Vitamin D is essential for skeletal and skeletal muscle health. It is present in varying quantities in certain foods, but the average diet does not contain enough to meet daily needs. A good source is exposure to sunlight for sufficient time to enable the skin to synthesise the vitamin from cholesterol using the ultraviolet spectrum. In some countries, a regulated process of fortification of certain commonly consumed foods exists.

Obesity (BMI: >30 kg/m2) has reached epidemic proportions, both globally as well as locally in the Caribbean region, without discrimination against age, sex, race, socioeconomic, and educational levels.

New research demonstrates that the use of tipifarnib as a treatment for peripheral T-cell lymphoma showed an increase in survival rates…

The Authors of this study were determined to discover if there is an association between gastrin hormone levels in patients with gastritis with or without pre-malignant lesions.

A recent small study has revealed that injecting fat into the foot could promote healing of plantar fasciitis…

A recent study has revealed that the delivery of penicillin is important when treating high-risk patients with rheumatic heart disease…

A novel ultrasound technique could precisely predict which infants diagnosed with hip dysplasia will have a normal hip structure…

A new blood test alongside MRI could minimise the cost of prostate cancer screening, as well as the overdiagnosis of low-risk cancer…