Press releases and Feature stories | St. Maarten Medical Center

The St. Maarten Medical Center welcomes a new Internist-Nephrologist to their medical staff, Dr. Laima Siddiqi-Nadery.

Although there are certain similarities, Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis are two different diseases. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish if rheumatoid arthritis is a separate disease or a symptom of Lupus. Both auto immune diseases are more common on St. Maarten than we think.

Has someone every coughed near to you and you were afraid that you would get a respiratory tract infection? Did you know that respiratory viruses are frequently transmitted by hand to hand contact and less so by coughing?