» Health http://jamaicaviews.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:39:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How To Give Your Self Cancer http://jamaicaviews.com/how-to-give-your-self-cancer/ http://jamaicaviews.com/how-to-give-your-self-cancer/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:50:31 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=4189 How To Give Your Self Cancer!

I find this article in the Jamaica Gleaner  and you should definitely read it!

THE SECOND biggest killer of people worldwide is cancer. At present, statistics indicate that one third of the population will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Many have been led to believe that we do not know why people get cancer. The truth is that we do know a lot about what causes cancer. The reality is that we increase our cancer risk by  Click Here For More

 

 

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/how-to-give-your-self-cancer/feed/ 1 Jamaica Med http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaica-med/ http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaica-med/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:54:25 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=3646 After watching Your Issues Live 3/1/11 in regards to Jamaica Meds (member first) services that is available to Jamaicans who pay a fee of $500.00 monthly and that you will be qualified for the services after six months if you pay every month. There are many questions that need to be answered and there are many issues that Jamaicans need to be informed about. It is good to talk as if you have an emergency you are lifted to a foreign institution for medical care and all is well.

Working here as a nurse I know that everything is not as good as it sound in all cases and the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side. I know for sure that there are many services that are not available in Jamaica that are available in many other countries. Jamaica also does not have all machinery that exists in many other countries that is necessary for doing specific surgeries or procedures. But it is even worse to be air lifted to a place that have all the equipment necessary to save a life but still you perish.

Going to another country does not necessary means that one will get the necessary surgery that is available or that the particular surgery will be provided by a surgeon that is experience to perform that particular surgery. This is why I am concerned as to who made the selections of the hospitals and if a list of the doctors will be given to the members of Jamaica Med so they will be able to research the qualifications and credentials of these doctors and their performances.

It was said that the Jamaica Med customer will be given a discount. The member needs to know that getting to America that their problem has just started because medical in America is quite significant. So getting to America is one thing getting the necessary medical services is the next and paying for the bill is the other. It is no secret regarding the situation in America as it relates to healthcare the cost and many Americans who are without healthcare due to the cost. Therefore don’t be fooled that you will come to America and get health coverage with maximum discount when many Americans are not allowed that privilege.

Maria Buchanan

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaica-med/feed/ 0 Jamaican Scientist Discovers Cancer Treatment http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaican-scientist-discovers-cancer-treatment/ http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaican-scientist-discovers-cancer-treatment/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:57:21 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=3511 A Jamaican scientist is being celebrated on the international stage for finding an effective treatment for some types of cancer.
Dr Lawrence Williams, a research scientist at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), has been awarded an international patent on a compound isolated from the Guinea Hen Weed as a protein complex of dibenzyl trisulphide.Click Here For More.

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaican-scientist-discovers-cancer-treatment/feed/ 0 Mosquito infestation In Port more http://jamaicaviews.com/mosquito-infestation-in-port-more/ http://jamaicaviews.com/mosquito-infestation-in-port-more/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:29:22 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=2646 Why the gutters and drain were not clean in Port more? Whose responsibility it is to clean them and whose interest would it be to have these areas cleaned.

It bothers my mind to hear the mayor of Port more Keith Hinds talk about the issues of mosquito infestation in that area. It is simple open contained water will breed mosquitoes. Therefore drains, gullies and gutters should have been clean during the long drought. I cannot understand how it is that Jamaicans especially the leaders are so complacent. Why is it that we have become reactive instead of proactive?

We have more than one reason to clean the drains and gullies; first we know that most of the time after a long drought once the rain starts it pours heavily. Secondly lack of preparation scared me mostly because we are at the beginning of the hurricane season so why then is the mayor and the responsible party did not have the drains ready for the hurricane season. We are slacking here It makes no sense to be calling on the health ministry at this time when preparation should have be made and the drains should have already been cleaned or it is the responsibility of the health ministry to have the drains and gullies clean.

Now is time to get the people’s business done hurricane and mosquitoes will not linga while we decide when to get the job done.

Maria Buchanan

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/mosquito-infestation-in-port-more/feed/ 0 ‘Strawberry Quick,’ New Drugs In Schools http://jamaicaviews.com/new-deadly-drugs-in-schools/ http://jamaicaviews.com/new-deadly-drugs-in-schools/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:22:39 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=1991

Strawberry Quick

Parents be Warned. Words out that a new deadly drug has hit the schools and it is the worse yet. Scary times that we are in – please read and pass on to raise awareness and to stop this craziness before it gets to your kids

 

This is a new drug known as ‘strawberry quick’. There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that we all need to be aware of. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks
(the candy that sizzles and ‘pops’ in your mouth). It also smells like strawberry
and it is being handed out to kids in school yards. They are calling it strawberry meth or strawberry quick.

Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy and being rushed off to the hospital in dire condition.
It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape and orange.
Please instruct your children not to accept candy from strangers and even not to accept candy
that looks like this from a friend (who may have been given it and believe it is candy) and to take
any that they may have to a teacher, principal, etc. immediately.
Pass this email on to as many people as you can (even if they don’t have kids) so that we can
raise awareness and hopefully prevent any tragedies from occurring.

 

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It is a shame that every year many thousand pounds of weed is destroyed by outside entity even though Jamaica need money so therefore if weed production is regulated properly then that could only be a win, win situation for Jamaica. The production would mean job and taxes for the Government.

I don’t encourage anyone to try and export weed to any country unless there is an agreement between the Governments to export\import this product for medicinal uses. The product should be made available for all those who want to come to the country to smoke.

Francis Buchanan

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/marijuana-use/feed/ 0 Blood Bank Dilemma http://jamaicaviews.com/blood-bank-dilemma/ http://jamaicaviews.com/blood-bank-dilemma/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:50:52 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=1736 It was surprising to me when my cousin told me that her father had received blood which he need desperately and more or less he would have died if he had not received those units of pack red blood cells. What had floored me is when she told me that the Dr. said that she wanted back her blood which my cousin had agreed to return. The problem only got worse when people, family members, and friends who were willing to give blood change their minds when they realized the location of the donation site. They were afraid to tread in that area.

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/blood-bank-dilemma/feed/ 0 Bad Teeth May Increase Risk of Heart Attack Among Black Men http://jamaicaviews.com/bad-teeth-may-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-among-black-men/ http://jamaicaviews.com/bad-teeth-may-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-among-black-men/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:26:06 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=1634 FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) — Black males may be at increased risk for heart problems caused by accumulation of dental plaque, a U.S. study finds. Click Here For More

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/bad-teeth-may-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-among-black-men/feed/ 0 Jamaica Has Its First Swine Flu Death http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaica-has-its-first-swine-flu-death/ http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaica-has-its-first-swine-flu-death/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:47:45 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=1457 News report out of Jamaica is that a 22 year old man has succumbed to the deadly H1N1 virus also known as Swine Flu. More on the story as it enfolds.

]]> http://jamaicaviews.com/jamaica-has-its-first-swine-flu-death/feed/ 0 Is Your Cell phone Safe? http://jamaicaviews.com/is-your-cell-phone-safe/ http://jamaicaviews.com/is-your-cell-phone-safe/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:50:49 +0000 Jamaica Views Readers http://jamaicaviews.com/?p=1411 Is Your Cell phone Safe?

If you believe that your cell phone is safe watch the video below where your cell phone acts like a microwave.

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