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The Women's Specialist Medical Centre

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January 17, 2023
Cleveland Clinic: What to Expect After an Abnormal Pap Smear

If your Pap test comes back with an abnormal results, your first instinct may be to panic that you have cervical cancer.

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April 11, 2023
Fighting for her pride and joy

Waynesha Symonette, 30, knows all too well the importance of her three-year-old daughter receiving the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination as soon as she is able to. Symonette was 27 years old at the time with a months-old daughter, Anteya Goodman, when she learned devastating news that she had stage three cervical cancer. Her only thought ...
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January 17, 2023
Femina's party with a cause

Dr. Nina Saunders-Graham believes in educating women and all women and girls having access to the right knowledge about their bodies and the conditions that may affect them at any stage of their lives. And she said not many people realize that cervical cancer is preventable and curable if detected early and managed effectively.

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March 08, 2022
Bahamian Women’s Reproductive Health Care Needs Addressed in Harvard-Affiliated Hospital News

Two Bahamians made their editorial debut this International Women’s Day in a publication of Massachusetts General Hospital, the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

Dr Shamanique Bodie-Williams and media professional Tosheena Robinson tackled the pandemic’s impact on cervical screenings tests for Bahamian women in their article, “Screening Inequalities During ...

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May 11, 2010
Colposcopy clinic expected to improve cervical cancer health outcomes

The establishment of a Colposcopy Clinic at the South Beach Community Health Centre Monday will play a critical role in the future treatment of cervical cancer in The Bahamas, particularly at the public healthcare level, Maternal and Child Health Services Consultant Dr Baldwin Carey said.

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January 17, 2012
Cervical cancer -- the second leading cause of cancer deaths is preventable

January is the month that has been designated by many cancer societies around the world as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month due to the fact that globally, cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of sickness and death in women. The overall effects of this preventable disease are incalculable, but the economic loss in terms of lost earnings in the Caribbean and Latin American region alone, has b...

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January 19, 2022
Pap Smears At All Time Low

Only 10 per cent of women in The Bahamas received cervical screening tests prior to the pandemic and with the onset of the coronavirus disease, pap smears would have likely fallen to an all-time low with very little being done to increase the rate of screening, according to one well-known obstetrician/gynecologist (OB-GYN).

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May 31, 2016
A focus on women's health

Women tend to be better than men about seeking medical attention when they don't feel well, but there is still a cross section that tries to get away with only scheduling an annual trip to the gynecologist.

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