Poor lifestyles are the main cause of strokes among Ghanaian youth – Dr. Sheila Adamu

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Kwame 1 year ago

What is that nebulous and badly constructed term - "unhealthy" lifestyle mean to the man on the street? What is it? Too many morons in Ghana

What is that nebulous and badly constructed term - "unhealthy" lifestyle mean to the man on the street? What is it? Too many morons in Ghana
Dr Mumbi Seraki 1 year ago

Combine akpeteshie and medicine.

Combine akpeteshie and medicine.
OSABARIMA MENSA 1 year ago

Typical well off Ghanaian consumes 3 heavy (square) meals a day. This is not good for our health. Our life span of 64yrs is not good enough. Ignorance is killing us. Gyimii saa!

Typical well off Ghanaian consumes 3 heavy (square) meals a day. This is not good for our health. Our life span of 64yrs is not good enough. Ignorance is killing us. Gyimii saa!
KWABENA KASAPREKO. 1 year ago

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT ASSERTION FROM, DR.SHEILA ADAMU ? PLEASE, EXPLAIN YOURSELF FURTHER.
THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S.A., WITH VERY HIGH STANDARDS OF LIVING, WHO HAVE HAD STROKE, AS MUCH AS I KNOW AS OF TO ...
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WHERE DID YOU GET THAT ASSERTION FROM, DR.SHEILA ADAMU ? PLEASE, EXPLAIN YOURSELF FURTHER.
THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S.A., WITH VERY HIGH STANDARDS OF LIVING, WHO HAVE HAD STROKE, AS MUCH AS I KNOW AS OF TODAY. THEY HAVE ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT GHANAIANS DON'T HAVE, YET THEY EASILY GOT STROKE. MADAM, PLEASE GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND COME BACK WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE, "STROKE" !
ofi Adu 1 year ago

People get stroke mostly by the food they eat. Lack of exercise. Ghanaian youths has now adopted the habit of eating too much fatty foods and no regular medical check up. Also family lineage. If you have any of your grandpare ...
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People get stroke mostly by the food they eat. Lack of exercise. Ghanaian youths has now adopted the habit of eating too much fatty foods and no regular medical check up. Also family lineage. If you have any of your grandparents or parents who has have stroke before, you need regular medical check. I get to know all this from my Indian doctor. He said we the people from Africa especially the west as soon as we moved to the US or Europe and we change our diet then we get HP.And now so many Ghanaians are eating plantains kenkey and yams more than the American diet. The way we stressed ourselves doing double work makes us easy to get high blood pressure which later lead us to diabetes and then stroke.
BEING OBESE/OVERWEIGHT, LACK OF EXERCISE ,NIGHT SHIFT ARE RISKS 1 year ago

In so-called developed countries the cumulative effect of several social factors can more than double the risk of stroke in people under 75. Numerous medical research reveal the impact of various social factors and these hav ...
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In so-called developed countries the cumulative effect of several social factors can more than double the risk of stroke in people under 75. Numerous medical research reveal the impact of various social factors and these have been shown to magnify the risk of stroke: 1.living in a poor or rural area, 2.having low education or income level, 3.being Black or 4.lacking health insurance (inability to access good healthcare services).
Even those who come from a much higher socio economic class may still have a high risk of stroke (usually due to high BP) because of lack of exercise, obesity ,being overweight (pot belly) and do not rest enough. It is madness to work day and night. WARNING: For Ghanaians living abroad NOTE THAT LONG TERM NIGHT SHIFT WORK (NOT SLEEPING ENOUGH) IS LINKED TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (THEREBY INCREASING THE RISK OF STROKE) IS LINKED TO OBESITY, TYPE 2 DIABETES,VITAMIN D DEFICIENY( D DEFICIENCY IS ALSO LINKED TO NUMEROUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS) NIGHT WORK IS LINKED TO HEART DISEASE AND INCREASED RISK OF VARIOUS CANCERS. BE SENSIBLE AND STAY ALIVE!
Oklemekuku 1 year ago

Perhaps you don't know, Lifestyle and standard of leaving are two different things. Poor lifestyles include pouring energy drinks on alcoholic beverages, drinking all those bitters to last longer during sex, smoking and the u ...
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Perhaps you don't know, Lifestyle and standard of leaving are two different things. Poor lifestyles include pouring energy drinks on alcoholic beverages, drinking all those bitters to last longer during sex, smoking and the use of hard drugs. Choosing not to exercise is a poor lifestyles.
Accra is dirty.com 1 year ago

Ah! I think you Doctors say good lifestyles are the main causes of strokes isn't it?

Ah! I think you Doctors say good lifestyles are the main causes of strokes isn't it?
Hugh Hefner 1 year ago

Dr Richard Anane, a former minister of Road and Transport during JA Kuffuor administration, had a stroke some few years back though he is a medical professional, what do you say about that. There are many factors that contrib ...
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Dr Richard Anane, a former minister of Road and Transport during JA Kuffuor administration, had a stroke some few years back though he is a medical professional, what do you say about that. There are many factors that contribute to people having stroke, like those building and road contractors that are not being paid by the government, they can't sleep knowing well they went in for a bank loan and that build up pressure on the brain which silently cause some of them to have stroke in my opinion
Montesquieu 1 year ago

I'm not sure if you are a doctor indeed because you should have mention at least one or two of these unhealthy lifestyle of the youths for a better understanding of what you said.

I'm not sure if you are a doctor indeed because you should have mention at least one or two of these unhealthy lifestyle of the youths for a better understanding of what you said.

ILLETERACY, POVERTY (LOW INCOME) LINKED TO STROKE 1 year ago

Strokes are primarily due to untreated high BP and this in turn is linked to poor education, poverty and low income. Unfortunately some of the most educated amongst us are woefully ignorant about basic health issues. FOR EXAM ...
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Strokes are primarily due to untreated high BP and this in turn is linked to poor education, poverty and low income. Unfortunately some of the most educated amongst us are woefully ignorant about basic health issues. FOR EXAMPLE HOW MANY MEN AND WOMEN WITH SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL OR UNIVERSITY LEVEL EDUCATION ABOVE THE AGE OF 30 YEARS HAVE EVER BOTHERED TO READ ABOUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR EVEN HAD THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED? HOW MANY HAVE EVER READ ABOUT TYPE 2 DIABETES OR ABOUT WHAT MAKES UP A BALNCED DIET? Why say more?
Eliminate illiteracy, poverty and indiscipline and you are more 3/4 of the way to better health and a better standard of living and LESS STROKE.
COD 1 year ago

Where are the parks for people to exercise their bodies in Kumasi?

Where are the parks for people to exercise their bodies in Kumasi?
YOU DON'T NEED PARKS TO EXERCISE.WALKING IS EXERCISE 1 year ago

We don't need parks to exercise. Just walking a minimum average of 2 km a day will keep the average person reasonably fit.

We don't need parks to exercise. Just walking a minimum average of 2 km a day will keep the average person reasonably fit.
Blinqs 1 year ago

They chiefs and family heads have sold them all.Even football parks are going into extinction.

They chiefs and family heads have sold them all.Even football parks are going into extinction.
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Lance 1 year ago

This lady is one of the worst resource people you can get in Ghana. She could not even mention one example of that lifestyle. What lifestyle is that. She was able to mention lack of exercise,which we all know but that lifesty ...
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This lady is one of the worst resource people you can get in Ghana. She could not even mention one example of that lifestyle. What lifestyle is that. She was able to mention lack of exercise,which we all know but that lifestyle,she could not mention it. Sometimes when people get the opportunity they should educate well with examples and stop speaking english
OBSERVERS WITHOUT BOADERS 1 year ago

VERY WELL SAID MADAM

VERY WELL SAID MADAM
Dr. Humphrey Oduro Tweneboah 1 year ago

Dear editor, please note that Dr. Sheila Adamu is a Physician Specialist. She is not a Physician Assistant. The two are different.
Thank you.

Dear editor, please note that Dr. Sheila Adamu is a Physician Specialist. She is not a Physician Assistant. The two are different.
Thank you.
Lazy Journalism 1 year ago

I am not her but I feel insulted on her behalf that you addressed her twice as a Physician Assistant. She is a Physician Specialist. They are not the same and cannot be used interchangeably.

I am not her but I feel insulted on her behalf that you addressed her twice as a Physician Assistant. She is a Physician Specialist. They are not the same and cannot be used interchangeably.
Naa 1 year ago

Please correct your article a Physician Specialist is not the same as a Physician Assistant and the two terms cannot be used interchangeably. I think a website such as this should do better to churn out well written articles ...
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Please correct your article a Physician Specialist is not the same as a Physician Assistant and the two terms cannot be used interchangeably. I think a website such as this should do better to churn out well written articles and stories.

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