Health

In these difficult and challenging times, many are finding it hard to revisit their doctors to obtain a prescription for well-needed medications, and this is understandable.

According to the World Health Organization, 347 million people worldwide have diabetes. In 2012, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes.

On Friday, celebrity chef and International Diabetes Federation's (IDF) Blue Circle champion Charles Mattocks and his team put together an event, to rival many across the world, to commemorate World Diabetes Day at the Stella Maris Prep School in St Andrew.

Physical activity may not be the first thing parents or teachers think about when they want to boost a child's academic performance, but evidence supports the notion that a bit of exercise for the body is beneficial to the brain as well.

Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson, said two Cuban experts are to arrive in the island this Friday to assist with training Jamaican health and frontline workers in Ebola management.