World Cancer Day in St Kitts
Today is World Cancer Day, a day that gives the entire world the opportunity to come together to show solidarity on an issue that pretty much touches everybody – whether that be directly or...
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Latest Research on Hair Dyes, Relaxers and Breast Cancer
Over the years there have been numerous questions and concern about the impact chemicals in hair products have on our health. This concern has been heightened in the black community for some time,...
Alcohol and Cancer in the Caribbean
Friday 17th November was the second annual Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day. This year’s theme was: Drink Less, Reduce Cancer and to mark the day the Healthy Caribbean Coalition, in collaboration...
TED Fellow Dr Elizabeth Wayne Discusses Her Research on Cancer Treatment
We recently came across this really interesting video on TED and thought we’d share it with you. In this video you’ll hear from Dr Elizabeth Wayne, a biomedical engineer, who discusses the work...
The Montevideo Roadmap on NCDs as a Sustainable Development Priority
A couple of weeks ago government representatives from across the world met in Montevideo, Uruguay for the World Health Organisation’s Global Conference on NCDs (Non-communicable diseases, e.g:...
What’s Your Reason for Preventing Stroke?
Today is World Stroke Day giving us the perfect opportunity to put the spotlight on this condition. The organisers of World Stroke Day, the World Stroke Organisation, as part of this year’s...
Our Diabetes Champions Raise Awareness at Croydon College
Type 2 diabetes is three times more common in the black community and as this type of diabetes can be prevented or delayed with a healthy lifestyle we can make a huge difference in our community by...
A Focus on Diabetes
This week is Diabetes Awareness Week and our guest blogger, Stacey Mensah discusses a diabetes diet as well as our current Diabetes Community Champion project.
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