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Every woman deserves her special day. That is rightly so because they’ve worked hard for it. It doesn’t usually happen that a woman finds a man today and tomorrow they head to the altar. The disappointment along the way might have been many. It’s true, some have it easy. They meet a man today and a few months later, they are exchanging vows. Some even have the luck of getting married to that one man they ever dated. These are the lucky ones. The ones who own a shining star among the galaxies. On the wedding day, if one is…

An Indian woman has been granted permission to divorce her husband because he would not build a toilet in their home. The woman in her 20s had been married for five years, but had been forced to relieve herself in nearby fields. Indian law only allows divorce in limited circumstances such as domestic violence or proven cruelty. The woman’s lawyer told an international news agency that the judge said forced open defecation was a form of torture. The court, in the state of Rajasthan, said that women are often forced to wait until dark to travel to the open fields…

An Indian woman has been granted permission to divorce her husband because he would not build a toilet in their home. The woman in her 20s had been married for five years, but had been forced to relieve herself in nearby fields. Indian law only allows divorce in limited circumstances such as domestic violence or proven cruelty. The woman’s lawyer told an international news agency that the judge said forced open defecation was a form of torture. The court, in the state of Rajasthan, said that women are often forced to wait until dark to travel to the open fields…

A woman who shed a total of 17 kilogrammes of weight within 60 days has emerged winner of the season four of 3FM’s Fat2Fit 60 Day Challenge, which seeks to encourage healthy lifestyle through nutrition, physical activity and counseling. Mrs Joana Quarshie received a free gym memberships at the Aviation Social Center, six months’ supply of clothes OJ Clothing, a 3-month beauty spa treatment at Ariel’s Haven, Sassy fruit juice and much more as her prize. First and second runners-up, Mrs Anita Aryee and Mrs Angela Brakoh Ofori-Atta who lost 12.3kg and 10.4kg respectively also received similar package as their…

The Food and Drugs Authority has disclosed that since January this year bleaching creams have been banned from entering the country. This revelation was made on Wednesday when the Authority appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to assist in queries leveled against them by the Auditor General on Public Accounts of Ghana for the year 2015. Speaking at the sitting of the Committee, Chief Executive Officer of FDA Delese Mimi Darko stated that the bleaching agent in creams, hydroquinone, has been banned from imported cream products. She told the Committee that FDA has taken that standard and implementing…

The Food and Drugs Authority has disclosed that since January this year bleaching creams have been banned from entering the country. This revelation was made on Wednesday when the Authority appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to assist in queries leveled against them by the Auditor General on Public Accounts of Ghana for the year 2015. Speaking at the sitting of the Committee, Chief Executive Officer of FDA Delese Mimi Darko stated that the bleaching agent in creams, hydroquinone, has been banned from imported cream products. She told the Committee that FDA has taken that standard and implementing…

Rom-coms would have us believe that our main goal in life should be finding ‘the one.’ And once you’ve found them, you have to pin them down by tying the knot. And that’s usually where the story ends. But what happens after you walk down the aisle and say your vows? Society may have us believe that all the passion will drain away from your relationship, but it turns out getting married could actually lead to the best sex of your life. According to psychotherapist and couples’ sex expert Esther Perel, marriage is when your sex life really begins. “[Your…

The presidents of Nigeria, Angola, Zimbabwe, Benin and Algeria all have something in common – an apparent lack of faith in the health systems at home. In terms of time spent abroad getting medical help, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, is the first among equals, but in the past year all these heads of state have travelled overseas for health reasons. In many cases they are leaving behind poorly funded health services, which most of their citizens have to rely on. In 2010, the average amount spent on health in African countries per person was $135 (£100) compared to $3,150…

Deputy Director of Reproductive Child Health of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Isabella Sagoe-Moses, wants breastfeeding of babies in public to be regarded as normal in the country. She condemned the unwarranted public discrimination against breastfeeding women in public and has advised women be allowed to breastfeed freely without any discrimination. She said: “Mothers breastfeeding their babies in the public is not a crime or taboo, but we are making it is so in this country and this is making breastfeeding mothers restrain their hungry babies from sucking in public. “Where they do it too, they do it under…

New research has found that people who reduced their sugar intake had better markers of health in just two weeks. For the scientific review, which was published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, scientists analysed previous research on sugar intake, weight, and health, and found a link between eating a lot of sugar (especially fructose) and an increased risk of weight gain. They also discovered that having overweight patients lower their intake of fructose — high-fructose corn syrup in particular— helped lower a person’s risk of developing obesity, fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes. Fructose accelerates the…