One will hardly complete a day’s work at the clinic without talking to a patient who complains of fatigue. The whole world appears to be in the “fast lane” and it is almost fashionable to complain of fatigue. Colette Bouchez refers to this…
“Food safety is an area of public health action to protect consumers. Unsafe food can lead to a range of health problems: diarrhoeal diseases, viral diseases, reproductive and developmental problems, lifestyle diseases and even cancers.”
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Do we lose precious lives in the blink of an eye or is it possible our body may have been fighting for a long time only to give up and as observers we see it as “sudden”? Surely accidents, murders, drowning etc. do occur and a life is lost…
My heart is heavy this morning as I write. No text or call to remind me to email my article for the weekend. It finally sinks in that Jonathan our dear Editor at Spectator has really moved on to glory. This is a piece in his memory.
Dep…
I love to put a twist on Nikolai Lenin’s quote – “The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.” Literally once you “lose your heart” the battle is lost and what better way to improve our heart health than to do four basic th…
Time seems to be in sprint mode. A few decades ago when we used to indulge in gutter to gutter and trekked on foot several miles to take part in major counters-ball tournaments (you know if you know) it appeared the days and nights were ex…
The more I explore the Wellness Industry and as greys compete for dominance wherever hair can be found, the more glaring it becomes to me that a holistic healthy and happy life is way more than we focus on. There is an endless list that br…
What will you do if after years of enjoying the beauty of the world through your eyes, you wake up one day and realize your eyes are failing or have failed you? It could be a major life-changing event. You may even run the risk of causing …
If you had a sudden fall, would your bones survive the impact?
If you have Osteoporosis, they might not. Osteoporosis is a silent, progressive disease that leads to a decrease in bone mass, and consequently, loss of structural strength.…
I am pleasantly surprised to find myself writing about hair. It must have been prompted by my barber who keeps prompting me that I am greying. I guess it may have something to do with suggesting that I use dye. I am definitely not interes…
I grew up in one of the best and most loving families the world can boast of and chicken and eggs were an almost daily feature thanks to our poultry business. Eggs received a great deal of bashing in those “good old days”; do we really bel…
Being a good father is hard work! Quite often sacrifices of the many great fathers are drowned by the poor judgement or irresponsibility of a handful. Some mothers do the same but seem to have “indemnity”. Let us celebrate the wonderful fa…
I have realized three groups of people normally make up any audience I speak to. The first group are people who already know the basics of healthy eating, another who do not know and a third who think they know. However, what all these gro…
I am so optimistic about Ghana making major positive gains by making small changes that people have often misinterpreted my passion for our dear country. Over the past few days I have been excited by the War Against Indiscipline (#WAI) ini…
Last year a statement really caught my attention and I will share it now; “the sphygmomanometer (the instrument for measuring blood pressure) measures two things. Your blood pressure and your common sense.” Ouch!! That is profound and pain…
If you do not know your blood pressure (it is normal is not good enough), you haven’t checked this year or you have been asked to monitor your blood pressure then this is a passionate appeal to you to spend a few minutes to check your bloo…
I can bet you that if this had been any other year, we will still be struggling to complete January. 2019 has been super-fast and a month passes by whenever one blinks.
28th April marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work and our th…
I have often wondered why there is much more fanfare at Christmas compared to Easter. The sacrifice at Easter is the backbone of Christianity and the singular feat that has had the most impact on the world. Maybe our family who are noted f…
It is impossible to know how priceless breathing is until you CANNOT BREATHE! Imagine what people with asthma go through often especially when not properly managed. If you think love can take your breath away, then you definitely have neve…
The world has become extremely competitive and now more than ever we need to work harder and smarter. Especially for countries lagging far behind our only source of hope to “catch up” is to be extremely healthy. No matter the economic poli…
About 2 decades ago when I was a house-officer in Paediatric (child health) Surgery, I dreaded Saturday and Sunday afternoons. This was simply because you could tell the future without any anointing; many children will be rushed there beca…
The BIG C refers to cancer, a diagnosis that in the past was virtually synonymous with death. It still sends shivers down the spine of many but a number of people are now taking a more proactive approach either to reduce their risk or to c…
Many of us would rather not find out if we have a disease lurking in the shadows but the jury has long been out; catching a condition early goes a long way to help keep it at bay.
Many people will swear that that were perfectly well til…
You can predict the future of a country without looking into a crystal ball. Just observe those in their teens and even younger; their thought processes, the way they spend their leisure and their healthy practices. In the past few months …
Time does fly and if there were no clocks to contradict me, I could have sworn that 2018 was the shortest year ever. May we all experience a 2019 filled with great health, happiness and wealth.
It is almost impossible to discuss wealth …
Why do we still go globe-trotting calabash in hand, a large entourage in tow and officials back home waiting to pounce on the “booty” that will be squeezed into our calabash like the last drop from an Ideal Milk tin? We sit on so much weal…
Open gutters eager to welcome all forms of garbage to choke them, craters with strips of what may have been asphalt and probably called roads some years earlier. Young men arguing at the top of their voices under trees during working hours…
“Today, 4.5 billion people live without safely managed sanitation and 2.1 billion people lack access to safe, readily available water at home.” Right at our doorstep having access to a toilet, which is a human right is now a luxury reserve…
November 14th is World Diabetes Day- this condition needs to be discussed extensively and the role of healthy lifestyle including physical activity can not be overemphasized. That is why on World Town Planning Day which is today the 8th of…
October 29th as always was observed as World Stroke Day. This year and beyond the aim is to provide the best possible quality of life to stroke survivors. The theme for this year #UpAgainAfterStroke; Support for life after stroke aims at r…
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…
What will it take for each of us to make and keep a promise? We don’t need to wait till something devastating happens before we do what we know is the right. Like you, I have not followed up on some promises but the stakes are so high that…
“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 …
High blood pressure (hypertension) is often referred to as “the silent killer” because though it may be causing a lot of harm to your body, one may be feeling perfectly well. Hypertension can only be diagnosed by taking blood pressure read…
Have you ever thought about the cost of placing things inappropriately in your office or workplace? Top that with poor sitting and lifting postures and hey presto you just created a millionaire in a manufacturer of painkillers and anyone w…
It is a grave offence to put children to work and quite often it is for selfish reasons. Some of these children have barely stopped breastfeeding and playing with their peers, enjoying their childhood and studying in school is all they sho…
When buildings spring up in spaces that once upon a time were playing fields and physical education takes a back seat in schools then we can be sure childhood obesity is positioned to embarrass the world. The world has never been this heav…
Many nutrition enthusiasts will swear that eating appropriately solely holds the key to great health. The die-hard exercise addicts will tell you to concentrate on exercising and nutrition can take a back seat. My position is clear on thes…
After 70 years of existence the World Health Organization (WHO) is focused on “Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere.” It may appear more difficult to attain this goal than for a “camel to go through the eye of a needle” but if t…
In less than ten (10) days, we will be celebrating Easter once again and as we reflect over the greatest show of love ever and the basis of Christianity, it may be an ideal time to talk about noise once again.
This is the period when so…
As we battle with pollution of our water bodies from galamsey, human faeces, plastics and a list too long to enumerate, the United Nations must have heard our cry and the focus of World Water Day on March 22nd really hit home.
How can w…
In less than ten (10) days, we will be celebrating Easter once again and as we reflect over the greatest show of love ever and the basis of Christianity, it may be an ideal time to talk about noise once again.
This is the period when so…
This year World Kidney Day fell on 8TH March, which coincided with International Women’s Day and even though the theme focused on women’s health, those two vital organs were completely drowned out by breast examinations and heart health ch…
I continue to enjoy the contributions of guest writers and this week, I introduce Salomey Kokoro a registered dietitian who contributes to www.healthessentialsgh.com. You will pick a line or two even if this is a path you have taken severa…
In decades past when GBC Television had no competitor in our land of gold and FM stations had not seen the light of day, Asaba the miracle berry was common in Ghana. As children without a care playing “socks ball” that more often than not …
Nature has a way of consistently reminding us to keep ourselves and our surroundings clean and when we refuse to conform we get scares from conditions such as Ebola, Swine Flu, Meningitis and recently Lassa Fever. It may not be at your doo…
It is very harassing to hear several people who are around your age are dying. Too blunt? Well it is the sad and unfortunate truth. There are many health scares going around. It almost seems impossible to keep up with the stuff which is he…
Pain is a good thing! It’s what we do about the pain that matters. Pain is a warning sign that something abnormal is happening in our bodies; poor posture, infection, heart attack and many others.
Whenever you experience chest pain do n…
Food, drinks and other excesses during the Christmas break remind me of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The mere length of the name gives the impression that the medical community is confused by this condition. Does it not sound like a bow…
I have been wondering why I have this urge to write about constipation during the first week of a new year but I finally concluded that I needed to get it out quickly so that people recovering from the excesses of the holiday season will b…