A Medical professional is advising women who are at a greater risk for breast cancer, to begin the screening process earlier than recommended. February 4th is celebrated worldwide as “World Cancer Day” and Dr. Melissa Miguel, Registrar of Internal Medicine at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) was on NBC Radio’s “Face to Face” programme,… Continue Reading →
World Cancer Day 2016 is today being celebrated around the world, under the theme “We can. I can”. The day will be used to explore how everyone as a collective, or as an individual can play a part to reduce the burden of cancer. The Ministry of Health, Wellness & the Environment, is appealing to… Continue Reading →
St. Vincent and the Grenadines my soon have a Resident Oncologist to address the increasing number of cases of various types of Cancer. Dr. Owen Gabriel, an Oncologist out of St. Lucia, who has been visiting the country on a regular basis for the last three years, to provide medical attention to Cancer Patients, has… Continue Reading →
Cervical Cancer, is a public health problem, which accounts for an estimated five hundred and thirty thousand incident cases and two hundred and seventy five thousand deaths worldwide annually. PS in the Ministry of Heath Wellness and the Environment, Louis De Shong, while addressing participants of a workshop aimed at discussing the results of a… Continue Reading →
The Family Planning Unit within the Ministry of Health will conduct a workshop on Cancer Prevention in females today. The workshop will address matters such as breast and cervical cancer, causes, signs, symptoms, prevention and screening methodology. The Ministry of Health says the Workshop will mark the beginning of a series of workshops in each… Continue Reading →
Despite the major gains made in the fight against Cancer, one of this country’s Psychologists is calling for more efforts to be made to assist and empower persons diagnosed with and affected by the disease. Psychologist at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, Dr. Jozelle Miller highlighted the issue as this country joined the global community… Continue Reading →
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment joined with entities around the world to observe World Cancer Day today. The Ministry in a release notes that many scientific advances have been made in cancer research. However, it says the world over there is still a struggle to understand more about the condition. The Ministry… Continue Reading →