White Socks and Peripheral Arterial Disease PAD

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is a common problem that affects almost 10 percent of the population. It is estimated that one in every 20 adults over the age of 50 has PAD. It is when blood vessels begin to narrow leading to decreased blood flow to the lower legs and feet.

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QC student Cherkadin sets BGCSE record  

The 16-year-old Queen's College student who achieved the top results in this year's Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) examinations, and the most BGCSEs achieved at one time in the 30-year history of the exams, wants other young men to know that they can achieve great things once they have the drive to accomplish ...
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Doctor details crime victims' plights

A clear impression of how dire the crime situation in the country is can be drawn from examining the caseload of one critical care surgeon at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), said Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Dr. Duane Sands during debate on a group of crime bills in the Senate yesterday.
To highlight the severity of the issue, Dr. Sands, who is chief of surgery at PMH, described the chil...

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Venous insufficiency occurs when blood does not flow properly

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...

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"It was Reaffirming as a Bahamian"

MOROCCO - A local pediatric surgeon traveling to Morocco recently with an international foundation that aims to change the lives of the less fortunate.

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Bahamas Docs Help Kids In Sahara Desert

The Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation is pleased to announce Bahamian medical treasure, Dr. Ashaini Knowles, a pediatric and general surgeon from Nassau joined the recent mission to Dakhal, Morocco to perform life changing surgeries on children and their families.

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Early Diagnosis and Significant Advances in Treatment Could Reduce High Lung Cancer Death Rate, Says Cleveland Clinic Expert

With early screening and ongoing advances in treatment options, there is no reason for lung cancer to maintain its reputation as one of the deadliest cancers, according to an expert from global health system Cleveland Clinic, speaking ahead of World Lung Cancer Day [August 1].

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Hope and Help

Every female at some point in time can attest to having leaked urine when they laughed, coughed, sneezed or even as they exercised. Or getting a sudden urge to urinate, and in some instances not being able to make it to the bathroom on time, and leaking urine. And then, there are the people with ...
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Sands: Unlikely govt will meet NHI targets

Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Duane Sands said yesterday it is unlikely that the government will meet the road map to implement National Health Insurance (NHI) in 2016 as outlined in a recent report done by Sanigest Internacional President James Cercone.

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Kabir Singh

• Genre : Action, Drama, Romance
• Rating : C - 18yrs and Older

Kabir Singh is a remake of a Telugu movie Arjun Reddy (2017), where a short-tempered house surgeon gets used to drugs and drinks when his girlfriend is forced to marry another person.