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Turnquest raises concern over govt’s lack of investment in GB health care industry

By Sharell Lockhart The current state of Grand Bahama’s health care sector and improvements that must be made to it continues to be a hot button topic among residents. Peter Turnquest, Member of Parliament for East Grand Bahama, recently expressed […]

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Minnis: Dr. Gomez Out Of Touch With Healthcare

By Ianthia Smith Free National Movement (FNM) Leader and former Health Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said the current health minister’s assertions that the 20 beds slated for the

New HIV initiative coming

BY COREY ROBINSON BEDEVILLED by the crippling effects of HIV/AIDS on national development, the Government of Jamaica has implemented a 'One Authority for Sexual Reproductive Health' to help

Osteoporosis drug stops growth of breast cancer cells, even in resistant tumors

A drug approved in Europe to treat osteoporosis has now been shown to stop the growth of breast cancer cells, even in cancers that have become resistant to

Luis Hospital board loses quorum with Walker’s resignation

By JOY BLACKBURN ST. CROIX - On Friday, the Luis Hospital board officially lost its quorum and became unable to conduct business, as former chairwoman Kye Walker's resignation

USVI opts not to establish heath care exchange

ST THOMAS, USVI -- Governor John de Jongh has sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelius informing the US Secretary of Health and Human Services that the US Virgin

Approximately Thirty Thousand raised during National Health Telethon

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA – Approximately thirty thousand dollars (EC$30,000.00) were raised by the Ministry of Health and Social Security, through a national health telethon in aid of healthcare,

UNICEF says Antigua & Barbuda’s anti-child abuse systems inadequate

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua & Barbuda’s response systems for child sexual abuse are inadequate. So says the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Representative for the Eastern Caribbean and

Bajan-Brit top oral surgeon

By Tryrone Roach in London A MEDICAL SPECIALIST with Barbadian roots is now one of Britain’s top oral and maxillofacial surgeons as well as a consultant at the

Cave Hill researchers make HIV discovery

By Melissa Rollock Barbados has scored a small victory in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Local researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery – HIV positive people who go

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