Author: Krobea

Contrary to popular belief, your sex drive doesn’t just go south once you hit the big 4-0. If you’re losing your libido in your 40s, 50s, or even 60s, your medicine cabinet—not age—may be to blame, says NYC reproductive endocrinologist Jaime Knopman, MD, co-founder of Truly, MD. Here’s a look at 5 common offenders. Antidepressants The most popular antidepressant options—medications like citalopram (Celexa), fluoxetine (Prozac), and sertraline (Zoloft)—are part of a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). These drugs help fight depression by raising levels of a feel-good brain hormone, serotonin. But they can also have the effect of lowering libido…

The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on passenger flights from eight Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said extremists were seeking “innovative methods” to bring down jets. Bombs could be hidden in laptops, tablets, cameras, DVD players and electronic games, it said. The measure will affect nine airlines operating out of 10 airports. Large electronic devices will only be allowed on board in checked baggage. Phones are exempt from the new rules. The nine airlines affected are: Royal Jordanian Egypt Air Turkish Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines Kuwait Airways Royal Air…

The hall week celebrations of Oguaa Hall of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) may not begin on Wednesday, March 22 as scheduled. Authorities at UCC have asked the Hall to wait for a decision before any move is made as regards the celebrations, Hall Master  Eyia Bediako told 3news.com’s Thomas Vincent Cann on Monday, March 20. Clashes between members of the Hall and students from University of Ghana’s Commonwealth Hall and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s Unity Hall on Friday left one person paralysed and several others injured. They were said to have been stabbed. The students…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has visited the Wenchi Methodist Senior High School (WESS), which was hardest hit by last Sunday’s disaster at ground zero of the Kintampo waterfalls in the Brong-Ahafo Region. Eighteen persons – most of whom are students of WESS – lost their lives. Twenty-two others are receiving treatment at the Kintampo Government Hospital for injuries sustained. On Monday, Dr Bawumia accompanied by Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Catherine Afeku visited families of victims of the disaster. The Vice President later in the evening addressed an assembly of students on campus. He told them how…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured investors, both domestic and foreign, that neither his government nor his appointees are in office to compete for business opportunities with the private sector. According to the President, his administration is going to turn a new leaf in the way in which government and the private sector work, reiterating that “the private sector is not going to bring projects only for members of government and their cronies take over them.” The role of his government, he added, is “facilitating the business that you are going to do – setting good ground rules and…

Prime Minister Theresa May is to officially notify the European Union next Wednesday that the UK is leaving. Downing Street said she would write a letter to the European Council, adding that it hoped negotiations on the terms of exit and future relations could then begin as quickly as possible. An EU spokesman said it was “ready and waiting” for the letter. Mrs May’s spokesman also rejected reports an early election may be held, saying: “It’s not going to happen.” Under the Article 50 process, talks on the terms of exit and future relations are not allowed until the UK…

Ghana’s leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, March 20 led Ghanaians in Switzerland to observe a minute’s silence for victims of the Kintampo Waterfalls disaster. The disaster on Sunday claimed 18 lives with several others receiving treatment for various degrees of injury. Before meeting the Ghanaians, who came from Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne and Bern, President Akufo-Addo called for the tribute to the victims. “I don’t want to introduce a sad note into our proceedings,” he conceded. “Even though today is International Day of Happiness, something happened in Ghana which is a very sad occurrence for all of us and…

One could not have had a better understanding of the Nigerian proverb which says that ‘stupidity is the lover of ignorance’ than the crass foolhardiness exhibited by a group in Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region. The group, Concerned Members of Banda Ahenkro, had pasted on the walls of schools and other buildings demanding that non-indigenes leave their district with immediate effect. Failure to leave would mean anything atrocious could happen to such stubborn non-indigenes. The aggrieved, unknown, and coward Banda Ahenkro thugs claim the non-indigenes have taken over their jobs. Hence, their call for them to leave their…

Pupils at Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region will have to wait for another week before teachers can return to class for teaching and learning activities. This is because after stakeholders met on Monday to deliberate on the issue and how teachers and other government workers will return after the xenophobic threat, the Ghana Education Service (GES) told the teachers to wait until Friday, March 24. GES joined the security services and the Banda traditional authorities on Monday to decide on the appropriate time for teachers and other workers who fled the town to return. Officials of the Ministry…

Ghanaian center official Joseph Odartei Lamptey has been handed a life ban by the world governing body of football, Fifa. Lamptey was banned “due to match manipulation”. Lamptey received a Confederation of African Football (Caf) suspension last year after his penalty decision in a 2018 world cup qualifier gave South Africa a 2-1 win over Senegal. In its decision communicated on Monday, March 20, Fifa’s Disciplinary Committee said Mr Lamptey was found guilty of breaching Article 69 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code. He is not to take part in “any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) at…