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Health
PHOTO: Let's talk life
Annmarie Kirlew Williams (right) communications officer, JN Bank, shares a moment with Kerry Jones, cancer survivor for five years, at the Jamaica Cancer Society's Relay for Life 2017 at Police Officers' Club in St Andrew on Saturday. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) Read More
Relay for life
Sagicor team members turned out in their numbers on Saturday to support the 15th staging of the Jamaica Cancer Society's Relay for Life, held to honour those who have passed away from cancer. The event was held at the Police Officers' Club. Here are some... Read More
How acidic foods affect teeth
WHEN families gear up to indulge in their favourite foods during the holiday season, tradition often puts numerous acidic foods on the dinner table. If they're on yours, do you know what they can do to your teeth? Read More
New WHO director from Ethiopia begins work
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The new director general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom took over managing the UN health agency yesterday, the WHO said. Read More
Scientists find protein that regulates skin cancer spread
PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists have pinpointed a cancer protein which controls the disease's spread from the skin to other organs, and proposed last Wednesday that blocking it may be an effective treatment. Read More
Africa gets generic version of most effective HIV drug
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya — a first in Africa where more than 25 million have the disease, the NGO Unitaid said last Wednesday. Read More
Getting that flawless look for your wedding day
WEDDING season has begun! Every bride is thinking about the look of her hair, dress, wedding venue. And now, more than ever, is concerned about her skin or body, and how it will fit in her wedding dress. Read More
Hundreds benefit from free health fair in Westmoreland
THE Llandilo School of Special Education was a bustling scene of activities last Wednesday as scores of residents in and around Westmoreland's capital turned up to access services and products being offered at a health fair held on the school grounds. Read More
Living with Sickle-cell disease
IMAGINE being born with a condition that could shorten your normal life expectancy. Or being hospitalised on numerous occasions — lying helplessly, weak, barely able to talk and strung up on multiple IV lines for blood, fluids and medication. Read More
Plantar fasciitis
Many of podiatrist Angela Davis's patients have been complaining about heel pain, so Your Health Your Wealth decided to reprint an article that was first published in 2015. Read More
Therapeutic hypothermia for newborns lacking oxygen to the brain
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, or brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation to the brain due to foetal or neonatal asphyxia, is a leading cause of death or severe impairment among infants. Read More
Working the night shift?
NIGHT shift work may hinder the body's ability to repair DNA damage caused by normal cellular processes, suggests a study published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Read More
PHOTO: Cassava Piece health fair
More than 100 residents of Cassava Piece in St Andrew benefited from a health and domestic violence fair held in that community last Saturday. Staged by the Social Development Commission in association with the Constant Spring Police and the Cassava Piece community, the fair saw health... Read More
'A miracle'
FROM praying for death to come five years ago to now trying to raise awareness about prostate cancer, 59-year-old Alfred Samuels says he has been given a new lease on life. Read More
Doctors and the Hippocratic Oath
Historically, medical doctors have been expected to practise medicine in keeping with the ethical dictates of the Hippocratic Oath. Read More
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