Marijuana's main mind-altering ingredient was detected in nursing mothers' breast milk in a small study that comes amid evidence that more U.S. women are using pot during pregnancy and afterward. E...
Breastfeeding does not only nourish a baby, but it can help to create the foundation for a healthy adult. That was the message given at a recent workshop for health professionals who work with moth...
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) was recently successful in its bid to be recertified under the World Health Organization's (WHO) Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BHFI). [re...
With the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) being recertified as a baby-friendly hospital, the Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Foundation of Barbados (BCNF) believes the health care institution is takin...
Barbados has two new citizens are they are both males. Two Christmas babies are here at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The first Christmas baby boy was born at 9:14 am, this morning. He is ...
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has successfully been reassessed and recertified under the World Health Organization (WHO) Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BHFI). The hospital officially recei...
Representative of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Godfrey Xuereb, has issued a call to employers to implement policies which would allow w...
Within only days, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has again been placed under the microscope for the actions of one of its members, this time for a recent development at the Half-Way Tree Police ...
Parents and caregivers are being advised to hold off on the juice for children under the age of six. In its May 2017 report on Fruit Juice in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, the American Academ...
President and Founder of the Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Foundation (BCNF), Dr. Alison Bernard, believes that the regulations governing maternity leave need to be adjusted to promote better brea...