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A fibroid is a benign, non-cancerous growth that occurs in or around the uterus. It is also known as leiomyoma, or simply myoma, in medical terminology. A woman can have a single fibroid or multiple fibroids. These growths constitute fibrous tissues and muscles. Fibroids can be minuscule or conspicuous. However, in most cases, they tend to become extremely large. According to the National Institutes of Health, most American women are likely to develop fibroids during their lifetimes. The causes of fibroids remain relatively unknown, although they are mostly genetic. Obese women are more likely to develop fibroids than healthier women.…

Kofi Adams[/caption] The Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, says if the National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has finished squandering the money his party “stole” while in power within one month in opposition, he [Kofi Adams] will not get any money from him [Kwame Baffoe]. Mr. Adams finally filed a suit claiming 3 million cedis damage against deputy General Secretary of the NPP Nana Obiri Boahene, David Asante, a member of the NPP communications team and Kwame Baffoe, alias Abronye DC, the Brong Ahafo Youth Organiser of…

An attempt by a form one student to murder his teacher who punished him for absenting from school has been foiled. Richard Koduah of the Birim B/A Junior High School in the Nsuta District of the Ashanti Region, in his bid to payback his female teacher, surreptitiously entered the teacher’s room into the roof carrying a knife and machete. The incident happened last Saturday at about 12:30am at a time that the teacher, Sandra Oparebea, was asleep. Narrating her ordeal and how she managed to escape death, Ms Oparebea told Onua FM that while asleep, she heard some unusual noise…

The early signs for the Ghana Premier League are promising and on Wednesday, the league served even more drama, plenty goals and talking points. Here are the four main talking points from the day’s action.  Kotoko and Aduana set for another battle Aduana Stars have become regulars at battling for the league title since their shock triumph in 2010 and despite losing the one man goal machine that was Yahaya Mohammed, it seems obvious that they would have a lot to say in this year’s race. Their 4-0 demolition of Bolga All Stars was emphatic and they would have been…

Traditional authorities at Daboase in the Wassa East District of the Western Region are leading residents for a six-day spiritual exercise to exorcise what they say is evil spirit which has brought bad omen to the township. Following a Tuesday directive by the Tufuhene, residents of the town on Wednesday morning dumped solid waste from their respective homes with egg on top, on the main road in front of the Daboase Senior High School. That spiritual exercise was said to have triggered ‘evil spirits’ in two students to manifest, causing them to chant and speak in strange language. It took…

Ghana’s minority members of parliament have described as “lofty rhetoric,”  President Akufo-Addo’s maiden State of the Nation Address, arguing it fell short of solutions to fix the so-called ailing economy. According to the National Democratic Congress MPs, the President was best at stating problems than telling Ghanaians how he intends to fix the economy which his government claims is ailing. “He was more on statement of problems than proffering solutions for them. He was very brilliant at stating the problem; I inherited  debt, I inherited an ailing economy, and only said that he would fix what has been broken. We’ll…

Ernest Adade Wiredu[/caption] The Presiding Member of the Atiwa District Assembly, Ernest Adade Wiredu has been backed by three groups as the right man for the appointment of a District Chief Executive for the area. The Concerned Assembly Members of Atiwa, Concerned Chiefs of Atiwa and some members of the New Patriotic Party in the Atiwa East have in a joint letter asked the office of the president to consider him for the job. The groups are confident Mr. Adade Wiredu is best placed to confront the challenges facing the area as well as help the people there. According to…

One-sixth of Ghanaians are diabetic,  thus making the disease more alarming than the prevalence rate of HIV/ AIDS in the country. National President of Diabetes Association of Ghana, Mrs. Elizabeth Esi Dunyo, who revealed this, expressed worry that government was building stroke centres and hospitals instead of setting up a fund to increase sensitisation programmes on the disease. The World Health Organisation defines diabetes as a chronic disease, which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. This leads to an increased concentration of glucose in the blood.…