Health Check – Spotlight On Cataracts

June is Cataract Awareness Month – and for people living with diabetes, it’s a timely reminder…

Health Check – Bloodline Boost: 83 Heroes, 250 Lives

A blood drive held over the weekend may have just saved up to 250 lives. It…

Health Check – Robust National Cancer Registry Needed

Cancer is striking younger people — those who are of working age. This is adding urgency…

Health Check – St Augustine Teaching Hospital

Approximately one in every three deaths in Trinidad and Tobago is caused by cardiovascular disease. Advances…

Health Check – New Support Group Launched For Lupus Warriors in Tobago

Tobagonians affected by lupus now have a support group to call their own. This new entity,…

Health Check – Alcoholics Anonymous

Last week on Health Check, we learnt that alcoholism is a disease—one that destroys the brain,…

Health Check – Alcoholism

Alcoholism or Alcohol Use Disorder is dismissed as a weakness or bad habit. But did you…

Health Check – Demystifying Menopause

Menopause and peri-menopause are two natural stages in a woman’s life, yet they remain a mystery…

Health Check – World Cancer Day

Millions of people across the globe are diagnosed with cancer every year. Established in the year…

Health Check – Spermageddon: The Global Decline in Male Fertility

There’s been a dramatic decline in male fertility globally. It’s being dubbed ‘Spermageddon,’ and it could…

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