There is something quietly extraordinary about the pumpkin seed. Small enough to fit between your fingers, unassuming enough to be tossed aside, yet packed with a nutritional punch that science is only beginning to fully appreciate.
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HEALTH | The Bitter Truth: How Caribbean Grandmothers Knew What Science Is Now Proving About Cerasee
A generations-old bush tea remedy is finally getting the scientific attention it deserves—but caution is still warranted
Ask any Caribbean child about cerasee, and you'll likely witness a grimace that transcends...
Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news. In March 2023, a Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical middleman were found guilty of...
LONDON (AP) — August 14, 2024 - The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among...
HAVANA, Cuba - May 2014 - teleSUR - The Cuban drug Heberprot-p received authorization for the development of a clinical trial in the U.S. . At the end of the...
When I tell people that I research cannabis, I sometimes receive a furtive gesture that implies and presumes: “We’re both stoners!”, as if two members of a secret society have...
NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New...
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.9 million people lose their lives to it each year, accounting for 32% of global...
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 1, 2023 -Kahawa-Tungu- Kenyatta National Hospital Monday announced a milestone in foetal medicine after the successful transfusion of a baby while still in the mother’s uterus.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 19, 2023: The Ministry of Health and Wellness is cautioning Jamaicans about the continued increase in COVID-19 cases in the island and urges the public to remain...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 13, 2023 - In the first-ever open-heart surgery of its kind, to be performed in Guyana, a Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) team led by Guyanese born heart...
Havana, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) In light of a slight increase in Covid-19 cases in Cuba, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) decided to administer Nasalferon to at-risk groups.
Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Two studies released Monday in JAMA Pediatrics offer similarly stark views on the impact of gun violence on society's most vulnerable members: children.
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