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Profiles in Medicine

It's all in the genes

T HE COMPLETE mapping of the human genome, though an esoteric issue for many, is a formidable development to further understand the disease process and to achieve a cure. Dr. Wayne McLaughlin, a scientist based at the University of the West Indies'...

Clinical depression
A CLINICALLY depressed individual is likely to make a statement like this, "These days things have changed. In the mornings I don't want to get up and go to work. What I really feel like doing is pulling the sheets over my head and go back to bed. I have.

Skin bleaching is harmful
MEN AND women continue to apply various mixtures to lighten their skin or as is commonly said, "to give a cool complexion". These mixtures vary from toothpaste and over-the-counter bleaching creams to some stronger mixtures containing illegally sold...


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