The Health Minister, Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor, has dismissed suggestions that the Mills-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government is “running away” from its promise to run a one-time premium payment for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Dr Kumbuor said suggestions that the government will not be able to fulfill its promise to introduce the NHIS one-time policy is rather unfortunate.

Mothers who find breastfeeding so hard that they give up should not blame themselves, researchers say. A Norwegian study concludes that difficulty feeding a newborn may be down to higher levels of the male hormone testosterone during pregnancy.Having reviewed all of the available evidence, researchers also cast doubt on the healthy benefits of breast milk over formula. The work features in Acta Obstetricia and Gynacologica Scandinavica.

The Psychiatric Hospital story, an investigative piece published by the authoritative New Crusading Guide late last year, has yet generated another stir in the corridors of the judiciary.Registering the story as a human rights issue that required the urgent attention of the Government and Ghanaians at large, the Chief Justice (CJ), Her Ladyship Mrs. Georgina Theodora Wood has hinted that her outfit would make use of the findings of the story reported by ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

The elusive erogenous zone said to exist in some women may be a myth, say researchers who have hunted for it.Their study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine is the biggest yet, involving 1,800 women, and it found no proof.The King's College London team believe the G-spot may be a figment of women's imagination, encouraged by magazines and sex therapists.