The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives so much that many diseases were virtually neglected. Unfortunately this has even worsened the deficits we were already battling with. Screening for breast cancer as well as increasing awareness…
Over the years, I have built a store of exciting and relevant health tips from several sources. I believe that if we are able to master a few of them it will go a long way to enrich our lives.
“The doctor of the future will give no medi…
The past few years have seen STRESS take centre stage in many places and it comes as no surprise that it has been labelled “the health epidemic of the 21st century.” Then the COVID-19 pandemic moved stress and mental health in general to …
The past few years has seen STRESS take centre stage in many places and it comes as no surprise that it has been labelled “the health epidemic of the 21st century.” Then the COVID-19 pandemic moved stress and mental health in general to an…
Many of us have packed our days with so much work and back-to-back social activities we hardly have time to breathe. The little time we can squeeze out is used to stuff ourselves with food and drinks, but we may be able to start squeezing …
It’s “winter” in “Sikaman” and thankfully Climate Change appears to have spared August. The weather in the mornings is terrific and everything looks serene. You will not believe that a few hours later chaos will once again take hold of our…
Noise has a habit of causing discomfort and wahala but its “opposite” DEAFENING SILENCE also causes mental torture to the extent that some people may even feel they are “losing their minds” when they find themselves in such loud silence. T…
We all feel tired or fatigued sometimes after exerting ourselves. We feel much better after getting rest such as good sleep. A number of us on the other hand experience fatigue that is severe enough to interfere with activities of daily li…
Can your chair kill you? Maybe. But then we don’t only sit on chairs, so before you start throwing out your chairs and other things that you can sit on, kindly do yourself a favour and read further.
The numerous risks and diseases assoc…
As the years roll by we acquire an arsenal of health rituals some of which may appear to be helping us reach our goals but many of these may actually be a total waste of time, some also cause the exact opposite of what we expect or its fun…
Many of us over the past year have spent hours sitting at a desk engrossed in work and may even forget to drink adequate amounts of water or even walk occasionally. We may be thinking about back and neck pain as well as other lifestyle dis…
Those of us who have blood ties with the Central Region are often assumed to have an insatiable sweet tooth and divert funds for our mansions and wealth creation into our bellies. I don’t think this is still true but there are some traits …
I do not have a precise answer to this question but salt is definitely revered in the company of killers. When heart and blood vessel diseases claim over 17 million lives each year worldwide and hypertension is one of the leading modifiabl…
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”- Thomas Edison
When Hippocrates said that “walking is a man’s best medic…
I do love my sleep but I am still struggling to get the prescribed hours and 2021 is the year that I have earmarked to reach my ideal daily sleep number. Could it be 8 hours? I am looking at both the quality of sleep and the duration or le…
Accidental poisoning of children at home, starting point of drug abuse by teenagers at home and uninformed self-medication have one thing in common; in all three unused or unwanted medicines are likely culprits. The harm we cause when we f…
As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic, a symptom such as a headache tends to raise eyebrows but we must not forget that long before COVID-19, headaches existed and may be a warning for other conditions that we may have neglecte…
The kidneys are a pair of extremely efficient organs working overtime to keep toxins out of our blood. Unfortunately because they work so hard they compensate for each others deficiency hence kidney disease often goes undetected until it’s…
Sixty-four years of life in a human is quite an achievement especially when you find yourself in a part of the world where you are LUCKY to be born in a hospital, electricity and water are available during your birth and you have a pliable…
There are many things that require a second opinion in health and wellness but one of the few that do not and I can confidently share my opinion on is SUGAR. Sugar is DEFINITELY not a treat BUT a threat to our very lives.
It does not ma…
We continue to struggle to get to grips with COVID-19. The virus at the heart of this disease seems to be saying to us “catch me if you can.” When a country does so well at controlling a pandemic and then suddenly we take our foot off the …
Your hairline begins to recede, you can no longer keep count of the gray hair, your skin begins to sag, you can no longer fit into your clothes but you can swear that you weigh the same on the scale. Things may sometimes get worse; you jus…
Dear Health Essentials Family,
I trust we are all keeping safe. As the PANDEMIC continues to cause many challenges and people are critically ill and lives being lost it is important that we take all appropriate measures to reduce our ri…
Many of us have already packed our holiday season with so much work and back-to-back programmes we hardly have time to breathe. The little time we can squeeze out is used to stuff ourselves with food and drinks, but just for this season we…
Congratulations to Ghana for scoring high marks in Election 2020. Of course there is a lot of work to be done and corrections to be made but let us pat ourselves on the shoulder and get to work; we have so much to do.
I happen to be rea…
The dust has almost settled in the USA after their historic election that scored many firsts. I choose to say no more lest I am misquoted again so let me dwell on where my vote counts. Now, the eyes of the whole world is focused on a much …
It is amazing how time flies especially when you are engrossed in something you love doing. This November is exactly ten years since the HEALTH ESSENTIALS column was birthed in the Weekly Spectator. This is a story of being present in the …
The year 2020 will always be remembered for the wrong reasons but even in the midst of the chaos there are great lessons that one can learn and many of us will find inner strength that we never knew existed deep within us.
Thursday 12th…
Very often we leave the doctor’s office only to remember that we left out a major complaint. Some patients immediately rush back to the consulting room totally oblivious of the privacy that that the next patient is entitled to. They expect…
Few diseases command the “respect” that diabetes does, even atheists break into uncontrollable “tongues” once you diagnose them with this disease or merely suggest that they may have the condition. Unfortunately many of us out of fear of t…
Millions of people around the world live with diabetes; many are unaware, some are unable to afford proper management and family members suffer indirectly as the disease wipes away scare finances while eating away the fruitful years of the…
Though the month for Breast Cancer Awareness is drawing to a close, we should NEVER draw the curtains on regular self and professional examination to fight this killer. The power to make a difference is in our hands!! What have you done th…
Breasts come in all shapes and sizes and most women will admit that shopping for an ideal bra is probably one of the most frustrating experiences. These shapes and sizes are dictated to a large extent by the fatty tissue contained within. …
Breast cancer is on the rise in Ghana and the way to curb or cure this disease does not lie in a prayer camp or at the feet of a herbalist. Like charity screening begins at home and we all need to master the basics so that we can detect ch…
This year many of my friends hit that “magical age” and it’s extremely exciting. I have clients who have lived in excess of four scores and are still doing extremely well. We are all aware of the risks that many people also face as they ag…
Ghanaians have always been addicted to football and over the years the only thing that has changed about our passion for the game of football is our new found romance with football cooked in other countries. We would even go to bed on an e…
When I first wrote this article it was dedicated to the memory of Merari Alomele, a true legend. My first editor when I started this column almost a decade ago. There will never be another Alor – humour, wit, relevant information and many …
“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are only consequences.” – Robert B.Ingersoll.
Many of us know the right thing to do to improve our health but we would rather procrastinate. We have a thousand and one excuses bu…
It requires effort to be happy or content in life and sometimes we find it too tedious to invest in enjoying life. Living in misery is much easier to achieve and you can set off on this downhill ride by simply spending hours in a couch wat…
“This week, we are charting a path we have never been on BUT it is extremely important and guess who delivered this apt, informative and thought-provoking piece? The one and only Dr. Yaw Berko aka Yaw B who is my akonta, friend and colleag…
“The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience” – Chinua Achebe
The world has battled the Spanish Flu, SARS 1, MERS, Ebola, Lassa Fever and many more. For a number of these we…
I have on several occasions referred to laughter as the “best medicine” just as many others do but I knew little about the science behind laughter, but now I know.
I came across the quote “Laughter is the best medicine. Unless you’re la…
When the rains start we tend to panic; thoughts of floods, destroyed homes and yes the ever present fear of diseases that cause diarrhoea and vomiting. The kitchen is a major player in heart-health and also a potential accident…
William Shakespeare is one person in history that I would love to meet and Much Ado About Nothing is his first work that I really dug into probably because I was “forced” to and I bet you it was worth it. Shakespeare is a master wordsmith …
In my journey in life, I have come across people who make gargantuan claims, I have heard of and met some swindlers and I have also come in contact with people who are obviously deluded. In many parts of the world including our very own, p…
No matter how dark that tunnel may be, there is ALWAYS light at the end, unless there is a power outage and even then you will be out of a tunnel with all the restrictions.
I would have loved to discuss something very remote from the cu…
I do not think arguing over the need to have lifted or maintained the partial “lockdown” in Sikaman does us any good. There will be opponents to which ever view you hold. In a country with over 20 million COVID-19 experts you can imagine t…
As we continue in our march to defeat COVID-19, there are a few things that we need to do regularly to protect ourselves as we STAY AT HOME. The risk of sitting for long periods or just relaxing in bed all day is extremely high but we need…
Change is definitely the only constant in life. Being able to adapt to changing conditions is arguably the most useful skill one can develop because change will come one way or the other and in 2020 it’s come in a way no one ever took seri…
Our health is arguably our most essential asset. It determines our level of relationship with our creator; how much we enjoy life; what work we do, and how successful we become. Unfortunately, we take our health for granted and hardly inve…
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