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A survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has shown that over 50 per cent of pregnant women in the country are anaemic compared to 40 per cent of them who are not pregnant.

More Ghanaian women than men believe there is nothing wrong with domestic violence in relation to men beating their wives.

The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey has revealed that two in every 10 married Ghanaian men have skipped the marital bed for some extramarital frolicking.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has described as quite high the number of women opting for caesarean sections (CS) in the country as against the spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD).

Are you experiencing signs of burnout, or just feel like you're not doing as well as you should?

I have a client whose marriage is struggling.

Guilt-tripping in relationships is quite common. In certain cultures and religious settings, it's used to get people to behave a certain way.

Christmas is here again! As Andy Williams sung it's the most wonderful time of the year, especially if you're due to welcome a beautiful baby boy or girl into the world.

Christmas is one of the most delightful moments of the year. The mood begins to shift into a celebratory one right from the first day of December (or even before that. During this time, we have a lot to celebrate. 

We celebrate love, survival, family, and life. But most of all, we celebrate newness and birth, the birth of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, we draw from the significance of His birth for whatever we do during this season. Including childbirth. Here are names that capture the meaning of this season.

Girls

1. Angelica
Meaning: "angel or angelic"

2. Angel
Meaning: "angel or angelic"

3. Astra
Meaning: "star"

4. Belle
Meaning: "beautiful"

5. Bianca
Meaning: "white"

6. Candy
Meaning: "dazzling white"

7. Carol
Meaning: "free man"

8. Christabel
Meaning: "fair Christian"

9. Clara
Meaning: "bright, clear"

10. Eve
Meaning: "lively and entertaining"

11. Gabrielle
Meaning: "hero of god"

12. Gwendolen / Gwen
Meaning: "white, fair, blessed"

13. Hoshi
Meaning: "star"

14. Ivy
Meaning: "faithfulness"

15. Juniper
Meaning: "of the winter tree"

16. Lucia
Meaning: "bright light"

17. Mary
Meaning: "wished for child"

18. Merry
Meaning: "guardian of the sea"

19. Natasha
Meaning: "born at Christmas"

20. Neve
Meaning: "snow"

21. Noelle
Meaning: "the Christmas festival"

22. Robin
Meaning: "famed, bright, and shining"

23. Seren
Meaning: "shooting star"

24. Virginia
Meaning: "maid, virgin"

25. Winter
Meaning: "of the season"

20 CHRISTMAS BABY BOY NAMES - AND THEIR MEANINGS

1. Angel
Meaning: "angel or angelic"

2. Aster
Meaning: "star"

3. Aubin
Meaning: "white, blonde"

4. Balthasar
Meaning: "God protects the king"

5. Berry
Meaning: "of nature"

6. Christian
Meaning: "follower of Christ"

7. Cole
Meaning: "coal black"

8. Douglas
Meaning: "strength, courage"

9. Jack
Meaning: "God is gracious"

10. Jasper
Meaning: "bringer of treasure"

11. Lumi
Meaning: "snow"

12. Melchior
Meaning: "city of the king"

13. Nicholas
Meaning: "people's victory"

14. Noël
Meaning: "Christmas"

15. Olwen
Meaning: "white footprint"

16. Pax
Meaning: "peaceful"

17. Pine
Meaning: "of the tree"

18. Quilo
Meaning: "of the North Wind"

19. Robin
Meaning: "famed, shining"

20. Rory
Meaning: "red king"

Each of these baby names carries the virtues that are celebrated during Christmas. Enjoy making your choice.

Boxing Day is celebrated on December 26th every year and is only celebrated in a few countries; mainly ones historically connected to the UK and in some European countries.

Over the Christmas season, Santa's image is everywhere, but do we really understand the history and origin of one of the biggest traditions? When the kids inevitably ask, “Who is Santa?” what do we say?

Resist the pressure to overspend while you could have a fun budget Christmas.

It’s time to put a fork in your late-evening eating habits. A study from the University of Sorbonne in Paris, France found that people who ate dinner after 9 p.m. may have an increased risk of suffering from a stroke or mini stroke. 

Guinness World Records has given the green light to a one-year-old Ghanaian art prodigy, Ace-Liam, who is attempting to shatter the existing record as the Youngest Male Artist.

When a cyber-criminal sent Isabel Wagner an email, pretending to be the hotel she'd just booked, it's unlikely that the would-be fraudster knew who she was.

As anyone who’s been through one knows, there’s no rule book on how to get over a breakup. You might resort to watching The Holiday or Midsommar one, two—okay, five—times hoping it’ll magically mend your broken heart, but grieving the loss of a relationship just isn’t that simple.

The start of January has become synonymous with lifestyle changes - many new-year's resolutions involve getting fit, losing weight and changing eating habits.

A 70-year-old Ugandan woman has just had twins after becoming pregnant through IVF treatment, becoming the oldest woman in Africa to give birth, according to the hospital where she had the babies.

The JAS foundation in partnership with Naa Yaaniede II, Queen Mother of Gbawe Kwatei Family and Naa Amakuma Otuobom II, Queen Mother of Weija organized a free breast cancer screening exercise in Gbawe and Weija Traditional areas all in the Weija- Gbawe Constituency on the 21st and 22nd October 2023 respectively.

After I got dumped by my first husband, Eric, for another woman after 15 years of marriage, the loneliness nearly crushed me. I pictured my ex and the other woman cooking together or cuddling while watching TV, and those thoughts bothered me more than any intimate act they could have engaged in.

After blowing out 27 pink and white candles, I’ve reflected on my love life and the experiences I’ve had with a variety of colorful boyfriends and dates.

Life ebbs and flows, so it's normal to experience peaks and valleys. Marriage and depression are no different. But what do you do when you struggle with an unhappy marriage and depression? Depression can be a challenging experience, and an unhappy marriage can be worn out. Each can be difficult to navigate alone.

Marc Kwame Dzradosi, Head of Pharmaceutical Services at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH) has revealed that obese individuals have a high Body Mass Index (BMI) and are at a higher risk of dying young. 

The leading causes of death in the country now are heart diseases and stroke, the Ag. Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCTC), Professor Mark Mawutor Tettey, has disclosed.

The Ho Municipal Directorate of Health Services has expressed concern over the alarming trend of girls , as young as 10 and 12 years old abusing emergency contraceptive pills in the Ho Municipality.

Human nature is selfish and competitive. We fight for what we want, when and how we want it. If our needs are not met, we tend to blame it on others.

During my court attachment at the Cape Coast High Court, I noticed bankye ampesi was sold at some places close to the court. In the Gambia as well, cassava is part of their daily diet.

When a yoga teacher turned out the lights toward the end of one of her classes in Britain this week, her hope was to encourage peaceful relaxation.

In hindsight, the signs of cheating are often pretty easy to spot. Looking back, it was probably a bit weird that your significant other was suddenly super vague about their weekend whereabouts. And what screams cheater louder than a partner quickly switching tabs whenever you walk by their laptop?

When it comes to relationship deal breakers, there’s virtually no end to the list. From seemingly harmless behaviours like love bombing to talking smack about exes, red flags get plenty of attention in the dating world—even if some people choose to ignore them.

“Let’s be friends!” We’ve all heard it before.

It’s a steamy summer afternoon in the Japanese city of Osaka, where a group of around 60 men and women have gathered for a session of “omiai,” or matchmaking, to find true love.

As a psychologist with a speciality in lying and romantic relationships, I see how hard it is for people to move on after a bad breakup. One of the main reasons we get stuck in past pain is the lies we tell ourselves about our ex.

“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.” — Robert Fulghum

A girl from Bihar’s Bettiah would cut off the power supply of her entire village to meet her boyfriend in the dark. Preeti would do it every time to meet Rajkumar under the cover of darkness but the affair finally came to light after the couple was caught red-handed by the villagers.

Change is always hard no matter what stage of life you’re in; from moving cities or switching careers to learning to live through broken relationships, friendships and everything in between.

Skinny-shaming is defined as the act of mocking, criticising or belittling another person because of their perceived weight being below the acceptable weight in the community.

COVID infections and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Health officials are pointing at the EG.5 "Eris" coronavirus, a subvariant of the Omicron lineage that originally emerged November of 2021.

In a new study, researchers have found an increased risk of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality among women who consume sugar-sweetened beverages on a daily basis.

If you live anywhere affected by the recent heatwaves, you may well have spent your nights tossing and turning, trying out different sleeping positions in an attempt to get comfortable.

It has long been touted that 10,000 steps a day is the magic number you need to stay fit and healthy - but a new study shows fewer than 5,000 may be enough to see a benefit.

My husband, Joe, is objectively wonderful. He’s kind, generous, supportive, makes our grocery list, cleans our toilets, and was our daughter’s primary caregiver for the majority of the first year of her life. We’re coming up on 10 years since we first met, and our first 2-plus years of “dating” were, also objectively, dog shit.

It goes without saying that you should be careful around your intimate areas.

Dowries have been illegal in India since 1961, but the bride’s family is still expected to gift cash, clothes and jewellery to the groom’s family.

Jada Pinkett Smith said that people have “made a lot of assumptions” about her and she admittedly fed into falsehoods, all of which will be addressed in her upcoming memoir. 

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When my husband began his incarceration in May 1996 for embezzling nearly 2 million dollars, I made the effort each Saturday to bring our three daughters to visit their father in the Connecticut state prison where he was serving six years for defrauding law clients.

If you were to take an in-depth look at some of the couples who’ve successfully weathered every relationship storm, you’d be shocked to learn how little they might (superficially) have in common.

The role of a father is critical to the health of all because a father is the foundation of humanity.

When Laura was invited for a final-stage interview at a multinational music corporation based in London, she thought she was on the cusp of landing her dream role.

The workplace can sometimes be a breeding ground for more than just professional relationships, and it is a quite common space for new budding romances, even the genre of this kind is getting very trendy in movies and television series.

Last year, Sam earned a base salary of about $200,000 (£159,000), in addition to a bonus of close to $100,000, working in the finance industry at a private-equity firm.

Ghana is recording more cases of stroke among young people of 40 years and below, the acting Programme Manager of the Non-Communicable Diseases of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Efua Commeh, has revealed.

I was a teenager when it first happened. It was the early hours of the morning, still some hours before I had to get out of bed for school. I woke up and tried to turn over in bed, but my body wouldn't let me – I was unable to move, paralysed down to my toes.

Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for a woman who fired a gun at her wedding.

Even years into the Great Resignation, workers continue to leave their jobs in droves. While plenty of employees are still sending off official resignation emails to bosses, younger workers are increasingly taking a different tack: live quitting.

hinese start-up inspired by lockdown isolation has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users' kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips, which simultaneously move when replaying kisses received.

The beginning of a relationship is incredibly intoxicating. During the initial falling-in-love stage of a relationship, you just can’t keep your hands off each other, and your brain is flooded with feel-good chemicals.