Kelso Medical Laboratory

Nassau / Paradise Island, Bahamas

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Tackling Breast Cancer Head-on, Cleveland Clinic Doctor Answers Tough Questions on Breast Cancer and Treatment Options Available Today

Breast cancer is no stranger to women. Whether you’ve lost someone to it, or supported a loved on their healing journey, women worldwide are too familiar with the disease.

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Which Colorectal Cancer Screening Method Is Right for You?

Colorectal cancer (or colon cancer) can be deadly — but early screenings by detecting colon cancer earlier than ever before are saving lives in The Bahamas. And although a colonoscopy is the gold standard in cancer screenings, it’s not the only method to detect this disease.

So what is colorectal cancer? First of all, your colon is a key part of your digestive system. It is the longest part...

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Ministry of Health's 'Mobile Men's Health Clinic' offering free health screening for men at various locations during month of June

The Ministry of Health and Wellness held a Mobile Men’s Health Clinic community initiative on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 on the grounds of Potter's Cay Dock, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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Services offered under NHI's primary care phase revealed

The National Health Insurance Secretariat revealed a full breakdown of services that would be offered by physicians under the $100 million primary care phase, outlining treatment and prevention measures for patients with diabetes, cancer, asthma, hypertension, high cholesterol and mental health issues.
With primary care expected to roll out in May 2017, the secretariat reiterated that certain serv...

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What Top Executives in The Bahamas Want for Christmas Might Surpise You

Ask a busy executive what she wants for Christmas and you might expect to hear words like ?one more day off? or a ?vacation unplugged...?

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The spit test that can predict how long you will live

The spit test that can predict how long you will live: Levels of an antibody in the body fall the nearer a person gets to death

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Tempers flare at town meeting

Hundreds of people packed Grace Community Church hall last night for a town meeting that took on a deeply divisive political tone, which at times drowned out concerns being expressed by frustrated Marathon residents over a Rubis gasoline leak in their area.

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Bone Cancer Is An Abnormal Growth of New, Malignant Tissues In Bone Cells

Bone cancer is one of the cancers that affect children, adolescents and young adults more frequently than older people. There are different types of bone cancers, and most affect young males more often than young females.

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Testicular cancer is relatively easy to detect, diagnose and effectively treat

Cancer of the testes is not one of the more widely discussed cancers. It is however, the cancer that most frequently affects young males in our community aged 15 to 35 years-old. While testicular cancer can grow quite rapidly, it is also a cancer that if diagnosed early, is often found to be curable. The five-year survival rate for this cancer, if detected and treated early, is now 95 percent. The...

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