KINGSTON, Jamaica — Renowned United Kingdom-based diabetes advocate Tony Kelly told Jamaican insurance executives and their guests recently that diabetes is too often dismissed as merely “just a little sugar’, as he urged them to take the non-communicable disease (NCD) seriously.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Renowned United Kingdom-based diabetes advocate Tony Kelly told Jamaican insurance executives and their guests recently that diabetes is too often dismissed as merely “just a little sugar’, as he urged them to take the non-communicable disease (NCD) seriously.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Renowned United Kingdom-based diabetes advocate Tony Kelly told Jamaican insurance executives and their guests recently that diabetes is too often dismissed as merely “just a little sugar’, as he urged them to take the non-communicable disease (NCD) seriously.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Renowned United Kingdom-based diabetes advocate Tony Kelly told Jamaican insurance executives and their guests recently that diabetes is too often dismissed as merely “just a little sugar’, as he urged them to take the non-communicable disease (NCD) seriously.

As Jamaica observes World Kidney Day today (March 12), a local nephrologist is calling on the government and health care stakeholders to look beyond dialysis as treatment for kidney disease and to revisit kidney transplantation.

JMF donates J$60,000 to Shauna Hector for dialysis treatment.

JMF donates J$60,000 to Shauna Hector for dialysis treatment.

The Jamaica Medical Foundation JMF), the health outreach arm of the Insurance Industry, in furtherance of its mission “to provide a lifeline to health” has donated Five hundred thousand dollars to purchase much needed medication for Melissa Hurricane victims.

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?