Health

I am having Low Back Pain, am I getting old? Is it age related?

Low Back Pain, Hip Pain, is it a nerve, muscle, or joint? How to Tell (video)

Sometimes, as we begin to get older (when young Haitians call you a ti granmoun) we still think we are young super men, capable of doing anything. After lifting 8 deep-cycle batteries 5 feet high, I realize I'm not young anymore. My back hurts like a mother f... LOL...

The funny thing is, I was lifting the heavy batteries I dind't feel a thing. A few hours after I was done, Oh, I felt it.

Did you know? Lower Back Pain is the most common type of chronic pain in America

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Haitian Restaurant owner says: If I make the food healtier customers will NOT buy It!

caribbean food

A Haitian restaurant owner in the Miami area told me whenever he tries to make his food healthier, his Haitian customers complain. He he persists, he looses his customers.

When I try try to put less oil in the 'dire kole' my clientele complains, the resaurant owner said.

They say "O... O... E pa wap banm manje dire domi!" (why are you serving me leftover rice?)

The majority of the Haitian people are not health conscious. We eat a lot of greasy food.

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Haitian Doctor Pascal Dabel answers to rumors he performed kidney Surgery on US first lady Melania Trump

Rumor spread on Social Media Haitian Dr. Pascal Dabel performed surgery on First Lady Melania Trump

Rumors spread on the Haitian social media networks that a Haitian Doctor, Pascal Dabel, a Nephrologist (Kidney doctor) in Los Angeles California, performed kidney surgery on First Lady Melania Trump. Read what the good doctor posted on his Facebook page about this...

Friday, 18 May 2018, Dr Pascal Dabel posts on Facebook:

Just to clear things up a bit before things get carried out of perspective, I'd like to make a statement:

I'm not sure why everyone thinks I performed a procedure on the first lady but I'm not in any way involved in her medical care.

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In Haiti, LOUGAROUs and the Government is blamed for every freaking thing!

Haitian Voodoo - Vodou in Haiti, a vodouisant making her request to the Lwa

Imagine that... A baby is crying all day and all night, she is not eating, she just keeps on crying. The family refuses to take her to a hospital. Instead, they think it's some poor lougarou neighbor trying to suck the blood of the baby.

En Francais: En Haiti, les LOUGAROUs et le gouvernement sont blâmés pour tout ce qui fait peur!

A couple of weeks later, the baby is dead. "it is the LOUGAROU that came and ate the baby," the grand father came to me and said.

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Haiti Family Planning - More Haitian men turned up for a Vasectomy campaign than the organizers expected

A Father and His new born Baby

When it comes to birth control in Haiti, a vasectomy is not common practice among Haitian men. That's why a group of doctors were so surprised when a Haiti vasectomy campaign drew more men they they expected.

What is a Vasectomy? Some Haitian men want to know...

The vasectomy campaign in question in Haiti was offered as part of an outreach event for men, supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and conducted by a health clinic run by the Association for the Promotion of the Haitian Family, also known as Profamil.

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Port-au-Prince Haiti ranks the WORST in a world wide City Sanitation Report

Mercer Report - 2018 Quality of living City Ranking

When it comes to city sanitation ranking among the cities of the world, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, ranks among one of the dirtiest cities in the world. In fact Port-au-Prince is the dirtiest of them all, the report said.

Mercer releases its Quality of Living ranking each year and this year, Haiti won the "dirtiest city award."

What a shame!

Read what the Mercer report said about the importance of sanitation in a city as far as business is concerned and think about it... Is Haiti really opened for business?

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Haitian Cuisine - Can a Haitian Cook without MAGGI?

Bouillon Cubes - Haitians call them all MAGGI

I was reading an article online that says: "Maggi is in every meal in West Africa" and I started laughing because I know that virtually everything you eat in Haiti has a bouillon cube in it...

Haitian women have been using Maggi bouillon cubes for cooking for so long that the Creole word for Bouillon Cube is MAGGI... Yo mete Maggi nan tout bagay... But do you know how bad this stuff is for you health? Keep on reading...

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Neck Injury : Haitian Chiropractors, doesn't this hurt?

PHOTO: Haiti - Machann Fig

Most Haitian women on the countryside carry heavy weights on top of their heads everyday. Makes me wonder, chiropractors, doesn't this habit affect the neck and spine of these poor Haitians?

I remember a chiropractor telling me not to sit on a loaded wallet when driving. Imagine carrying this on top of your head walking on a rocky road going long distances.

Doesn't the habit of carrying weight above your head cause head and neck injuries?

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Haiti CLAIRIN - Deadly drinking alcohol kills many on both sides of Haiti-Dominican border

PHOTO: Haiti - Clairin vs Methanol

Haiti Health -- A deadly moonshine (clairin) reportedly sold in Los Cacaos, a Haitian border town with Pedro Santana, Dominican Republic, has killed many people along the border. Alcohol drinkers beware...

According to news reports, there seems to be a CLAIRIN out there containing methanol which is really bad for you.

The Dominican ministry of public health reported 11 dead in the province of Elías Piña, many of the deaths came from the municipality of Pedro Santana and Banica which neighbors Los Cacaos, Centre, Haiti, where the moonshine was reportedly sold.

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STRESS can Make your Body Ache, Did you know that?

Dont you just feel STRESSED OUT sometimes?

Sometimes you feel pain all over your body and you have no idea what is causing this... It could be STRESS! You're probably stressed out. Read this...

When you're stressed out, your immune system can't control its response to inflammation.

As a result, your body can't fight off infections or sickness as well as it usually can. This can cause your body to ache as it becomes more susceptible to inflammation and infection throughout your body.

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