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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Repairing a Broken Heart: Aaron Pratt's story from Bahamas   - Reported, February 11, 2012   Aaron Pratt is a nine year old heart patient. He had heart surgery six months after he was born. His grandmother noticed he was having difficulty breathing and took him to a private doctor. He was … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Early Sexual Initiation among Young Bahamian and its Implications for HIV Prevention   - Reported, February 11, 2012   Behavioral research and prevention intervention science efforts have largely been based on hypotheses of linear or rational behavior change. Additional advances in the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Alarming breast cancer findings in women of Bahamas   - Reported, February 11, 2012   An internationally renowned medical expert said yesterday he was shocked by the findings of a breast cancer study involving Bahamian women. Dr. Steven Narod, a professor of genetic and cancer research at … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Bahamas Women Health Information   - Reported, February 10, 2012   In Bahamas the lifetime average number of children per women is 2 compared with 2 in the UK. No data are available on contraceptive use in this country. 76% of women aged 50–69 years have undergone a breast examination or … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Luis Hospital in British Virgin Islands to raise rates, explore downsizing   - Reported, February 11, 2012   ST. CROIX - Luis Hospital officials are exploring all options - including downsizing - in an attempt to enable the cash-strapped hospital to deal with a financial picture that has … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health British Virgin Islands Women Health Information   - Reported, February 11, 2012   The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands (BVI), is a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Belize health information goes digital   - Reported, February 11, 2012   The tiny central American nation of Belize is digitizing its health information systems. Concerns about privacy need to be set against benefit to patients. Perched on the Caribbean coast and as ethnically and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health A new hope for women health in Belize   - Reported, February 11, 2012   Next month, a Little Rock doctor will complete a yearlong project to help women in Belize get necessary medical care. Dr. Gary Wheeler with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been working with the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Status of Women Health In Belize   - Reported, February 11, 2012   According to a BFLA Family Health Survey, the mean age of Belizean females for first sexual intercourse is 18 years. However, for women aged 15 to 19 the mean is 16 years, while for women 40 to 44 years it is 18. The age … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Belize Women Health Information   - Reported, February 11, 2012   In Belize the lifetime average number of children per women is 3 compared with 2 in the UK. No data are available on contraceptive use in this country. 71% of women aged 50–69 years have undergone a breast examination or … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Anguilla Women Health Information   - Reported, February 10, 2012   A coral and limestone island at the northern tip of the Leewards, the British overseas territory of Anguilla is best known as an upmarket destination for tourists and a haven for the wealthy. Life expectancy in Anguilla is … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Trends in the prevalence of adolescent births in Antigua and Barbuda   - Reported, February 10, 2012   A retrospective study was undertaken to determine trends in teenage births in Antigua and Barbuda from 1969 to 2003. Maternity Ward records were reviewed at Holberton Hospital, site … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health SDA Community Services Launch Health Programme in Anguilla   - Reported, February 10, 2012   Armed with the mission statement: "Following the example of Jesus, I promise to be kind and merciful to all in need, so that the name of Jesus may be glorified in the community", the Community … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Mental Health System in Anguilla   - Reported, February 10, 2012   Anguilla has a mental health policy and a legislative Act. There is no mental health unit in the Ministry of health. There was no national mental health plan that sets out the goals, actions, priorities, timelines, and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health $20,000 worth of medical equipment donated to Anguilla through Rotary Club CANADIANS   - Reported, February 10, 2012   The West Parry Sound Health Centre, located in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, in co-operation with the Rotary Club of Parry Sound, is pleased to donate five defibrillators … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Survival of very low birthweight infants in Antigua and Barbuda   - Reported, February 10, 2012   Recent attention has been focussed on pregnancy outcomes in developing countries, with the publication of the World Health Organization Report 2005, Make Every Mother and Child Count and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Did exclusive breast-feeding and early discharge lead to excessive bilirubin levels in newborns in Antigua and Barbuda?   - Reported, February 10, 2012   Hyperbilirubinaemia is a common neonatal problem worldwide and is the leading cause of admission to the Special Care Nursery in Antigua and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Antigua & Barbuda Women Health Information   - Reported, February 10, 2012   In Antigua and Barbuda the lifetime average number of children per women is 2 compared with 2 in the UK. No data are available on contraceptive use in this country. No data are available on mammography screening … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Generic breast cancer prevention drug overlooked   - Reported, February 8, 2012   Relatively few postmenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer are taking a generic drug proven to reduce the disease’s occurrence. After a study of 4,600 healthy women concluded that exemestane, sold … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Women Abusing Sleeping Pills   - Reported, February 6, 2012   ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire)--Physically exhausted but mentally wide-awake. It’s what insomniacs experience nightly. The problem hits 40 million Americans. Women are more likely to have it than men, and those sleepless … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Hiding Alcoholism: When Moms Hit Rock Bottom   - Reported, January 26, 2012   SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) --An estimated four million American women abuse alcohol and many of them have mastered hiding their problem from loved ones. Now, statistics show alcohol abuse among women is on … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Newborns Addicted To Pain Pills   - Reported, February 6, 2012   COLUMBUS, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --Prescription drug abuse is the nation’s fastest-growing drug problem, with more than seven million people abusing them and death rates tripling from their abuse in the last decade. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Dutch women with a low birth weight have an increased risk of myocardial infarction later in life   - Reported, February 04, 2012   Whether low birth weight increases the risk of myocardial infarction later in life in women. Nationwide population-based case-control study. Patients and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Dutch women advised to have breast implants removed   - Reported, February 04, 2012   Dutch health authorities now say women who had breast implants supplied by the French firm at the centre of a health scare should have them taken out.Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) had used silicone of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Netherlands Women Health Information   - Reported, February 04, 2012   In the Netherlands, everyone must have health insurance (ziektekostenverzekering) and be registered with a general practitioner (huisarts). There are very few private practices for gynecologists, so you will need to … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health Portugal young women report high rate of teenage births: Second highest in Europe   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   In Portugal, the main issue of concern regarding reproductive health is certainly the high rate of teenage births, the second highest in Europe. In Portugal, abortion … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health Portugal Women Health Information   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   Portuguese life expectancy (LE) at age 65 has increased by 1.3 years for women and 1.4 years for men over the 1995-2005 period: LE for both sexes between 1995-2001 was below the EU15 average and remained below the … [Read more...]