Second Medical Doctor Has Died From Swine Flu In Jamaica.

A next medical doctor has died from H1N1 (Swine Flu) related complications.

Doctor, Denise Duncan Goffe, is the sixth person to have died since the virus was first reported here in January and the second doctor to have died from the virus.

Duncan Goffe, who was over 60 years old, had been admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies.

Chief medical officer, Dr Winston De La Haye, says she was in the high-risk group as she had other complications.

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Zika Virus Increase In Jamaica Three (3) New Cases Confirm

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The Ministry of Health i Jamaica has confirmed three additional cases of Zika virus infection, bring to four the number of affected persons in Jamaica, to date.

Two of the infected persons are from Christian Pen and Greater Portmore, St. Catherine, while the other is from Lyssons, St. Thomas.

The first Zika case was confirmed in February 2016.

Doctors have linked the Zika virus to microcephaly which is the abnormal smallness of the head of infants which is associated with incomplete brain development. 

The zika virus is cause from the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, please avoid mosquito bites.

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WHO (World Health Organization) Said That Sexual Transmission Of Zika Is More Common Than Thought

The World Health Organization says reports from several countries suggest that sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought.

After a meeting of its emergency committee today, the UN health agency also said there is increasing evidence that a spike in disturbing birth defects is caused by Zika, which is mostly spread by mosquito bites.

Director General Dr Margaret Chan said "reports and investigations in several countries strongly suggest that sexual transmission of the virus is more common than previously assumed."

The agency last month said the outbreak in the Americas constitutes a global emergency.

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New Mosquito Borne Virus ZIKV Threatens Jamaica,

The Health Ministry is urging Jamaicans to take all the necessary steps to rid their surroundings of mosquito breeding sites as it prepares to ward off the threat of another mosquito-borne virus.

The health ministry said the outbreak in Brazil of the Zika virus poses a potential threat to Jamaica.

Brazil confirmed its first case of the Zika virus or ZIKV earlier this month.

Permanent Secretary in the health ministry, Dr Kevin Harvey, says the ministry is taking the threat very seriously as the virus is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which also carries the dengue and Chikungunya viruses.

He says there is no specific vaccine or treatment for the virus.

The Zika virus is from the same family as the dengue and chikungunya viruses and share similar symptoms which include fever, joint and muscle pain, conjunctivitis, headache, weakness, rash and swelling of the lower limbs.

Symptoms usually appear three to 12 days after an infected mosquito bites a person and can last for four to seven days.

The Health Ministry says to date no deaths due to the Zika virus have been recorded worldwide although outbreaks have taken place in 2007, 2013 and this year.

The threat of the new mosquito virus comes less than a year after the Chikungunya virus was declared an epidemic in the Caribbean and governments including Jamaica's were criticized for being ill-prepared.

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Man Loose Leg From Flesh Eating Bacteria Caught At Sea.

 A Florida man is recovering after he lost his foot and part of his lower leg.

Doctors say it was caused by flesh-eating bacteria that he contacted during a day at the beach.

Now, lying in a bed on the fourth floor of Health Park Hospital, Zachary Motal shared the shock that's still gripping him.

"It's been a hard thing to go through to wake up every morning and not see your foot there anymore," Motal explained.

He believes it started when he waded into the waters of Fort Myers Beach.

In less than 48 hours, he was hospitalized.

"They took me up to ICU and within a few hours they were cutting my foot off," he explained, "The doctor said if I hadn't have got here when I did, within four hours I would have been dead."

He's sharing his story based on his firm belief the trouble was in the water.

"I think something does need to be done, the public does need to be aware that there's a flesh eating bacteria," he said.

Fox 4 checked the recent water test results from the State Health Department, and they showed no advisories along Fort Myers Beach, or elsewhere for that matter.

That was something Motal didn't like hearing.

"It made me feel horrible, because this is the only way I could've contracted this disease is that water. Even the doctor said so. So who are we going to believe, a doctor who spends his life studying infectious diseases, or somebody who says they tested the water?" he explained.

He blames that water for a condition that initially put him in agonizing pain, and nearly ate him to death.

"My foot was swollen and purple like a football...I was in tears, I was literally crying on my floor, because it hurt so bad," Motal said, "When I came in here I weighed 255 pounds, now I weigh 209."

As his Harley cap in honor of his beloved bike, and his colorful tats might imply, Zach is not the type who backs down from a challenge.

In this case, to make his warning heard.

"I don't plan on giving up. I just want the public to be aware of what's out in our water is very dangerous, it'll take your limbs, or worse, your life," Motal said.

I think the Jamaican authorities should be on the look out for this Bacteria.

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Are You discourage By Your Weight Loss Efforts

Losing weight is a very big task as you grow older it is very easy to put on weight, because your metabolism system slows down. Being over weight is very bad for your health, being over weight can lead to high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.

Losing weight is all about calories in and calories out as i mention in previous posts. the first thing you need to do is watch your intake of food. To loose one pound you have to loose 3500 that means you have to consume 500 calories less for 7 days.

It is very important to keep a diary of all the foods you consume during the day, so you can measure the amount of calories you consume. Check you weight every morning to see your progress, a lot of people may disagree but i check my weight in the mornings to see if i have gain any weight or loose any weight then i adjust my diet or exercise pattern to reach my goal. 



Exercise is very important, you need to do at least 20 to 30 min exercise daily to keep your weight in check. I recommend walking we where born to walk it comes natural you can walk 20 mins in the morning walk 15 mins during your lunch time and walk 20 mins after work.

If you work in an office don't sit at your desk for more that 20 mins, get up and walk to the lunch room or walk to the photocopy machine always try your best to keep moving during the day as this will help you to loose some weight.



Swimming is a very good exerciser it works the entire body and it is also very good to lower your blood pressure. Jumping rope is a very good way to loose weight but you have to do it right else you can hurt yourself.

Please don't be discourage by your weight loss efforts because loosing the excess pound will bring you better health.  

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Ebola Assessment

According to the World Health Organization, as of December 10, a total of 17,942 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola-virus disease and 6,388 reported deaths have been reported in five affected countries (Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, and the United States) and three previously affected countries (Nigeria, Senegal and Spain).

Reported case incidence is slightly increasing in Guinea (103 confirmed and probable cases reported in the week to December 7), declining in Liberia (29 new confirmed cases in the three days to December 3) and may still be increasing in Sierra Leone (397 new confirmed cases in the week to December 7).
The case fatality rate across the three most affected countries in all reported cases with a recorded definitive outcome is 76 per cent; in hospitalized patients the case fatality rate is 61 per cent.
Sierra Leone has 7,897 cases and 1,768 deaths; Liberia - 7,719 cases and 3,177 deaths; and Guinea - 2,292 cases and 1,428 deaths.

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have sufficient capacity to isolate and treat all reported Ebola cases, and bury all related deaths safely and with dignity. However, local variations mean capacity is still insufficient in some areas.

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