JOHN’S, Antigua – A week after health authorities confirmed the first case of the Zika virus in the country, a medical doctor has advised local women to put off getting pregnant, at least for the time being. Director of the American University of Antigua (AUA) Health Centre Dr. Kimberly Mallin made the recommendation while she […]
Fifty years of research on spanking children has concluded that the more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and experience increased anti-social behaviour, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties. The analysis used systematic qualitative and quantitative methods by experts at the University of Texas at Austin and the […]
Scarborough and western Durham Region will eventually get new hospitals, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Dr Eric Hoskins has announced. Hoskins cited recommendations of the report of the Scarborough-West Durham Panel on hospital planning, governance and service delivery to be implemented to give patients better access to care in both areas. “The appointment of […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s oldest citizen, supercentenarian Violet Moss Brown, is approximately eight months younger than the world’s oldest person, Susannah Mushatt Jones of the U.S. That status comes from information available from the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) website. Moss Brown, who is ranked third by GRG, turned 116 on March 10. Mushatt Jones turned […]
Dark chocolate is known for health benefits including positive effects on cardiovascular health but now researchers at London’s Kingston University say it could be a booster for sports enthusiasts in their fitness training. A team led by postgraduate research student Rishikesh Kankesh Patel discovered that dark chocolate provides similar benefits to beetroot juice, now taken […]
Elissa Antonio’s medical recovery fund has grown to $62, 668 and, more good news, she’s managed to stand beside her hospital bed. The ongoing fundraising is important as it goes towards her medication and other expenses and to help her daughters Brianna and Moneque as she recovers. Recovery will take eight to 10 months. What […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — In St Kitts and Nevis, diabetes is bigger than zika, bigger than HIV/AIDS, says chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Patrick Martin. “We have an epidemic of diabetes in the Federation… We have a diabetes rate of 20% in adults. One in every five adults has diabetes,” he said. Martin said obesity […]
The Eyes Guy is all set to grace the 4th Annual Matty Jae Youth Foundation “All Wear White Affair” fundraiser, come Friday, April 29, at La Creole Restaurant, 810 St. Clair Ave. W. In the name of mental health, All Wear White Affair founder Woodney Pierre welcomed the good news Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has […]
Thanks to the generosity of strangers and a caring family and friends, Elissa Antonio is in a Toronto hospital healing and doing well, relatives said, after she accidently fell off a cliff in Trinidad and Tobago. To give Antonio, 40, time to recover in peace, the family asked that the hospital not be identified after […]
Continuous sitting for more than three hours can take a serious health toll on our bodies and it has recently become a prevalent public health topic and target for intervention, according to a new study. The study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that sitting for more than three hours per day […]
