Heart-attack risk spikes after sex, exercise
CNN – Exercising or having sex just about triples a person’s risk of heart attack ...
Ministry of Health reviews manual on management of hypertension and diabetes in Dominica
Over fifty health care professionals gathered at the Princess Margaret Hospital conference room ...
Ministry of Health offers tips for alcohol consumption during carnival season
During this Carnival Season many Dominicans might be thinking of drinking some form of alcohol ...
Dominica assesses its national HIV/AIDS Response Programme
Last week the Ministry of Health convened a forum to assess the National HIV/AIDS Response ...
Health Minister proposes sub-regional approach to health information
Minister for Health Julius Timothy has proposed a sub-regional approach to strengthening health ...
Men take better care of your health – official
Men in Dominica are being asked to take their health more seriously. That’s the appeal being ...
Urgent appeal for blood
Aurthurton Musgrave, a patient at the Princess Margaret Hospital, is in need of blood – ...
Buggery cases in Dominica alarm Health Minister
Health Minister Julius Timothy has raised concerns about what he said seems to be a growing ...
Nurses resume protest
A peaceful protest, dubbed the “campaign against bullying”, in which several nurses from ...
UPDATE: Nurses protest
About 20 nurses at the Princess Margaret Hospital today staged a peaceful protest in the ...
Occupational Therapy building launched
Health officials are expecting the newly launched Occupational Therapy (OT) building to remodel ...
Leptospirosis alert
The Ministry of Health in Dominica wishes to inform the public that there is an increase ...
Timothy blames some social problems on marijuana
Minister for Health Julius Timothy says the use of marijuana is to blame for some of the social ...
Message in observance of Drug Awareness Month 2011
Drug Awareness month 2011 is being observed under the theme Think Health – Not Drugs. Let ...
FDA warns against use of Fruta Planta weight-loss supplement
The Ministry of Health wishes to inform the general public that the Food and Drugs ...
Government drafting legislation for monitoring of medicinal drugs
Chief Pharmacist Errol Thomas has said that there is legislation being drafted to provide for ...
Grand Bay health center bring smiles to elderly couple
On December 24, 2010, staff of the Grand Bay health center gave Philomen Williams and her ...
Health officials ask public to stop using Abbott Glucose Strips after recall
The Ministry of Health has urged the public to promptly stop the use of some Abbott Glucose ...
Education, health at the top of PM’s agenda for 2011
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has promised that much attention will be placed on the health ...
DSC celebrates success of midwifery graduates
Twelve students sat the midwifery component of the General Nursing Council of Dominica ...
Permission to open medical centre in St. Joseph denied – Opposition
Opposition leader Hector John has called for answers regarding what he claims is the refusal to ...
HIV/AIDS authorities target sex workers
While prostitution is illegal in Dominica, the crime is being practiced. As such, a member of ...