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PHYTONUTRIENTS ARE natural compounds found in plant foods such as vegetables, fruit, wholegrain products and legumes. These plant compounds have beneficial effects working with other essential nutrients to promote good health. Phytonutient...

EATING A healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. This means eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions, and consuming the right amount of food and drink to achieve and...
A man carrying a child walks out from a crowded holding room of a children’s hospital in Beijing on October 30. A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other kno

BEIJING (AP): A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO) is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country’s health ministry said Sunday....

DIABETES OCCURS when the blood sugar levels in the body are too high. This disease can cause problems such as heart disease, kidney failure and amputations. Blindness is also one of the severe complications of diabetes and knowing how many people...

A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, US regulators announced Wednesday. The US Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s drug, named Zepbound. The drug, also known as tirzepatide,...

NEW YORK (AP): Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant – although it’s far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye. An accident with high...

CHRISTMAS IS a time to enjoy yourself and have foods that you would not regularly eat at other times of the year. However, being a time of celebration, many traditional Christmas foods tend to be high in saturated fat, free (added) sugars and salt...

PHYSIOTHERAPY IS treatment to restore, maintain, and make the most of a patient’s mobility, function, and well-being. Physiotherapy helps through physical rehabilitation, injury prevention, and health and fitness. Physiotherapists get you involved...

LAST SEPTEMBER, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) gave new impetus to an initiative to eliminate 30 communicable diseases and related conditions from the region of the Americas. Many are known foes, such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and...

THE JAMAICA Physiotherapy Association (JPA), the national professional organisation representing physiotherapists, interns, and students throughout Jamaica, recently hosted its JPA Health Fair, Expo and Annual Conference. This year’s conference,...
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