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June 10, 2019

British Researchers Successfully Invented a Personal Pill for Prostate Cancer

The first personalised drug for prostate cancer is set to revolutionise treatment and extend the lives of thousands of men.  The drug (olaparib) is currently licensed to treat ovarian cancer could be a successful treatment for men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Currently in clinical trials, the pill is taken on a daily basis and uses the patient’s genetic make-up to target the tumour’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cancer treatment, Featured, Prostate Cancer

June 4, 2019

Gun Violence: A Global Public Health Epidemic

  The gun violence crisis is not restricted to the United States which leads the developed world for mass shootings as recently last week in Virginia Beach and in 2018 at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.  However it is rare that mass shootings occur internationally and when it does occur it is usually related to terrorism as the cases in New Zealand and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Gun Violence, Public Health

April 3, 2019 Leave a Comment

Taiwan & St. Kitts Join Forces to Reduce Chronic Kidney Disease

Taiwan is going to provide technical assistance to St. Kitts in several projects, Enhancing Agricultural Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability Project, the Nevis Pinney’s Beach Project, the Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease, and the Land Administration Information System Project.  The major objective of these projects is to add to the further … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, International Health, Leadership, Public Health

November 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

Why US Health Insurance Plans Don’t Include Medical Travel?

Why do so few US health insurance companies offer international medical travel benefits? In the first of two articles, Irving Stackpole, President, Stackpole & Associates Inc, and Elizabeth Ziemba President of Medical Tourism Training Inc unpick the issues. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Insurance, International Health, Medical Tourism

November 6, 2018 Leave a Comment

OECS to Strengthen ties with French Territories

            The health ministers of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in October in Grenada and advanced new health initiatives including strengthening  their cooperation with their neighboring French territories to ensure that no citizen of OECS member states ‘are left behind' when it comes to accessing health services. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean Health, Featured, International Health, OECS, Public Health

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