BREAKING NEWS
Today Thursday, April 18th, 2019
Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic, has called for more public education on mental health conditions such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), which affects two to three per c…
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Bajan Reporter • August 23rd, 2018 • 0 comments 
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The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados in association with the Healthy Caribbean Coalition and the Breastfeeding & Child Nutrition Foundation of Barbados will be hosting a public lecture ex…
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Bajan Reporter • August 9th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health, Photo Gallery )
Proceeds in aid of a new home for Cancer Support Services…
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Bajan Reporter • August 3rd, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health, Photo Gallery )
If preparations alone are any indicator, this year’s CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Walk for the Cure, the region’s largest cancer fundraiser, seems set to break new fundraising records. The …
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Bajan Reporter • July 16th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health )
Sagicor Life Inc has once again committed funding for the operations of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) through an extension of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Through the MOU, Sagicor Life…
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Bajan Reporter • July 7th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Project (SCAP) activities continue on July 19th 2018 from 8:00 a.m. with a special seminar. We therefore extend a warm invitation to join the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Project …
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Bajan Reporter • July 7th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health, Photo Gallery )
Barbadians are kindly asked to note that the Phlebotomy Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which is responsible for drawing blood from patients and the taking of blood specimens to the labora…
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Bajan Reporter • June 24th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health )
Local and regional health and sports professionals will be coming together at the Savannah Hotel on June 30–July, 1 2018 for the “Staying in the Game: From Prevention to Performance” Spo…
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Bajan Reporter • June 10th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Athletics, Health )
The Int’l Women’s Resource Network is calling on leaders and corporate stakeholders globally, to urgently consider investing more into civil society groups whose work is focused on psycho-…
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Bajan Reporter • June 10th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Featured, Health )
Cancer Support Services is the proud recipient of a donation from the Management, Staff and Guests of the Almond Beach Resort in memory of former staff member Jennifer Husbands and Lisa Ifill, daughte…
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Bajan Reporter • May 20th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Featured, Health )
The recently concluded Caribbean Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Forum was held in Kingston, Jamaica under the theme “Supporting National and Regional Advocacy in the Caribbean in the Lead Up to…
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Bajan Reporter • May 18th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
Hosted by Barbados Family Planning Association We kick off this summer with 2nd Annual Sexual Reproductive Health Conference; 23rd June 2018
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Bajan Reporter • May 13th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health, Photo Gallery )
If Barbados and peoples of the region are to truly thrive and prosper in longevity, then Caribbean Governments must create avenues for statisticians to create way overdue data in both nutrition and he…
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AirBourne • April 16th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
For the first time in the more than five decades of its existence, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has pursued and has been awarded an International Accreditation at the Gold level by Accreditation Canad…
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Bajan Reporter • April 8th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health )
Dr. Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, hand and upper extremity surgeon of the United States, former president of the International Society of Traumatology for the Hand (ISSPORTH) and founder of OrthoNOW, the…
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Bajan Reporter • April 8th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health )
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) Blood Bank is issuing an urgent appeal for ‘O‘ negative blood donations. Donated blood products will help replenish the QEH Blood Bank’s supply to …
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Bajan Reporter • March 19th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
All Men 35 and Over! Cancer Support Services will be conducting a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) Screening at Cancer Support Services, “Arborside“, Belmont Road, St Michael – diagon…
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Bajan Reporter • March 14th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
Sagicor Life, the leading insurance company in the Caribbean donated a fully customized, mobile medical unit to the Government of Dominica. The Unit purchased by Sagicor, in collaboration with Doctors…
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AirBourne • March 12th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
Allergies are common annoyances to many of us. From dust to pollen to food to pets, allergic reactions can range from mild to severe. But is it an allergy? Irritants, intolerances, sinuses or your min…
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Bajan Reporter • February 26th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
Most people know the signs and symptoms of the common cold – sore throat, runny nose, coughing and sneezing. But did you know that a cold is actually an infection? It’s one of the most com…
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Bajan Reporter • February 25th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health, Photo Gallery )
Allergies are common annoyances to many of us. From dust to pollen to food to pets, allergic reactions can range from mild to severe. But is it an allergy? Irritants, intolerances, sinuses or your min…
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Bajan Reporter • February 24th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health, Photo Gallery )
This CME focuses on increasing the awareness of allergies & immunotherapy. Topics include assessment, diagnosis & treatment; allergic rhinitis & sinusitis; chronic urticaria; sensitivities…
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Bajan Reporter • February 23rd, 2018 • 0 comments ( Health, Photo Gallery )
The fight against Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) in Barbados was stepped up when the Sagicor Group Life and Health Department unveiled an innovative Wellness Initiative, complete with a ful…
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Bajan Reporter • February 19th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
The quality of drinking water in the South Coast appears to have been compromised by the ongoing sewerage problem… Well, this is what some American diplomats are suggesting. The United States Em…
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Bajan Reporter • January 29th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
As Barbados and other Caribbean countries are being warned to expect more powerful hurricanes and flooding if the challenges of climate change are not addressed, a local emergency physician is urging …
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Bajan Reporter • January 15th, 2018 • 0 comments ( Breaking News, Featured, Health )
