Health

Screen annually for kidney disease, Jamaicans urged 4:20 pm

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Jamaicans are being encouraged to do yearly screenings as part of a regime to maintain awareness of their risk of getting kidney disease.

The 411 on Endometriosis 3:30 pm
Endometriosis Awareness Month is observed in March — its purpose is to raise awareness of the chronic condition, which affects over 100,000 women in Jamaica. Yellow is the international awareness colour for endometriosis.

HFJ wants J'cans to 'Shake the Salt Habit' 8:10 pm
THE Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is looking forward to the implementation of a salt reduction policy to reduce salt consumption in the population.

Your risk for colorectal cancer

Sunday, March 13, 2022

MARCH is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and the Ministry of Health and Wellness, through its Non-Communicable Diseases and Injury Prevention Unit, has set out to raise public awareness around the prevention and control of this disease.

Will the novel coronavirus pandemic end?

Sunday, March 13, 2022

After more than two years of a devastating novel coronavirus pandemic, there is population fatigue and strong desire to return to normalcy. It is arguable whether normalcy is attainable under the current situation. According to the New York...

An ageing nightmare

Sunday, March 13, 2022

“There is a constant feeling of something pushing down into my vagina, almost like my vagina is falling out. I always have to rush to the bathroom to pee and sometimes I do not make it. I have resorted to wearing an adult diaper every time I leave the house, I simply could not deal...

High blood sugar after diabetes meds

Sunday, March 6, 2022

We know you sometimes have burning questions that can best be answered by a pharmacist. Our feature, Ask Your Pharmacist, seeks to address some of those issues. Send your questions to healthandwealth@jamaicaobserver.com.

Adenomyosis: Endo's cousin

Sunday, March 6, 2022

AS we strive to bring awareness to the chronic debilitating condition endometriosis, this March, I think it's also important to highlight a closely related disease adenomyosis.

15 FAQs on kidney disease

Sunday, March 6, 2022

WORLD Kidney Day is March 10, 2022 and will be celebrated under the theme “Kidney health for All; Bridge the knowledge gap to better kidney care.”

Good quality health care, workers

Sunday, February 27, 2022

THE novel coronavirus pandemic has exposed significant frictions and fault lines in the global health-care value chain.

More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing — WHO, UNICEF

Sunday, February 27, 2022

GENEVA, Switzerland – More than half of parents and pregnant women (51 per cent) surveyed for a new WHO/UNICEF report say they have been targeted with marketing from formula milk companies, much of which is in breach of international standards on infant feeding practices.

UWI performs Next Generation Sequencing service

Sunday, February 27, 2022

The University of the West Indies ( The UWI), Mona Campus — working in close collaboration with the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) and the Ministry of Health & Wellness (MOHW) — has for the first time in Jamaica, established a Next...

Start scoring!

Sunday, February 27, 2022

NUMBERS matter! They tell how well your favourite football team is performing or how your child has done on an exam. They even tell you how well a business is doing. The the same can be said where medicine is concerned. Numbers in medicine tell how well different aspects of our various...

Choosing the right contraception

Sunday, February 20, 2022

IT is estimated that about half of all pregnancies worldwide are unplanned. So between me and you, one of us was likely unplanned.

COVID-19 disease, vaccines and the heart

Sunday, February 20, 2022

The world continues to be affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resulting epidemic of COVID-19 disease. In contrast to the situation two years ago at the start of the epidemic we have more information about the short- and long-term effects of COVID-19 disease, and in particular its...