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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | April 20, 2005

CAN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE BE IMPROVED - Health-related goals
THREE OF the goals ­ four, five and six ­ relate directly to achieving global health targets, but they all relate to the global improvement of world's quality of life.

'Acne be gone' - (Part II) The dermatologist's update
LAST MONTH, we consulted with two young ladies who were chosen from the many who had responded to The Gleaner's advertisement to take part in the acne treatment series.


Health benefits of lecithin
THERE IS renewed search for evidence of the health benefits of lecithin. This fatty substance is manufactured in the body and also widely found in many animal and plant-based foods. It is an excellent source of phosphatidylcholine (PC) that breaks down.


Breaking the mental yoke - Shattering the myths of the plantation
Shattering the myths of the plantation SLAVERY AND colonialism no doubt have left an indelible mark on our history and still influence many of our core values, behaviour and mentality as a people.


Let's go jogging
MANY OF us have been using walking as our exercise. However, if we continue to walk it becomes a routine and we become bored with it after a while. This is a recipe for disaster because, to start with, many of us hate the idea of exercise.


Gaining and keeping weight
A FRIEND said to me a few days ago that not everybody wants to lose weight. She had a problem gaining weight and the few times she succeeded, she lost it with the bat of an eye.


Being safe or just right
FOR THE past two decades, HIV/AIDS has been presenting challenges to public health, scientific, and the medical communities. The problem points to post-modern man's loneliness, hedonism, and the futile attempt to calm his chronic existential anxieties. ..







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