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Discover the Health Benefits of Exercise at Top-Up Pharmacy

You either hate it or love it – Exercise. But whether you love or hate exercising, there are many benefits to exercising, including improving your sleep quality, reducing stress and anxiety, improving your overall well-being, and even reducing your risk of early death by 30%. To get the most advantage, you should aim to get the recommended amount of exercise for your age. The average adult needs at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week. We hope the following benefits of exercise will motivate you to get moving.

  1. Exercise helps prevent chronic lifestyle diseases: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), regular physical activity decreases the risk of hypertension, stroke, diabetes, and several types of cancers (including breast cancer and colon cancer). Exercise improves your circulation and keeps your heart healthy. Increased blood flow raises the oxygen levels in your body. This helps lower your risk of heart diseases such as coronary heart disease, high cholesterol, and heart attack. Thus, if you want to support and improve your overall health, then get moving!
  2. Exercise helps maintain a healthy body weight: You burn calories when you exercise. The more intense the exercise, the more calories you will burn. This leads to weight loss as well as maintaining a healthy body weight. 150 minutes of moderate-intense physical activity, ( 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week), would aid you in maintaining a healthy body weight. To lose weight, you must burn more calories and reduce the calories you eat and drink. Do you want to fit into that beautiful dress? Hit the ground running.
  3. Exercise improves your mental health: When you exercise, your brain releases chemicals known as endorphins. Endorphins improve your mood, make you more relaxed and make you feel happier. Endorphins also reduce pain and boost pleasure, leaving you feeling great. Research has also shown that exercise reduces depression, stress, and anxiety. Regular exercise stimulates the production of hormones that improve the growth of brain cells. This leads to enhanced mental function, improves cognition, and protects memory as you age.
  4. Exercise improves your sleep: There is nothing as gratifying for a tired body as good, quality sleep. According to research, regular exercise improves the quality of sleep, aids in deep sleep, and reduces daytime drowsiness. Regular exercise will help you to fall asleep faster, sleep better, and stay asleep for longer. But if you want to fall asleep faster, do not exercise close to your bedtime.
  5. Exercise improves your sexual health: Regular exercise can boost your energy levels, improve your cardiovascular health, increase your muscle mass and strength, help you relax, and reduce stress which all lead to improved sexual health. Physical activity can also improve sexual performance and sexual pleasure. It has been shown that regular exercise may lower the risk of erectile dysfunction. Exercise may help improve sexual function in men who already have erectile dysfunction.

The health benefits of regular exercise are numerous and cannot be ignored. Exercising for a few minutes out of 24 hours a day is a small investment for the massive payoff of a happy and healthy life. Every little step counts, so start moving.

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Top-Up Pharmacy organises health screening in Kasoa

Top-Up Pharmacy has organised a health screening as part of activities to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Kasoa branch.

Residents of Kasoa, Obom, Ofaakor, and other adjoining areas trooped to the premises of Top-Up Pharmacy at the Kasoa New Market to be screened for conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, dental, eye care, and hepatitis B.

Doctors also provided general health consultations to the beneficiaries and advised them on the proper use of medication.

Appreciation

The Executive Director of Top-Up Pharmacy, Mrs. Olena Odor, said the health screening was a way for her outfit to show appreciation to the people of Kasoa for believing in and embracing the Top-Up brand.

“Kasoa is a very fast-growing community and it is our aim to help people in terms of their health.

The health screening is our way of giving back to the community because we know it can benefit many people,” Mrs. Odor further said.

Top-Up pharmacy, she said, was interested in the wellbeing and health of not only its customers but also people within its catchment areas of operations and the entire country.

She said the company had made customer satisfaction its hallmark and was, therefore, constantly improving its services to meet customers’ needs, adding “Our services are tailored to ensure the best quality for customers.”

Advice

The Head of Sales and Marketing of Top-Up Pharmacy, Dr. Isaac Buabeng Nyantakyi, said the health screening exercise was also an opportunity for the pharmacy to advise people on the proper use of medicine.

He cautioned people to desist from taking drugs without first talking to a doctor or a pharmacist. “Drugs can become poisons depending on how they are used.

You need to speak to a pharmacist about every drug you take. Don’t just walk into a pharmacy and buy anything, especially antibiotics. People are abusing antibiotics a lot,’ he said.

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Top-Up Pharmacy Hosts Free Health Screening Event

Top-up Pharmacy has celebrated the one-year anniversary of its East Legon branch with a health screening exercise.

The pharmacy provided free health screening for hypertension, diabetes, dental, eye care, cholesterol, and general health consultation to the residents of East Legon and its surrounding communities.

Prior to the health screening, a durbar was held to celebrate the impact and successes of the East Legon branch since its establishment a year ago.

Present at the durbar were the Member of Parliament of Ayawaso West Wuogon, Ms. Lydia Alhassan, stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry, and opinion leaders of the area.

The Chief Executive Officer of Top-Up Pharmacy, Mr. Richard K. Odor, said the focus of the company was to provide quality but affordable health care for all in a professional manner that met the peculiar needs of customers.

He said Top-Up Pharmacy began its operations in 2006 and currently had 13 branches throughout the country.

According to him, the vision of the company was to expand from retail and venture into manufacturing to serve the needs of the country and the sub-region. He thanked all stakeholders who had been part of the success story of Top-Up Pharmacy.

Ms. Alhassan lauded Top-Up Pharmacy for establishing a branch in her constituency, a feat which, she said, had made pharmacy services closer to the residents of the area, as well as provided employment for people.

“They have really done well and have supported the growth of this country. They have over 200 staff and they are contributing their quota to national development,” she said.

She advised workers of the company to continue to work hard not just for the success of Top-Up, but also to distinguish themselves.

For his part, a Deputy Registrar of the Pharmacy Council in charge of Professional Development, Mr. Albert Wiredu Arkoh, said Top-Up Pharmacy was one of the pharmacies that regularly renewed its license and followed the regulations of the council.

“The regulation states that pharmacies must constantly have pharmacists on their premises to serve the public. Top-Up Pharmacy has followed this regulation, as well as other regulations diligently,” he said.

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Lena House Clinic screens Ashaiman residents for free

More than 300 residents of Ashaiman last Friday and Saturday benefited from a free health screening organised by the Lena House Clinic, a medical centre in Tema, in the Greater Accra Region.

Beneficiaries were given medication while those with complications were advised to visit the appropriate health centres for further treatment.

Some women who also had complications in their breasts were referred to the clinic for further treatment.

The beneficiaries were also educated on healthy lifestyles that would enable them to avoid diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, among others.

The two-day exercise was led by the Superintendent Medical Officer of Lena House Clinic, Dr Ransford Baafi Boateng.

In an interview, the Chief Executive Officer of Top-Up Pharmacy and Lena House Clinic, Mr Richard K. Odor, said the exercise had come to stay and would be an annual programme as part of the company’s social responsibility to the communities it operates in.

He said the exercise was also organised as part of efforts to ensure quality healthcare delivery in the country, noting that it was important for citizens to live healthy lives always.

“There are a lot of people who cannot access basic health care. Therefore, it is important for institutions to help, hence the assistance we are giving these residents.

“My advice to you all is to live healthy lifestyles because the country needs you to be strong to work for its improvement. However, if you have any health complications, do not hesitate to visit our clinic and any of our pharmacies spread across many parts of the country.

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Top-Up Pharmacy supports Tema General Hospital

A pharmaceutical company, Top-Up Pharmacy Limited, has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Tema General Hospital to support the frontline healthcare staff of the facility in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The items, estimated at GH₵30,000 included boxes of infrared thermometer guns, packs of disposable nose masks, face shields, and hand sanitisers.

Top-Up Pharmacy presented the supplies to the hospital to fulfill the company’s commitment to improving healthcare delivery in the country.

Presentation

Presenting the items, the Chief Executive Officer of Top-Up Pharmacy and Lena House Clinic, Mr. Richard K. Odor, said the donation formed part of the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) in communities the company operated.

Mr. Odor acknowledged that fighting COVID-19 was a collective effort, noting that the hospital staff were exposed to a lot of dangers in the discharge of their duties, hence the assistance.

“The Tema General Hospital is a COVID-19 centre as well as a referral centre and treats a lot of patients, hence they need the assistance of companies close to it like us.

“With about 10 outlets in various parts of the country, we always identify the needs of communities in which we operate and provide the necessary assistance that we can.

“In the coming weeks, we will also be assisting the Accra Psychiatric Hospital with items to help in their operations,” he said.

Mr Odor was accompanied by Mrs Olena Odor, the Executive Director of Top-Up Pharmacy; Mr Emmanuel Fiadzorgbe, a senior superintendent pharmacist; and Mr Daniel Sarpong, the General Manager of Top-Up Pharmacy.

Appreciation

The Medical Director of the Tema General Hospital, Dr. Richard Anthony, who received the items on behalf of the facility, expressed appreciation for the donation.

He said he was particularly grateful to the management of the hospital for responding promptly to calls made to it for support.

“I am really happy that you have responded to our call on time. These items also came in handy and will do us a lot of good. We hope to receive a lot of support from you,” he said.

Dr. Anthony also commended the efforts of other individuals and organisations helping in diverse ways to curtail the spread of the virus and thereby protect fellow citizens.

“A few days ago, we received a vehicle from the COVID-19 Trust Fund, all through the donations of benevolent Ghanaians. We remain grateful to everyone,” he added.

Disease may linger

Dr Anthony also emphasised that the virus might linger on for a long while and called on Ghanaians to observe all the safety protocols to help contain the spread.

“It is the responsibility of everyone to observe these protocols to be able to defeat the virus,” he stated.

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