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Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:05 AMMelisa Anderson Cross/Contributor

Some men may feel completely well and be unaware that they are living with prostate cancer due to the silent nature of the disease. Prostate cancer typically does not present with symptoms in its early stages. Strikingly, the signs and symptoms...

Published:Wednesday | October 5, 2022 | 12:08 AMMelisa Anderson Cross/Contributor

YOU PROBABLY know someone who has battled or is battling breast cancer. Breast cancer is the uncontrolled growth of breast cells arising from the lobular glands that produce milk (lobular carcinoma) or the ducts that carry milk to the nipples (...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2021 | 12:09 AMMelisa Anderson Cross/Contributor

WHEN YOU become pregnant, you will experience changes in your body’s metabolism and fat composition to meet the energy demands of your unborn baby. Some women will experience metabolic changes such as gestational diabetes mellitus (abnormally high...

Published:Wednesday | June 30, 2021 | 12:06 AMMelisa Anderson Cross/Contributor

Jamaica has hit the grim milestone of over 1,000 COVID-19-related deaths and sadly, we are not out of the woods of the pandemic as yet, given the discovery of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant. The Delta variant was first discovered in...

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2021 | 12:06 AMMelisa Anderson Cross/Contributor

Did you know that harmful environmental chemicals can affect us before our birth? Increased exposure to harmful chemicals from the environment during early pregnancy may significantly impact the future reproductive health status of your unborn male...

Published:Wednesday | May 19, 2021 | 12:12 AMMelisa Anderson Cross/Contributor

Many are unaware of lupus and its potentially life-threatening complications. Lack of lupus awareness is a contributing factor to late diagnosis, social stigmas and increased burden on healthcare systems. Lupus is an incurable autoimmune disease...

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