Health

"Encourage your peers to practise a healthy lifestyle and make good nutrition choices" was the message from state minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, to the students who attended the recent Youth Forum at the...

Jamaicans have made the public health system a major talking point in recent times. Aside from the political jousting, much of the conversation has centred on improvement of the health sector. But what exactly would we consider an improved and...

According TO a recent study of more than 3,000 students in United States public schools, those who were into vaping at the beginning of their sophomore year were more likely to become traditional cigarette smokers over the next six months compared...

The Ministry of Health is urging school administrators to report any case of hand, foot and mouth disease to their parish health departments. School administrators can also request assistance from the health departments in their respective parishes...

According to research, the next time you feel the urge to cry a river, don't hold back. Go ahead and let go. Just cry and cry and cry until you get it all out of your system and you begin to feel much...

Jamaica has always had mosquitoes, given its tropical climate. And we have all felt the effects, often dismissing them as pesky little creatures. There is an underlying conviction that these two facts make it unnecessary to pay attention to...

According to normal standards, on average a person urinates about five to eight cups or one to two litres of urine in about 24 hours. If you find yourself urinating much more frequently than that, the reason can be a simple infection or other...

We all gain some weight as we get older! True or false? Well, perhaps not everyone, but there is indeed a weight challenge for many in the mid-life years, if not sooner. I am seeing you today in 2016 and you weigh 212 pounds. Flipping through your...

1. DO MONTHLY BREASTSELF-EXAMWomen of all ages are encouraged to perform breast self-exams at least once a month. If in the shower, use the pads of your fingers, move around your entire breast in a circular pattern moving from the outside to the...

As Mental Health Week approaches in October, we may only take a passing note of the planned activities. After all, the fact that we, as a country, are poorly treating mentally ill persons is an inconvenient truth only acknowledged whenever there is...

As part of its overall surveillance of Zika and Zika-related effects, the Ministry of Health has indicated that all microcephaly, Guillain-Barre Syndrome and neurological conditions that may be related to Zika virus infection are to be reported on...

The Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and even death. This achievement culminates a 22-year effort...