Wellness advice seems to be everywhere these days, but change can be hard. How do you start a journey toward better health that you can stick with, and not be overwhelmed?

Wellness advice seems to be everywhere these days, but change can be hard. How do you start a journey toward better health that you can stick with, and not be overwhelmed?

A Jamaican urologist is urging a shift in the focus of prostate cancer screening from the long-promoted digital rectal examination (DRE) to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, citing what she says is the low sensitivity of the DRE in early detection of the disease.

Zion Care International, a registered non-profit organisation in New York and Jamaica, recently returned to the island to provide free medical and dental services to residents of underserved communities.

Citing the sheer cost of cancer medication and therapies, as well as the time treatment takes, a local surgeon says it may be time for a cancer centre to be established in the country.

For that reason, there should be considerable anticipation of better times to come following announcement by the State-run Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund of plans to address the growing problem of kidney disease.

Orville Johnson was elected as the new chairman of the Jamaica Medical Foundation (JMF) at a meeting of the executives held at Insurance House in Kingston, recently.

Orville Johnson was elected as the new chairman of the Jamaica Medical Foundation (JMF) at a meeting of the executives held at Insurance House in Kingston, recently.

Orville Johnson was elected as the new chairman of the Jamaica Medical Foundation (JMF) at a meeting of the executives held at Insurance House in Kingston, recently.