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Venous insufficiency
September 21, 2021
Venous insufficiency
Venous insufficiency is a condition where the flow of blood through the veins is inadequate, causing blood to pool in the legs. Remember, your arteries carry blood from your heart out to the rest of your body, like your legs. Your veins collect this blood and carry it back to the heart to be pumped again. One-way valves in the veins stop the blood from flowing backward. When the veins have trouble...
Minnis: I will protect you
September 16, 2021
Minnis: I will protect you
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis encouraged Bahamians to validate his party's performance in office and return him to power with a vote for the Free National Movement during yesterday's final rally of the election campaign season.
August 30, 2021
SAC's Maya Tilberg is the 2021 All-Bahamas Merit Scholar
Tilberg’s award comes in the 25th year of the award being meted out since its inception in 1993, but she is the 26th individual to receive the ABMS.
November 06, 2018
Cleveland Clinic First in the U.S. to Perform Prostate Surgery Using Port SP Robot
Urologic surgeons complete radical prostatectomy using new generation of robot that is designed for single-incision robotic surgery...
Cleveland Clinic Florida Teams with Local Specialists to Give Defence Force Officer His Life Back
August 26, 2021
Cleveland Clinic Florida Teams with Local Specialists to Give Defence Force Officer His Life Back
For 22 years as a member of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Lt. Shawn Evans lived and preached teamwork. When an accident on the job led to nearly unbearable pain, teamwork worked for him.
Evans, married and a father of three, suffered a bad fall at work in 2016. That moment would be the start of the longest journey of his life – one that instead of plying the clear turquoise waters of The ...
Cleveland Clinic Weston Opens Lozick Women’s Center
July 28, 2021
Cleveland Clinic Weston Opens Lozick Women’s Center
Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital recently announced the opening of its newly constructed 6,800 square foot Lozick Women’s Center, designed to provide a seamless and holistic experience for patients undergoing screening, diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer.
July 15, 2021
UB Alums Explore Self-Discovery and Cultural Awareness
As The Bahamas celebrates the complexities of its achievements 48 years after it became a sovereign nation, a panel of UB alumni is urging Bahamians to consider and embrace the differences that reflect individual and national success.
The Atlanta (ATL) chapter of the UB Alumni Association recently facilitated a discussion under its ATL Success Series on how self-perception, self-discovery, and...
October 20, 2014
Stem cell procedure a 'litmus test' for medical tourism
A prominent cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon has hailed the first procedure of the Okyanos Heart Institute as a "critical" first step in The Bahamas' fledgling medical tourism sector that would serve as a "litmus test" for future projects in the country.
Dr. Duane Sands told Guardian Business that while the country's medical tourism industry requires several "quick wins" to establish the countr...
Foot pain will increase in January!
January 03, 2011
Foot pain will increase in January!
A popular New Year's resolution is the desire to lose weight. While many are anxious to get started, it is important that you are fitted with the correct exercising footwear for the physical activity recommended in your weight loss program.
In an article cited in the Chicago Tribune, foot and ankle surgeons predicted an increase in foot pain during the month of January as people try to keep fitne...
June 07, 2021
Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital Performs First Living Donor Liver Transplant
Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital has performed its first living donor liver transplant, in which a daughter donated a portion of her liver to her mother who had been battling complicated liver disease for several years.
The donor and recipient surgeries were performed in Weston by a team of surgeons from Cleveland Clinic Weston and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, which has one of the nation’s ...
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