AS A cardiologist, I am seeing every day, more patients coming to me in the final stage of heart disease with their hearts weakened and enlarged (heart failure). Most of them have very high blood pressure, high sugar levels, are overweight with...
EMBRACING A healthy lifestyle at any age can prevent heart disease and lower your risk for a heart attack or stroke. You are never too old or too young to begin taking care of your heart. Your heart health is central to overall good health. It is...
ANIMALS CAN help with emotional and physical recovery by providing companionship, reducing stress, and improving mood. This is known as animal-assisted therapy, or pet therapy. Interacting with animals has been shown to decrease levels of cortisal...
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs) that affect animals include rabies, bone and testicular cancers, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Vanessa Benjamin-Chatrie, managing director and owner of Baruch Animal Health Distribution, at the recent MDS M-...
NEW YORK (AP): Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span and a growing tendency to procrastinate. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led to an unexpected discovery: The teen had ADHD...
A LANDMARK medical conference, co-hosted by the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) and Yale University, has successfully achieved its ambitious goals to improve healthcare outcomes, foster collaboration, and promote innovative solutions in the...
ALLERGY OCCURS when a person’s immune system reacts to substances in the environment that are harmless to most people. These substances are known as allergens and are found in dust mites, pets, pollen, insects, ticks, moulds, foods, and drugs (...
IN RECENT years, there has been a noticeable trend of young people placing greater emphasis on physical fitness. Gym memberships are on the rise, parks are buzzing with activity, and social media is flooded with fitness challenges, workout routines...
WORLD LEPROSY Day is observed on the last Sunday of January every year. This year it was marked on January 26, and recognised by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to honour the resilience of...
DEPRESSION IS a serious disorder that affects your whole body, including your mood and thoughts. It touches every part of your life. It is important to know that depression is not a personal weakness or character flaw and treatment is often needed...
FEEL LIKE middle age is closing in on you? You are not alone. A 2008 study of data from two million people found that midlife depression spans the globe. In the United States, it peaks at around age 40 for women and 50 for men, and usually starts...
IF YOU find it harder to focus your attention and absorb information as you age, you are not imagining it. Normal ageing leads to gradual changes in many skills associated with thinking and memory. In fact, research shows that memory loss begins as...
MEMORY SLIPS are aggravating, frustrating, and sometimes worrisome. When they happen more than they should, they can trigger fears of looming dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Memory loss is unusual forgetfulness, that you may not be able to...
OUR SKIN and cardiovascular system might seem like separate entities, each with its own distinct function, but in reality, they are intimately connected. Both play critical roles in overall health, and recent research has revealed fascinating links...
WASHINGTON (AP): Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labelled on drinks Americans consume, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on last Friday. Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the...
APPROXIMATELY ONE million people in the United States are living with a primary brain tumour, and an estimated 94,390 new cases are diagnosed each year. Brain tumours can significantly impact a patient’s life, often leading to serious complications...
IT CAN be very difficult to hear that you have diabetes. You probably will feel overwhelmed and confused. You are asking yourself, what are the steps you need to take to take care of you. Well, the good news is you have a community to fall back on...
SLEEP IS essential for your health as it refreshes the mind and repairs the body. Lack of sleep can cause fatigue, poor memory and concentration, mood disturbances, impaired judgement and reaction time, and poor physical coordination. It can also...
The Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) is to stage its 2025 International Masters of Medicine Conference on January 18 and 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. A media release notes that the event ‘is rooted in academic and...
Approximately one million people in the United States are living with a primary brain tumour, and an estimated 94,390 new cases are diagnosed each year. Brain tumours can significantly impact a patient’s life, often leading to serious complications...
NEW YORK (AP): A new year is the time to set new goals. Yet studies have shown that most people don’t tend to uphold their New Year’s resolutions much past the first month. In an attempt to reframe the thinking around new year goal-setting, a new...
The start of a new year brings a wave of motivation to improve your health, fitness, and overall well-being. However, many people approach their goals with lofty ambitions that quickly fade because they are either unsustainable or too overwhelming...
We know fruit is good for us; however, people living with diabetes are often told they cannot eat fruit because it is too sweet or contains too much sugar. In truth, whole, fresh fruit is full of fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, making...
CHRISTMAS IS just one day, right? One day of eating all the delicious foods, even overeating them, is not going to harm your heart. However, most of us have spent the whole year overeating, and Christmas is not just one day when you think about the...
Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2024 | 12:08 AM
THE CHRISTMAS season is often seen as a time of joy and celebration, but for many senior citizens, it can also be a time of loneliness and isolation. With family and friends busy with their own commitments, some seniors may feel left out or...
