KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, has said that cases of dengue in Jamaica have been declining, with the Ministry intensifying its efforts to stem the spread of this and other communicable diseases. %26quot;The dengue fever outbreak which started in July last year, peaked in November and since then, has been [...]
The review, headed by Australian-based neurosurgeon Vini Khurana, uses more than 100 sources in recent medical and scientific literature.
It claims to highlight an emerging global public health concern - with broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking.
Dr Khurana says in a research paper published on the website brain-surgery.us that using cellphone handsets for 10 [...]
Worst of all, his diabetes and hypertension steadily, relentlessly, mercilessly attacked his kidneys. He went on dialysis in February.
Jones has fallen victim to a quiet epidemic plaguing black Chicago. By the thousands, African-Americans are suffering kidney failure and facing the possibility of blindness, limb amputation, life on dialysis and premature death. Patients with end-stage kidney [...]
CLOSE TO to half a million Jamaicans with health insurance can still expect to pay indirectly for services and items in public health facilities from which user fees are to be removed come Tuesday.
Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday Health Insurance, Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer says while insured persons would not be required to [...]
A presentation, book signing and reception with rabbi Brad Hirschfield will be from 5 to 9 p.m. April 8 in Beaird Lounge in Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave.
The event is presented by the University of Oklahoma’s Religious Studies Outreach Program and the United Ministry Center.
Hirschfield, president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and [...]
Jamaica will start providing free health care to all adult citizens next week, requiring a step-up in hiring and medical supplies.
A little less than a year after the government introduced free health care for children, overwhelming hospitals and clinics, adults will be extended the same coverage beginning April 1 — creating a need for at [...]
Exide Technologies faces tough penalties as authorities prosecute the battery recycler for a second time for allegedly discharging lead dust illegally.
The multinational company has again been charged with breaching resource consent conditions at its Petone lead smelter.
But it refuses to say whether it will plead guilty when the case is heard in the Environment Court, [...]
Patients in Norfolk have been promised a host of health improvement measures in a plan which was today agreed by the county’s health bosses.
A Health Improvement Strategy underpins NHS Norfolk’s priorities for the delivery of healthcare for the next three years with a variety of targets including smoking, obesity and sexual health.
NHS Norfolk’s director of [...]
 Asta Care nursing home in Bloomington is challenging a $22,500 fine for allegedly not protecting patients from a sexual offender.
The state public health department says the staff of Asta Care at 1509 north Calhoun also failed to adequately screen the man who was identified as a sexual offender by behavior shown at a previous facility. [...]
An important element is being overlooked in the healthcare debate between the Democratic presidential candidates: namely, whether the plans they propose are constitutional.
The largest difference between their healthcare plans is that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would “mandate” that everyone (with limited exceptions) purchase private health insurance. Although Sen. Barack Obama’s plan also contains a mandate, [...]
