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Cancer fighter’s will to survive
October 11, 2018
Cancer fighter’s will to survive
Yvette Williams was diagnosed with breast cancer on the 27th July 2000. One week later she had a mastectomy...She is one of many women in The Bahamas who made the radical decision to save their lives...
Cleveland Clinic Develops Calculator To Estimate 10-Year Risk of Diabetes Complications
December 22, 2019
Cleveland Clinic Develops Calculator To Estimate 10-Year Risk of Diabetes Complications
Patients struggling with type 2 diabetes and obesity are faced with the decision of whether to receive usual medical care or undergo weight-loss surgery. Now, a new risk calculator developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers can show these patients their risks of developing major health complications over the next 10 years depending on which course of treatment they choose...
Cleveland Clinic Performs Its First Purely Laparoscopic Living Donor Surgery for Liver Transplant
December 20, 2019
Cleveland Clinic Performs Its First Purely Laparoscopic Living Donor Surgery for Liver Transplant
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed the Midwest’s first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation in an adult recipient. The advanced procedure is available at only a few hospitals worldwide, and Cleveland Clinic is the second U.S. academic medical center to offer this approach for living donor liver transplantation...
May 03, 2021
Queen's College students sweep national awards top spots
Kamori Sawyer, a student of Queen's College, is the recipient of the Paul Adderley Award, which is awarded to the Most Outstanding Student in the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) exams.
Dupuch: NHI 'a dead rat,' badly focused
February 24, 2016
Dupuch: NHI 'a dead rat,' badly focused
Former Member of Parliament Pierre Dupuch has waded into the turbulence surrounding the Christie administration's National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme - which he likened to "a dead rat" - questioning "the real motive behind the brigade of Cuban doctors coming to The Bahamas" and hinting at "union busting" in the public health system.
Top Achievers in 2020 National Exams Receive Awards
April 26, 2021
Top Achievers in 2020 National Exams Receive Awards
Top achievers from public and private institutions throughout the country who excelled in the 2020 national Bahamas Junior Certificate (BJC) and Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) examinations were celebrated at the National Awards Presentations hosted by the Examination & Assessment Division of the Ministry of Education (MOE).
The event, scaled-down due to COVID-19 pro...
February 05, 2021
Grand Bahama Nurse Faces Emotional, Medical Threat, Praises Local Doctor, Cleveland Clinic Florida “They Saved my Life’
There are moments when Daphne Roxbury does not know how she got through it. Two weeks before Hurricane Dorian ravaged Grand Bahama and Abaco, the Registered Nurse who had helped so many others through pain and suffering learned the suspicious area that turned up on an MRI was what she most feared, breast cancer.
She had survived a major surgery for pre-ovarian cancer, diabetes, asthma, a resus...
February 01, 2021
Cleveland Clinic and Doctors Hospital Health System Establish Strategic Relationship to Expand and Improve Healthcare Services in The Bahamas
Cleveland Clinic and Doctors Hospital Health System have formed a strategic advisory council with the goal of expanding and improving the delivery of healthcare services in the Bahamas...
Cleveland Clinic Florida host free “Healthy Habits” webinar with local professionals to get you in shape for 2021
January 15, 2021
Cleveland Clinic Florida host free “Healthy Habits” webinar with local professionals to get you in shape for 2021
With one in four Americans making new year’s resolutions and very likely just as many, if not more, in The Bahamas doing so, it’s hardly surprising that the number one resolution was exercising more and losing weight...
Your feet and the summer heat
June 16, 2015
Your feet and the summer heat
As we enjoy the long, hot summer, we think only of long strolls on the beach and the feel of sand through our toes.
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