By Catharine Paddock PhD Scientists are hopeful that a new type of skin patch could replace needles as a method of flu vaccination. When they tested the skin patch on mice, it elicited an appropriate immune response without side effects. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that the flu caused 48.8 million […]
A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer. In combination with the current prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, the new test could help men avoid unnecessary and invasive biopsies, over-diagnosis and over-treatment. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Western men, with […]
Two hundred and forty Jamaicans attempted suicide in 2018, but experts are of the view that this number could be higher, as this is an area that is heavily under-reported. According to the Economic and Social Survey, these 240 patients were seen in the accident and emergency units of public hospitals across the island. Listed […]
By Heather Aspinall, MSc, Communicable Disease Control Professional According to health experts, the upcoming flu season will likely be a difficult one. This comes after a long 2018/2019 season. Are you prepared for the upcoming season? Here is what you need to know about the flu and some steps that you can take to protect […]
Do you experience pain in the low back, buttock, and pain down the leg? This article will discuss some common causes of low back and leg pain. Sciatica The spinal vertebra in the low back have discs between each spinal bone. The spinal discs act as shock absorbers, protect the nerves of the spinal cord, […]
By Dr. Virginia Nsitem: Do you experience pain in the feet with your first steps in the morning? Do have difficulty walking after sitting for a long period of time due to foot pain? Do you feel numbness at the ball of your foot or sharp pain at the heel of the foot? This article […]
TORONTO, CANADA – The Jamaica Summer Games and Wellness Festival will bring a real taste of Jamaica to Ashbridges Bay Beach August 17-18, 2019. This family-friendly weekend is a unique blend of music, sport, culture, health & wellness and distinctly Jamaican entertainment. During this action-packed weekend, event-goers can participate in a wide range of health […]
Grenadian health officials are keeping a close eye on what is now the world’s second-largest outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and have raised the alert level to GUARDED. Represented by the colour blue, the alert level “applies when there is a general threat of increased infectious […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Nazma Muller, founder of the Caribbean Collective for Justice and a staunch advocate for the legalisation of marijuana in the region, has long maintained that it’s unconscionable that Trinidad and Tobago’s ministry of health has never exercised clauses to amendments made to the Dangerous Drugs Act in 2000, which allows […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government is working on new legislation that will provide the legal framework for organs to be harvested from donors after death. Over the last 30 years, about 19 transplants had been performed at the country’s sole public hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, but these transplants have been limited to organs […]
