased risk of causing erectile dysfunction. In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra on Saturday, Dr Mensah said “the side effects of the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 23, 2011 at 6:16 pm in Health & Lifestyle, Marriages
Credit: Reuters/Christian Charisius By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – Sudden bursts of moderate to intense physical activity — such as jogging or having sex — significantly increase the risk of having a heart attack, especially in people who do not get regular exercise, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Doctors have long known that physical activity can [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 22, 2011 at 2:55 pm in Other Stories, Top Story
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on President Mills to remove Mr. Kwabena Acheampong from the position of Deputy Minister of State. The party said the Deputy Interior Minister’s “insulting behavior, rudeness and arrogance does not befit the high position of Deputy Minister and is a disgrace to governance in our country.” In [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 21, 2011 at 3:10 pm in Other Stories
It is always precarious to throw out caution to the wind and jump in with both legs; this will amount to crippling one’s self, thereby crawling in to the future as a slave without any defense.
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Posted by Contributor on March 17, 2011 at 12:46 pm in Health & Lifestyle
A man in the United States has posed for an unforgettable police mug shot after he fled a barber’s shop before his hair was finished. David Davis (21) was busy having his hair braided in Stamford, Connecticut, when he reportedly attacked another customer. Police said that Davis then ran off, with his hair only half-finished. [...]
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