This season, I caught both a cold in February 2016 and the Flu in June 2016. I conclude that the strains have changed because, they were both devastating. The Flu had me at home for two weeks. I had majority of the symptoms and my nights were beyond miserable. In the final week, I was … Continue reading Tips for Cold and Flu Season: What Is Phlegm or Mucus
This season, I caught both a cold in February 2016 and the Flu in June 2016. I conclude that the strains have changed because, they were both devastating. The Flu had me at home for two weeks. I had majority of the symptoms and my nights were beyond miserable. In the final week, I was … Continue reading Tips for Cold and Flu Season
Doctor warns virus might thrive in municipality "I say to you, if you have a house in Portmore, sell it!" These are the words of a medical doctor with a grave concern for residents of Portmore, St Catherine, who believes the impending Zika virus could gradually wipe out the population. Dr Jephthah Ford said Jamaica … Continue reading Zik V could destroy Portmore, Jamaica – Doctor warns virus might thrive in municipality
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Experts say the world cannot ease up on efforts to fully develop Ebola vaccines. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) this week ended the global health emergency over Ebola, the world cannot ease up on efforts to maximize development of Ebola vaccines and prepare for the next outbreak, according to an expert panel. A report … Continue reading Expert panel urges no letup on Ebola vaccine progress
Mo is an Ebola survivor who is slowly going blind. (Emily Baumgaertner) Mo scratches at his eyes, his burning photophobia triggered in the sunlight. My instinct is to bat his hand away, to warn him, “You’ll scratch your cornea!”, but I bite my tongue. A corneal abrasion would hardly exacerbate the fact that he … Continue reading Ebola ravaged countries like Sierra Leone, needs Ophthalmologists, eye doctors for Epidemic’s Survivors
Some West Africans who have beat the deadly disease are now going blind—and doctors, unsure if treatment would unleash the virus back into the population, are powerless to help them. Ebola Virus Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors Exactly one year after the physician and Ebola survivor Ian Crozier woke from his coma, I met … Continue reading Ebola Virus Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Liberia, the World Health Organization said Friday, a setback for the country which had been declared free from Ebola transmissions in January. Health authorities at the Redemption Hospital in the densely-populated New Kru Town suburbs of Monrovia said a 30-year-old woman died … Continue reading Woman dies of Ebola in Liberia; West African country had been declared free from transmission | The Seattle Times
By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe The Arthritis disease is actually inflammation in the joints. When injury occurs that joint becomes tender, painful, stiff and swollen. If the inflammation is there for an extended period then the tissues will be permanently damaged. A joint is located where two bones … Continue reading Jamaican Health and Lifestyle: What you should know about The Arthritis disease
A Killer In Your Fridge ~ Sweet Poison Reblogged: Rhonda Gessner In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much … Continue reading The Truth about Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi
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