Health care Worker Spotlight

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Health care Worker Spotlight by Katrina Welch Alove for food and a passion for health led Victoria Cox to a career in the field of dietetics. As we continue our Health and Care Worker Spotlight, we will take a look at this 28-year-...

NICOLE CARTER – inherown Words

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NICOLE CARTER - inherown Words by Essiba Small of the Trinidad Express Nicole Carter looked at her body in the mirror one day, didn’t like what she saw and actually did something about it. “As a young lady in my teens, I was overweight...

MORE ABOUT THE DELTA STRAIN

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MORE ABOUT THE DELTA STRAIN The delta variant of covid-19 will definitely accelerate the pandemic. This is the view of Yale Medicine epidemiologist Dr F. Perry Wilson, who said the uniqueness of this strain of the virus is how quickly it i...

FROM MY heart TO YOURS

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FROM MY heart TO YOURS by Dr. Renee Boyce The alarm went off once more signalling the start of another hectic day at the office. I had three more deadlines to make by the end of the week and my manager was breathing down my neck. Af...

WORLD LUNG CANCER

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WORLD LUNG CANCER by Katrina Welch Imagine a cough that never goes away; all day and all night you are subjected to experiencing this unpleasant discomfort in your chest. Then, imagine these coughs being compounded with the expulsion...

ALL YOUR IMAGING FAQs

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Nick Nunes It’s wonderful that we are all able to live in a time where we can actually image the interior of our bodies and diagnose our ailments almost immediately. Thankfully, Barbados has the technology and qualified personnel to do this. Ima...

Odour Fish Syndrome

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TRIMETHYLAMINURIA (TMAU) Have you ever forgotten to apply your underarm deodorant or antiperspirant and went to work or a party? I’m sure you remembered how uncomfortable that felt. You probably kept sniffing yourself or asking others ...

Tennis Elbow

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Dear Doc, I’m not yet middle-age but I find I’m having curious pains in my elbows. I’m fairly active and I have two young children, I do a little kitchen gardening, and as an admin assistant I sometimes sit at a desk and do a lot of typing. A...