It is easy to have a dream but working towards achieving such a dream separates achievers from non-achievers. Her childhood dream was to become a doctor, and with determination, hard work and inspiration from her late father, Dr Theodora Audrey Akosua Ansomaa Pepera is living her dream as an obstetrician, gynaecologist and colposcopist.

Although she was discouraged by people through statements such as “you do not have what it takes to be a medical doctor” she sailed through to become a prominent consultant obstetrician, gynaecologist and colposcopist, not only in the United Kingdom where she had her training but also in Ghana.

Mushrooms are fungi which are so distinct in nature they are classified as their own kingdom – separate from plants or animals. While commonly placed in the vegetable category for dietary.

Whatever your favourite; crimini, enoki, oyster, portobello, shiitake or white button—all mushrooms are loaded with essential nutrients.

Whether we’re dragging our friends to haunted houses or watching horror movies in an abandoned basement, most of us get goosebumps when something eerie happens.

Apparently, our bodies mimic animals when they get threatened and attempt to look as big as possible. David Huron, a musicologist from Ohio State University says, “The general principle is, if you are going to be attacked, try to look as big as you can.”

Most outstanding footballers are always remembered with a particular trade mark and so is Taye Taiwo, whose ability to shoot from afar, always leaves a lasting imprint on the minds of football fans.

A left-back, the Nigerian international is endowed with a powerful foot that strikes with such venom that only few left-backs in the world, including Roberto Carlos, have that potential.

Sometimes it can feel as though eating a healthy diet, getting enough exercise and finding the time to find yourself is impossible. But learning to live a healthier lifestyle is easy when you change one small thing at a time. Follow Rosalind Ryan's advice and you'll soon be full of beans

If you thought paan or betel leaf is only a breath freshener, you are in for a surprise. Apart from its many health benefits, betel leaves with supari is a great aphrodisiac.

No wonder, it was a ritual for a wife to give this preparation to her husband every night after dinner. Here’s how you can use this simple remedy to improve your sex life. You may also like to read about the health benefits of betel leaves or pan.

Men who want to become a father should wear boxer shorts rather than briefs – and go to bed in the nude.

Researchers have found that a man’s choice of underwear makes a big difference to the quality of their sperm.

It seems that airier, cooler underpants help preserve vital reproductive cells.

After a wedding in California was called off, the bride's family decided to invite homeless people to the reception meal instead.

The bride's mother, Kari Duane, said her daughter told her on Monday she and her fiance had decided not to go ahead with the event.

Rather than cancel, Ms Duane invited homeless people to the feast at Sacramento's Citizen Hotel.

About 90 turned up to enjoy steak, salad, salmon and other delicacies.

An actress, singer and model dubbed the Kim Kardashian of China has tied the knot in a lavish £20million ceremony, complete with a ten-foot tall wedding cake, a holographic castle and a custom Dior gown. And the day wouldn't have been complete without 2,000 of her closest friends.

Yang, known as Angelababy, who started modelling at the age of 14 and is now considered one of Asia's biggest stars, married leading actor Huang Xiaoming in Shanghai last week.

The 26-year-old's stunning dress took five months to create and was made using hundreds of feet of satin organza and tulle.

Asia's biggest names were among the thousands who attended the wedding - which reportedly cost twice as much as the real Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding in Florence last year.

Instead of popping a pill the next time you suffer from pain, opt for some of these healthier options easily available in your kitchen cabinets.

Almost exactly eight years ago, I ran my first marathon and soon after I started Zen Habits. I had changed a dozen or so habits, lost weight, was getting out of debt and had quit smoking. I also quit my job shortly after.

That was a period of intense and profoundly scary life changes for me, but they were all of my choosing. I decided to make them happen, and I pushed until they did.

Today I would like to share a few things that worked for me, in case you are considering changing your life.

 Maybe you want to quit your job and start a business, or start an organization that will change the world in some way. Maybe you want to change your eating and fitness habits and become healthy. Maybe you want to finally start creating that art, that book, that blog that you have been meaning to start someday.

We all have these fears and reasons for not taking action. Yes, the fear of failure and change and discomfort and uncertainty are real … but they are not go

If your vagina were a song, she'd be Destiny's Child "Independent Women, Part 1"—she can take care of herself. Despite that universal truth, though, some ladies still insist on messing around or tidying up down there in the most, ah, creative of ways. Here are four common moves that can go very, very wrong. 

1. Stay far away from steaming (aka don't get vagina advice from Gwyneth). 

We're all for the Goop-y philosophy of living your very best, healthiest life. But when Gwyneth Paltrow starts doling out patently bad advice, we've got to draw the line. Your vagina isn't a carpet—you should not steam clean it. According to our partners at Women's Health (and because Goop took down the post due to justifiable backlash), Paltrow defined steaming for V as when you "sit on what is essentially a mini-throne, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your uterus, et al. It is an energetic release—not just a steam douche—that balances female hor

It comes naturally and it is almost involuntary for a person to wash his or her hands before touching food or after soiling or dirtying the hands.

What, however, does not come naturally, is the use of soap to thoroughly wash the hands under running water, especially before touching food or eating a meal.

It is common to see even adults buy groundnuts and other snacks and just start eating without thinking of washing the hands well first. Some also believe that by just dipping their hands into water they would have done justice to washing of the hands before eating common Ghanaian meals eaten with the hands such as fufu, banku, konkonte and kenkey, among many other types of food.

Food vendors and especially hawkers are the worst offenders when it comes to the practice of handwashing, because some of them are seen urinating by the roadside and the next minute they go back to the food they are selling, to dish out to unsuspecting buyers without first ensuring th

1. Your bones are still getting strong as hell. According to Maria Sophocles, M.D., "Bone strength continues to increase in your 20s, much as a savings account continues to grow with regular deposits. Right now is a great time to eat a diet with adequate calcium and vitamin D, and to get into a pattern of regular weight-bearing exercise, both of which will stimulate growth of bone cells.

The most valued people in the Ghanaian society are the dead. The dead are more important than the living. The dead have all the virtues. We revere them. We lavish on them all the praises and treat them as though they never existed!

In Ghana, the dead is king. We adore them more than any other people… literally! Welcome to Ghana… where we spend a chunk of the time/money of the living planning for the dead. We paint our homes anew because of the dead.

 Ironically, we treat the living differently. Is it not amazing how we forget that the living today will be the dead tomorrow?

In Ghana, death is a good omen. Funerals are on the wish list of others.  We spend our all investing into the grave. Funerals impoverish Ghanaians more than malaria or even HIV does. Funerals make us poorer than even corruption.

You needn’t feel guilty next time you pop the champagne cork at a wedding, christening or perhaps just a particularly indulgent breakfast.

The fizzy stuff is actually good for you. So next time you raise a glass, remember the below health benefits of drinking bubbles - in moderation, of course.

As Winston Churchill warned: “a single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration…. A bottle produces the opposite”.

It can increase your sex drive

It’s well known that alcohol makes people lose their inhibitions. Most alcoholic drinks will give you a momentary buzz but then leave you with little energy and the lack of blood flow you need for arousal. Champagne, on the other hand, allows you to feel its effects much quicker without sapping your energy.

It may improve your heart health

Like red and white wine, champagne can be good for your heart. Made from both red and white grapes, it

Let’s face it, sometimes life feels like it’s falling apart at the seams.  Perhaps you’ve lost your job, or your marriage just ended, or you failed to pass an exam and now you are simply feeling helpless and defeated.

Since being shot by another child when she was 5 years old, Sharina Jones has been a paraplegic, using a wheelchair to go about her daily activities. The now-35-year-old has made helping other wheelchair users a life mission — delivering wheelchairs to children in Third World countries through her non-profit organization, Think Beyond the Chair, and motivating others through her blog, Push Goddess.

The inventor of the newest baby accessory might just have one of the more interesting resumes around.

Meet Marcie Miller: engineer, new mom and former professional cheerleader for the Arizona Cardinals.

Her creation, the Intel Smart Clip, is designed to warn parents if they've left their baby behind in a car — the latest effort to prevent hot car deaths among children.

Is vegetable salad good?  Making and eating vegetable salad is one of the best ways of enjoying the nutritional goodies these vegetables have to offer.

These vegetables are loaded with fibre, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, iron among others.

Their filling effect is a plus for those who need to lower their blood sugar, blood cholesterol and weight.

A precise diagnosis is necessary to make sure that the right management procedure is set in place. In the treatment of inner thigh strain, having adequate rest is a simple and vital component in rehabilitation.

Rest therefore permits enough time for the injury to heal and to avoid unnecessary activity which could cause more damage.

The individual rests from those activities or postures that worsen their symptoms. Rest may be a challenge for some individuals but it is necessary in rehabilitation.

Applying ice to the injury is one of the main management techniques used due to its ability to decrease swelling and provide a substantial pain relief.