The Kind Hearts Foundation was founded in 2010 as the youth arm of the Richard and Diana Stewart Foundation, focusing on the community housing and educational needs for underprivileged families in Jamaica. Their objective is to give back to the...
You already know that your emotions can influence what you eat, but what you may not realise is that what you eat can also dramatically alter your mental health. There are in fact some foods that can worsen anxiety and depression. Simple food...
Vaginal cancer happens when cancerous cells grow in your vagina. A woman’s vagina, the birth canal is a channel that goes from the opening of the uterus to the outside of the body. Many kinds of cancer can spread to the vagina from elsewhere, but...
The Barita Foundation has been executing its mandate and contributing to national development goals by supporting partnerships in education, youth, entrepreneurship and the democratisation of wealth in order for Jamaicans to access resources needed...
You cannot see it or feel it, but inflammation may slowly be damaging your body. Inflammation, which is part of the body’s natural healing system, helps fight injury and infection, but it does not just happen in response to injury and illness. An...
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are passed from one person to another through intimate physical contact, such as heavy petting and from sexual activity. STIs are very common. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Andre Barnaby is on a quest to ensure that people in and around his community are actively keeping their environment clean. He has been providing decorated garbage bins that have been placed at strategic locations to motivate people to use them,...
WHEN YOU sit, you use less energy than you do when you stand or move. Research has linked sitting for long periods of time with a number of health concerns. They include obesity and a cluster of conditions, including increased blood pressure, high...
As part of an ongoing commitment to raise awareness and serve those living with sickle cell disease in Jamaica, Shak’s Hope Foundation, in association with the Sickle Cell Unit (SCU) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), will be...
Stress, exercise, and even a few drinks the night before your doctor’s appointment can push your blood pressure up. So, it is often difficult to tell whether an unusually high reading at the doctor’s office means you have high blood pressure; or,...
THIRTEEN YEARS after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, Juliet Davis is happy that she took the steps to get her Pap smear done. Her random visit to the Harbour View Health Centre saved her life, and although receiving the results was quite a...
The Victoria Mutual (VM) Foundation is focused on improving the welfare of Jamaicans through leadership and nation-building, youth, and community development. Formally established in 2018, the foundation gave structure to the philanthropic efforts...
Adenomyosis is a condition of the uterus (womb) where the cells similar to the lining on the inside of the uterus are also present in the muscle wall of the uterus. One study estimated that about one in five women has this condition. Although women...
Ashauni Granville has a deep desire to be a public servant, giving back, and assisting Jamaicans of all socio-economic backgrounds. He is a senior finance professional at the National Land Agency (NLA), and serves on the board of the South Camp...
AS A young girl, Angella Nichol travelled from the rural parish of Trelawny to Kingston, to pursue her tertiary studies at the then Mico Teachers’ College. She was vibrant and full of life, and had many expectations to be at the top of her career...
Charlene Dixon grew up with her grandmother, Linneth Price, in Trinityville, St Thomas. Price, a strong disciplinarian, imparted impenetrable values to her granddaughter that have remained with her throughout her life. As a child, Dixon, along with...
If you ask most people to rank their organs, their liver might be way down the list. Maybe just above spleen, but day and night it breaks down food, fights infection, and filters bad stuff from your blood. You can’t live without it. Luckily, you...
Understanding the benefits of a soft food diet, to establishing regular eating habits, nutrition can play an important part in your journey when you are faced with a colorectal cancer diagnosis. Eating a well-balanced diet before, during, and after...
THE MAKING An Impact All-Together (MAIA) Foundation, a non-profit organisation, is committed to shaping today’s young minds into tomorrow’s climate leaders. As an environmental charity, it is committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...
YOUR BLOOD type is important when it comes to donating blood or receiving a transfusion, but did you also know it may make you more or less likely to have certain diseases? Generally, knowing your blood type is not necessary unless there is a...
LIVING IN an inner-city community can be difficult, but 22-year-old Asha Murray has been rising above the challenges and, despite her circumstances, has been helping others to succeed. A final-year student at The University of the West Indies (UWI...
Surgically removing the cancer is the most common treatment for many stages of colorectal cancer. Chemotherapy, radiation, targeted therapy, radio frequency ablation, and cryosurgery are other treatments that may be used to treat colorectal cancer...
THOUGH YOU rarely hear about endometriosis in the news, it is actually the third leading cause of gynaecologic hospitalisation and among the leading causes of the estimated 600,000 hysterectomies performed each year in the United States. There is...
Patrice Gray has sought to use her resources in the best way to assist the people in her community. The 34-year-old from Thornton, in St Elizabeth, wants to see her community flourish and has been using her place of business to facilitate the...
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to get or keep an erection firm enough to have sexual intercourse. It is sometimes referred to as impotence, although this term is now used less often. Occasional erectile dysfunction is not uncommon. Many...
