Something must kill a man!
In the past few days, the internet has been abuzz with the story of a nurse in a hospital in Tula, Russia. She showed up for her shift in the all-male COVID-19 patient ward with no clothing save for Read More…
Category: Men’s health
Is There a Disparity in Covid-19 Incidence and Mortality by Sex? By Nana Kwame Ghansah
One very noticeable thing about COVID-19 is the disparity in mortality between men and women. First noticed by the Chinese, it seems to be playing out in other countries too.According to a meta-analyRead More…
Addressing the Risk of Anal Cancer in Baltimore City, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
On the first approach by our division chief to work on a project to develop an anal cancer screening program I must admit I was a skeptic. Like most physicians I believed high resolution anoscopies weRead More…
Sex for Grades Controversy in Two Major Universities in West Africa, Recommendations for University of Ghana, By Emefa Gadze
A BBC report on sexual harassment and some blatant trading of sex for grades has raised a lot of concern within different levels of communities in Ghana and Nigeria. A Nigerian professor and pastor haRead More…
African Men Cry in the Dark, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
As a child growing up in Ghana, this saying was burned into my brain “bεεma nsu” a Twi phrase which means ‘real men don’t cry’. That was the ethos and the ideology of life that I grew up with. One Read More…
Open Letter to Fox 45 News Baltimore by Chris Roberson, NP
Happy Tuesday FB friends and family. I am a sole believer for educating and promoting awareness in Baltimore and beyond about HIV Prevention but I have several issues with this article that was featurRead More…
Love, Sex and Life with HIV
She was a model patient in many ways, never missed any appointments, and had done very well health wise. Yes, she had gained a few generous pounds over the years that I had known her but in other waysRead More…
Homo sapiens blackus a new human species. How must we handle this new species?
It has become abundantly clear to me that black people in America belong to a different subspecies of Homo sapiens! I have grouped them into a subspecies Homo sapiens blackus, and in my case Sub SubspRead More…
The Bible and Sexuality in Ghana, how does one address the controversies?
A part of the New Testament, John 8:7 actually suggests …..“He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.”… This was after an adulterer was accused and brought to JesuRead More…
Where is my gun? American democracy and the 2nd Amendment
I recently read that America has about 270 – 310 million guns, and with a population estimate of 310 million, that is almost as many guns as for every man, woman and child in this country. That gRead More…
THE NEVER-ENDING DEBATE ON PROSTATE CANCER PREVENTION, WHAT MUST MEN DO?
Prostate cancer screening always raises a lot of controversy on MANY accounts. Most notable among these is the nature of the physical exam recommended for screening, digital rectal exam (DRE). On a Read More…
How I evolved from a tolerant physician to one with a healthy appreciation of alternate lifestyles, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
As a physician from Ghana brought up in a very religious family, I must admit that when it comes to gay rights and other issues related to sexual minorities I was as far to the right as anyone could bRead More…
HOW LONG MUST A MAN LAST DURING SEX ?
Today I would be talking about a problem that affects a large proportion of men. This is a condition most men have experienced before and concerns women very much since it affects them very directly. Read More…
Are you talking to your elderly patients about their sex lives?
He was referred to me by a colleague with a large geriatric practice for evaluation and treatment for HIV. He was 76 years old and lived in an assisted living facility. He was, however, very independRead More…
Difficult conversations – Talking about sex with your doctor
I recently read a book by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz a UCLA cardiologist who also happens to be a consultant for the Los Angeles Zoo. In her book ‘Zoobiquity’ Dr. Natterson-Horowitz demystifiRead More…