The S Word; Suicide Say it
The “S” Word: Say it❗ Say it aloud to yourself, “SUICIDE”! Don’t whisper it. If you are embarrassed to say it, you won’t be able to speak about it. If you are embarrassed to say it, youRead More…
Category: Mental health
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…
The Ravages of Addiction, By Nana Dadzie Ghansah
They are not hard to miss. There is just a look about them – haggard and emaciated. Besides, they carry the stigmata of their affliction like badges.
Their hair is often stringy and unkempt. Their facRead More…
The Opioid Epidemic, Are Pharmaceutical Companies Responsible? By Dr. Leonard Sowah
Today in the United States many families, cities and communities are going through significant turmoil, heartache and despair from the scourge of opioid abuse and addiction. This epidemic which ran amRead More…
The Rise of Designer Synthetic Cannabinoids, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
Sometime in the 1990s a Harvard educated chemist funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse worked with his colleagues to synthesize compounds that could stimulate the endocannabinoid system. JohnRead 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…
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…
THE OPIOID CRISIS IN AMERICA TODAY – WHAT MUST WE DO AS A NATION ?
President Trump declared a National Public Health Emergency this week; in his statement from the Whitehouse he was not talking about HIV or Hepatitis C nor was he referring to the increased incidencRead More…
AMERICA’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH PRESCRIPTION PAIN PILLS
Current reports from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) suggest that the United States is second on the list of countries with the highest per capita consumption of opioids. Data from Read More…