30 Days to Inspiration (#26: Be Patient)
March is celebrated as Spiritual Wellness Month. It is a time to reflect on the values, ethics and morals that add value and give meaning to your life. Here at diGJamaica, we’re going on a quest for 30...
View Article30 Days to Inspiration (#27: Say You’re Sorry)
March is celebrated as Spiritual Wellness Month. It is a time to reflect on the values, ethics and morals that add value and give meaning to your life. Here at diGJamaica, we’re going on a quest for 30...
View Article30 Days to Inspiration (#28: Judge Not)
March is celebrated as Spiritual Wellness Month. It is a time to reflect on the values, ethics and morals that add value and give meaning to your life. Here at diGJamaica, we’re going on a quest for 30...
View Article30 Days of Inspiration (#29: Budge Not)
March is celebrated as Spiritual Wellness Month. It is a time to reflect on the values, ethics and morals that add value and give meaning to your life. Here at diGJamaica, we’re going on a quest for 30...
View Article30 Days of Inspiration (#30: Forget the Past)
March is celebrated as Spiritual Wellness Month. It is a time to reflect on the values, ethics and morals that add value and give meaning to your life. Here at diGJamaica, we’re going on a quest for 30...
View Article#JaMoves: 5 Ways Jamaicans Like To Keep Moving
Jamaicans are active, energetic people. We like to move it, move it. Exercise is actually part of many of our routines in ways that we are not even aware of. So here’s a list of five activities that...
View Article#Infographic: World Parkinson’s Day 2017 – Seven Steps to 200
The year 2017 marked 200 years since Parkinson’s Disease was recognised as a medical condition. Here are seven historical facts that represent important steps taken on the 200-year medical journey...
View ArticleA History of The Jamaica Cancer Society and Relay For Life
On December 6, 1955, the Jamaica Cancer Society was founded by Dr Ken McNeill, then surgeon specialist at the Kingston Public Hospital. Before this founding, however, McNeill chaired a meeting on June...
View Article#VaccinesWork: Measles, Mumps, Rubella Shot From Jamaica
There was a time when life expectancy in Jamaica was 38 years old, and only 10 to 20 per cent of every 1,000 babies delivered by live births survived. That was in the 1800s, when disease and infections...
View ArticleMalaria Stats – Jamaica & The World
The following is an extract from Jamaica’s Ministry of Health public advisory on malaria in the country: Background Malaria in humans is caused by five species of a protozoal parasite belonging to the...
View ArticleWhat is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
You’ve probably never heard of this disorder before. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also called myalgic encephalomyelitis, occurs when the body experiences extreme fatigue that cannot be explained by...
View ArticleA First-Hand Account of Living With Fibromyalgia in Jamaica
You wouldn’t think that she suffers from intense pain and fatigue to see her sitting at her desk at work. You wouldn’t think that her memory goes a little foggy sometimes, or that her speech is...
View ArticleHepatitis and Jamaica: Stats & Facts
What is hepatitis? According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), “Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. The condition can be self-limiting or can progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis or...
View ArticleLiving with Paranoid Schizophrenia in Jamaica
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder, characterized by profound disruptions in thinking, affecting language, perception, and the sense of self. It often includes psychotic experiences, such as...
View ArticleWhat Is World Digestive Health Day (WDHD)?
World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) is celebrated annually on May 29. Its aim is to encourage good digestive health while increasing public awareness of stomach and intestinal disorders. Each year, a...
View Article15 Tips For Staying Hydrated
Water is life, they say. But unless you live in parts of the world where there is constant deprivation of this basic need, you can lose sight of how very true this statement is – or of how dehydrated...
View ArticleSickle Cell and Jamaica: Five Major Milestones
Sickle cell disease. Many people may not be aware of it’s prevalence, but it is estimated that 1.8 in every 1,000 persons in the Jamaican population has sickle cell disease, 300 Jamaican babies are...
View ArticleWhat Is Leptospirosis & How To Prevent It
What is leptospirosis? Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by leptospira bacteria and transmitted to humans from from both wild and domestic animals. Domestic animals such as dogs, cattle,...
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