[Translate] 1. It will help you de-stress. Being sure to sip water throughout a stressful day can soothe stress-induced symptoms as diverse as headaches, tense muscles, fuzzy thinking, a pounding heart, and low energy. That’s because stress taxes all your basic body systems — and when you’re dehydrated, the effects are magnified. Water won’t wash your stressors... 

[Translate] The boss of the company which supplied dodgy breast implants to women across the world has been arrested, according to reports. Cops nabbed Jean-Claude Mas – the founder of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) – at his home in southern France this morning. Mas’s firm sparked an international health scandal – with thousands of women fearing their implants could... 

[Translate] Henceforth, men who accompany their wives to the antenatal clinic for four consecutive times in 2012, will qualify for an award, under a new scheme instituted by the Atiwa District Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The award scheme, the details of which were not disclosed is part of efforts to reduce maternal deaths in the district. Mr. Tei Djangmah, the District... 

[Translate] Caregivers to persons living with HIV in the Ho Municipality are powerless in their efforts to rein in some clients whose sex lives point to deliberately infecting others with the virus. The issue came up for prolonged discussions at the last of three workshops organized by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)-Ghana in Ho for Paralegals and Directors of non-governmental... 

[Translate] People with autism have issues with non-verbal communication, a wide range of social interactions, and activities.One of the first female radiographers in the Gold Coast era, Mrs Salomey Francois, has raised great concern about the problems faced by children living with autism and has called on all to join hands to help in finding solution to the situation. She shared her concern during... 

[Translate] Cancers can be referred to as a group of diseases in which there is uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells in the body and there are over 200 types of cancer. Technically speaking, cancers are a variant of the diseases described above in which the disease spreads locally or the abnormal cells travel through the blood and lymphatic system to continue the abnormal growth at other parts... 

[Translate] The injections are given into the back of the eye where the retina sitsEarly results from the world’s first human trial using embryonic stem cells to treat diseases of the eye suggest the method is safe, say researchers. US firm Advanced Cell Technology told The Lancet how two patients who had received the retinal implants were doing well, four months on. Trials of the same technique... 

[Translate] The way genes switch on and off could influence the health of our heartsScientists may be closer to understanding how genes can influence serious heart conditions, says a Nature Genetics report. The failure to turn off a specific gene at the right time in an embryo’s development could mean illness later in life. Mice in which the gene was left active were born apparently healthy,... 

[Translate] The Surveillance Unit of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has noticed the distribution and sale of fake Hords Brown Gold Cocoa Powder that bears features similar to the original product. A statement signed by the Chief Executive of the Board, Dr Stephen Opuni, copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said Buchberger Enterprise, located at Baatsonaa on the Spintex Road, Accra, and owned... 

[Translate] A rising proportion of abortions worldwide are putting women’s health at risk, researchers say. The World Health Organization study suggests global abortion rates are steady, at 28 per 1,000 women a year. However, the proportion of the total carried out without trained clinical help rose from 44% in 1995 to 49% in 2008. The Lancet, which carried the report, said the figures were...