Health

With less than 10 days to go as we countdown to 1 February, the social media public awareness campaign has switched into high gear, in preparation for the full implementation of the ban on single-use […]

(BBC) – A newly-discovered part of our immune system could be harnessed to treat all cancers, say scientists. The Cardiff University team discovered a method of killing prostate, breast, lung and other cancers in lab tests. […]

(AP) — Countries in Asia and elsewhere have begun body temperature checks at airports, railway stations and along highways in hopes of catching people carrying a new coronavirus that is believed to have spread from Wuhan […]

(CNN)-Having sex less frequently could lead to an earlier menopause, a new study suggests. Researchers found that women who reported having sexual activity weekly were 28% less likely to have experienced menopause than those who […]

(CNN)-Abstaining from food for 16 to 18 hours a day could be key to treating a variety of health conditions — even if you’ve got to train yourself to push past the hunger. A review […]

(CNN)It’s a difficult birth for this new decade. The year 2020 kicks off under the shadow of divisive politics, international security threats, a spate of hate crimes, and a planet in environmental peril, plus all […]

(CMC) – The United Nations health agency has signalled that tobacco might be reaching burn-out among Caribbean men, predicting that two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world is set to go into reverse. “For […]

An advance executive summary of the Zero Carbon Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 Report was presented during the COP25 in Madrid The report analyzes the opportunities, costs and benefits of coupled decarbonization of power […]