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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The ministry of health continues to warn Barbadian parents that childhood obesity is a major forerunner to the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Health Minister

THE UWI’S Cave Hill Campus is closely monitoring reported attempts by the American University of Barbados (AUB) Medical School to get the green light to have its students

It’s not just second-hand tobacco smoke that health officials in Barbados want to stop exposing the public to. Now, e-cigarettes are to be banned. Parliament yesterday passed the Health

The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Fiona Anthony MBA BSc (Hons) MCSP MPPC as their new CEO. She

Two thousand persons to date have been trained in Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB) Inc. So states the President, Humphrey

An everyday mouthwash used in most homes could be used to treat the prevalent sexually transmitted infection, gonorrhea. A new study shows that the simple act of gargling with

Barbados has temporarily banned meat, meat products and eggs coming from the United Kingdom (UK) and member states of the European Union (EU). The restrictions on the importation of

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CRFM) - There is still a long way to go but experts meeting here last Thursday expressed optimism that slow but steady progress was being made

The Barbados Government is making antiretroviral therapy universally accessible to everybody who has been diagnosed with HIV, from the time they test positive for the virus. Health Minister John