A new treatment option that is designed to save time and reduce radiation exposure for breast cancer patients in the Caribbean is now available. Through intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT), patients can receive radiation directly to a small area...
So you've had a bunch of eggs chilling in your fridge for the last few weeks, and you are now in the mood for a nice egg breakfast. But how can you be sure that they're not totally rotten?Well, there is a simple two-second test to easily rectify...
Research in mice shows it may be possible to reverse brain damage after a stroke."No one in the stroke field has ever shown this, so I believe this is going to be the gold standard for future studies," said senior study author Berislav Zlokovic,...
The legal cannabis industry represents one of the great potential opportunities today. All across the globe this industry has taken shape with medical cannabis leading the way in terms of both function and economic impact. Jamaica, with its rich...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — One of the largest yellow fever outbreaks in decades could soon spread globally, aid group Save the Children warned yesterday as the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to launch one of the largest emergency...
With the ongoing Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has come an increased interest in the ancient Chinese practice of cupping and its use in treating and preventing sports injury. Cupping is a type of therapy used in traditional Chinese medicine to...
Sagicor continues to take health care to communities across the island through its fleet of Mobile Wellness Units.For more than 25 years, since the acquisition of Blue Cross of Jamaica, and the Blue Cross mobile health bus, the company's solid...
SUBSTITUTING ONE sugary drink per day - including 'diet' beverages - with water can reduce caloric intake and the risk of obesity and other health conditions, according to a new study published in the journal Nutrients.The new study, done at...
CALIFORNIA, US:A second type of mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been discovered in Mission Viejo, California, in the United States, according to a Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District official.Asian tiger mosquitoes were found...
Scores of expectant mothers who attend the Type V Health Centre in Montego Bay will receive a weekly supply of fresh cow's milk from Island Dairies Limited.They are the beneficiaries of a programme aimed at enhancing the health of pregnant women and...
A new study has found that the brains of overweight people are 10 years older compared with their lean counterparts - but only when they reach middle age and up.In a study published in the journal Neurobiology of Ageing, researchers from the...
We have been hearing from ever since that 'belief kills and belief cures'. Working on the front line of life and death as a physician, if belief really kills, then I should be seeing its fingerprint. But looking back at death certificates written...
On a cellular level, prostatic cancer is a disease considered to have a genetic factor and is caused by an abnormality in the human genome. In addition to genetic factors, prostate cancer, which is the primary cancer affecting Jamaican men, can be...
Last week, Food For The Poor (FFTP) Jamaica donated 105 electric hospital beds and 250 wheelchairs to the Ministry of Health for distribution among hospitals across the island.The items were handed over at the charity organisation's head office in...
A mushroom is the fleshy part of certain fungi. Over 14,000 different kinds of mushrooms are known, but only 3,000 are edible. Some are poisonous. While the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables is widely known, the less spectacular mushroom is...
Persons planning to travel to Brazil or other areas affected by yellow fever are being reminded to get vaccinated. It is advised that the vaccine be administered at least ten days prior to travel. The yellow fever vaccination can be accessed at...
The Ministry of Health has put systems in place to track and monitor all pregnant women who have tested positive and those who are suspected to have had the zika virus. Minister of Health Dr. Christopher Tufton said this will be done through the...
The Zika virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, is known to cause fever, joint pain, muscle pain, conjunctivitis (red eyes), rashes, fatigue and possibly nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. These manifestations may also be seen in other...
In addition to its public education efforts, the Ministry of Health has been increasing clinical capacity, including through the training of health-care professionals, infrastructure upgrades, increased human resources and acquisition of equipment,...
Although black men face double the risk of prostate cancer compared to white men, and a shocking one in 12 will die from the disease, 86 per cent are unaware of their heightened danger, research from men's health charity Prostate Cancer UK revealed...
It is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But ever so often, how many of us look in the mirror and are comfortable with the reflection of our body image, more specifically our face?The answer is few of us. Truthfully, many of us...
Although there has been some suggestion in studies that drugs for erectile dysfunction can lower the risk for prostate cancer, a recent study showed little effect on rates of the disease, researchers report.Roughly the same number of people using...
ALBANY, NY (AP):New York state has confirmed 537 cases of Zika so far - though officials say all appear to be connected to travel to affected areas, and there is no evidence that the virus is spreading through local mosquitoes.Of those cases, 414...
MOSCOW, Russia (AP):A child has died of anthrax in Siberia in the first fatal outbreak of the bacterial disease reported in Russia in 75 years, the regional governor's office said yesterday.A 12-year-old nomad died of anthrax, and 20 more people...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The...
