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HEALTH -Sept 11 is Caribbean Wellness Day: Love that body. Make it last.
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - If someone offered you a simple method to live longer, feel better, and be happier, you’d w...Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 September 2010 03:07 )
Read more...HEALTH-Caribbean immigrants to benefit from dialysis treatment
ATLANTA, Georgia, CMC – Under a rough agreement brokered here between local dialysis providers and Atlanta’s safety-net hospital, Grady Memorial, 38 end-stage renal p...DENGUE-Jamaica records first dengue death
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica has recorded its first death related to the dengue fever epidemic sweeping the Caribbean and health officials have reiterated their cal...GRENADA-Officials report increase in dengue cases
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Health officials here are reporting a significant increase in the number of confirmed cases of dengue, with a spike during the months of Jul...ST VINCENT-AIRLINE-Local airline to discontinue air ambulance service
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines airline, SVG AIR, says it is contemplating ending its air ambulance service following the recent crash o...CARIBBEAN-UN health agency declares H1N1 pandemic is over
UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday declared an end to the H1N1 pandemic that briefly created a global scare but urged continued vigilanc...Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 August 2010 01:14 )
Read more...BARBADOS-Ban on smoking from October 1
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Health Minister Donville Inniss has announced a ban on smoking in public places from October 1. Inniss said the Cabinet had recently approve...BELIZE-Mexico and Belize cooperating on combating dengue fever
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC - Mexico and Belize officials have held talks on ways of combating a possible outbreak of dengue fever in both countries.Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 August 2010 06:47 )
Read more...HEALTH -Vaginal gel cuts HIV risk by half
MILWAUKEE (AP): For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner ...CARIBBEAN-AIDS experts confident of HIV cure
VIENNA, Austria, CMC - An international AIDS conference got underway here on Monday with experts expressing confidence that a cure for the deadly virus could be developed...Cuba Leads Trials on Drug to Treat Prostate Enlargement
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 1 (acn) Cuban scientists developed a drug out of fruits of the royal palm for the treatment of benign enlargement of the prostate (BEP). The medicament ...CUBA - World Health Organization Praises Cuba Maternal-Infant Health Care
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 29 (acn) Authorities from the World Health Organization (WHO) praised Cuba’s advances in the maternal-infant assistance area and described the islandâ...
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