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By: Dr. Cory Couillard BASSETERRE St. Kitts, February 14th, 2013   --  We have poured billions of dollars into cancer research, and yet cancer rates continue to explode.  Cancer

By: Dr. Cory Couillard BASSETERRE St. Kitts, January 22nd, 2013  --  The global obesity epidemic is a problem that threatens a lot more than one’s health.  It is

St. John’s Antigua- The Cancer Center of the Eastern Caribbean (CCEC) is set to proceed despite delays, according to a letter to this newspaper from the board chairman,

The Caribbean has the highest rates of antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage of any developing region in the world, with an estimated 63 percent of people with HIV who

“All programmes offered by the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Health Sciences are important.” This assertion was made by Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Emanuel Cummings,

Countries in the Caribbean are coming to terms with health issues caused by obesity and weight gain as more and more people are affected by these conditions. This was

WHILE the large number of nurses leaving the region is of concern, the kind of positions that are left vacant in their respective territories is a greater worry. So

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Dr Ernest Pate, PAHO Caribbean programme coordinator has asserted that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must be more data driven in the prevention and