By GNA Ms Linda Appiah-Kubi, Principal Community Health Nurse at Tema Manhean has noted that balanced diet keeps the body strong and healthy, and urged Ghanaians to develop the habit of eating balanced four star diet. The four-star diet: protein, carbohydrates, vegetables, and cereal must be found in the meal a person takes every day. […]
A smartphone sensor, much like what is used in GPS systems, might be a way to determine whether or not someone is intoxicated after consuming marijuana, according to a new study by the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. According to the study, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, which evaluated the […]
An Entomologist and Malaria Focal Person of the Upper East Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Sydney Abilba says vector-borne disease has been one of the major problems of the GHS. Mr. Abilba stated that GHS is doing everything possible to ensure that diseases that are caused by insects (vector-borne) do not become […]
Abstract Hand sanitizer (HS) usage, prevents infections of transient microflora, while alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers are currently used widely. The high level of alcohol in the WHO-recommended HS(75%) could cause dry skin. The aim of this study was to develop a herbal HS using a leaf extract of  Mimosa pudica L. with a reduced alcohol content (40%). The newly […]
France’s director-general of public health services says children under 12 years of age are not concerned by the Covid vaccination drive because of the lack of adequate scientific data on the subject. He said, however, that he was confident the health protocol for the back-to-school period would be sufficient to ward off the fourth wave. Jérôme Salomon, […]
