Quit smoking for a better sex life - study
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-22 05:12:49 -0700 | health-news
However, once men gave up smoking, they saw significant improvement in their sexual ability. According to a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine in the United States, there is a link between smoking and decreased sex drive. The...
CHOLESTEROL is not a villain
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-24 06:26:04 -0700 | health-news
Worried about cholesterol?...The medical industry continues to insist that we closely monitor the level of cholesterol in our blood...Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among the lipids (fats) in the blood and an essential component of each and every...
Cruel by choice - Thousands of Jamaican children intentionally injured by adults annually
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-19 01:52:27 -0700 | health-news
One medical doctor, who asked not to be named, told The Sunday Gleaner that a four-year-old boy's maggot-infested cigarette burns was was one of the worst cases of intentional injuries he had treated. "I didn't need to be a police...
Good digestive health is essential for a happy life
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-14 04:24:20 -0700 | health-news
I have come to appreciate the great wisdom in that statement...The role of his system extends far beyond just its digestive function, important as that is. The gut controls nutrition No matter how nutritious your diet is, the food must...
Government promotes oral health to tackle NCDs
Source: Jamaica Star
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-10 14:28:50 -0700 | health-news
File Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson, has announced that the Government will be launching a programme to promote oral health as a mechanism to enhance the general health in the population, and stave off non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as...
Clarke pushes for Blue Mountain Tea
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-08 22:45:11 -0700 | health-news
Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke said yesterday in the House of Representatives that his ministry was toying with the idea of growing tea in the Blue Mountains. "We can call it the Blue Mountain Tea just like how we call it...
'Our students are anaemic' - Health ministry official says schools need to improve nutrition for ...
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-08 05:05:52 -0700 | health-news
Health ministry official says schools need to improve nutrition for children Published: Wednesday May 8, 2013 Nedburn Thaffe, Gleaner Writer Director of nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards, has raised concern over the number of children in...
Walking off a stroke - Breakthrough discovery from Jamaican doctor
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-08 04:05:18 -0700 | health-news
Lead researcher Dr Carron Gordon and her team have discovered that simple outdoor walking three times per week for 30 minutes can significantly improve a stroke victim's health-related quality of life, functional status, endurance, strength and fitness.
Public views mixed on proposed health-care referral system
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-06 03:12:03 -0700 | health-news
In an effort to reduce unnecessary costs at the secondary and tertiary level, a ministry paper tabled in Parliament last Wednesday revealed plans to revitalise the primary health-care system. Under this system, persons in need of medical treatment would first...
All health-care systems have ‘death panels' of one sort or another | Full Comment | National Post
Source: GruntDoc
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-05 16:18:44 -0700 | health-news
Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas All health-care systems have death panels' of one sort or another Full Comment National Post May 5, 2013 by Via @medskep on twitter: Many scoff at the term death panel Sarah Palin's morbid,...
Sick to debt - Struggling health facility appeals to Government for non-cash bailout
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-05 03:18:37 -0700 | health-news
Too many entities are involved (in the process of importation). We have an ultrasound machine sitting on the wharf for almost two months now," added Levers...While Nuttall is not on the verge of shutting down, Levers admitted that the hospital's...
Ferguson lauds Relay For Life
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-03 05:19:40 -0700 | health-news
Ferguson, minister of health, has commended the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) on the important role it has played in raising cancer awareness over the last 10 years through Relay For Life. "I stand in solidarity... He added: "Non-communicable diseases (NCD)...
Changes coming to health sector
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-24 06:00:00 -0700 | health-news
Jamaica, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has stated its intention to establish a referral system for those persons who are desirous of getting treatment in hospitals. Documents tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday...
'Fewer women screening for cervical cancer'
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-04-29 01:03:44 -0700 | health-news
Cancer Society has raised concern over what it said is the significant decline in the number of women being screened for cervical cancer. Addressing the Jamaica Cancer Society's (JCS) cervical cancer medical symposium at the University of the West Indies,...
More persons using NHF, says Ferguson
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-04-29 01:03:44 -0700 | health-news
OF Health Dr Fenton Ferguson has said more Jamaicans are taking advantage of the benefits available under the National Health Fund (NHF). He said the NHF data indicated that enrolments of individual benefits have increased from 42,147 in March 2004...
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