Quit smoking today!

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As todAY IS World No Tobacco Day, I would like to highlight some of the reasons why one should quit smoking. Most people know that smoking tobacco i...

World No Tobacco Day 2016: Get ready for plain packaging

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Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health risks associated w...

The importance of vaccination

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Parents want to do everything possible to make sure their children are healthy and protected from preventable diseases. Apart from a balanced diet, ex...

Go for the gold! Get vaccinated

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Vaccination week in the Americas will be celebrated during April 23 - 30, 2016. The theme for the week is ‘Go for the gold! Get vaccinatedâ€Â...

High blood pressure (hypertension)

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High blood pressure is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against the artery walls is high enough that it may eventually c...

Alcoholism is a disease

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For most adults, moderate alcohol use is probably not harmful. However, there are many individuals who may suffer from alcohol use disorder. This me...

The ethics of medicine

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Medicine is more than just seeing patients, diagnosing them and prescribing. The relationship that is formed between the physician and the patient i...

Leptospirosis

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As we talk about vector borne diseases, we will shift the focus this week away from mosquitoes and consider another vector borne disease that is of pu...

Zika virus is upon us

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In late 2013, Chikun-gunya emerged in the Caribbean, where it quickly spread to almost every island. Now the threat of Zika, another mosquito borne ...

Innovative ways of mosquito control needed

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The fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito has been a long one for the region of the Americas. For years now, dengue has affected the region. The re...