The Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC), along with the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA), is preparing and planning to treat hundreds of Jamaican citizens by offering free comprehensive medical care that includes...
Nicole Davis-Campbell and her husband Maurice Campbell have been living with lupus for 32 years, collectively. The disease is a costly reality, which the couple say has been more manageable with the support from the National Health Fund (NHF)....
Now approaching the one-year anniversary of his prostate cancer diagnosis, Devon Cummings* is crediting his improving health to his becoming a National Health Fund (NHF) card beneficiary. Cummings says he was not able to afford his medication for...
Regular exercise is an important part of being as healthy as you can be. In fact, being physically active can reduce your risk of developing breast cancer. If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, exercise can reduce the risk of a recurrence...
Lupus is a chronic long-term disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of your body. It’s an autoimmune disease, which means that your immune system, the body system that usually fights infections, attacks healthy tissue instead. No...
Local healthcare advocates are encouraging more persons to access screening for breast cancer, given the range of factors which put persons at risk for the condition, and the availability of various facilities for early detection and treatment....
YOU PROBABLY know someone who has battled or is battling breast cancer. Breast cancer is the uncontrolled growth of breast cells arising from the lobular glands that produce milk (lobular carcinoma) or the ducts that carry milk to the nipples (...
WESTERN BUREAU: DR XAUNDRE Mohansingh, a general practitioner assigned to the St James-based Cornwall Regional Hospital, is rubbishing the popular idea of having an ‘alkaline body’ as a means of fighting and resisting cancer, saying that such an...
CANCER AND cardiovascular disease (CVD) are the two commonest causes of morbidity and mortality in the Caribbean. Moreover, there is a growing population of patients who have both cancer and CVD, and data suggest that the economic burden faced by...
Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2022 | 12:06 AM
YOUR HEART works every second of the day to keep you alive! Prevention and early detection of heart disease and the associated risk factors (like obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes) are, therefore, essential to help keep your...
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS of health (SDOH) contribute significantly to the severe morbidity and mortality that various cardiovascular diseases inflict on the society. The components of SDOH include wealth, income, employment status, education, housing,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nutritionist Dr Rosalee Brown, who operates in the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), is suggesting that men consider adopting a plant-based diet, especially for those who are genetically predisposed, to reduce the likelihood...
Published:Wednesday | September 14, 2022 | 12:07 AM
AS STUDENTS across the Caribbean make their return to the classroom, an ambitious campaign promoting nutritious food in schools mounted by a coalition of regional health advocates is bolstering calls for the implementation of policies to curtail...
Published:Wednesday | September 14, 2022 | 12:06 AM
THE MINISTRY of Health and Wellness is inviting members of the public to actively participate in Prostate Cancer Awareness Month by wearing blue on Friday, September 23, which has been designated as Blue Day. Non-communicable diseases (NCD) risk...
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden today urged Americans to come together for a new "national purpose" — his administration's effort to end cancer "as we know it." At the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and...
Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:10 AM
CANCER IS uncommon in children. Most cancers develop in adults, and it is most common in older adults. About one out of every three adults will develop cancer during their lifetime, while about one in 285 children will develop cancer before the age...
Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:10 AM
MINISTER OF Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton is urging women to provide support and encouragement to men to do the necessary screening for prostate cancer. In his message to mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, which is being observed...
THE MINISTRY of Health and Wellness (MOHW), in partnership with the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), is offering free prostate cancer screening, buttressed by an awareness campaign, in observance of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Through the...
IN OUR first article on the subject, we made reference to the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ ‘Know Your Numbers’ campaign. The ministry’s campaign has been driving home the importance for Jamaicans to know their health-related numbers, i.e....
THE MONTH of September has been designated as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to bring attention to this very common type of cancer that is the leading cause of death in many Jamaican men. Prostate cancer is a major burden in Jamaica. It...
Residents of St Thomas were recently treated to an education in putting out forest fires during a Forest Fire Management Training held by the Forestry Department in collaboration with the Jamaica Fire Brigade in Hillside in the parish. Annually,...
TRACEABILITY AND public access to information are being championed as key to the success of national and global efforts to rein in the plastics pollution. “The traceability of plastic products across their life cycle is essential to identify areas...
