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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | February 21, 2007

MY Heart's NOT BROKEN
Today, I am the patient. I arrived at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) in Kingston three minutes early for my 10 o'clock appointment — a cardiac consultation. As I sat in the waiting room completing the intake form, Rachel McLaren, HIC's sales..

The complete cardiovascular exam

This is an edited version of the complete cardiovascular examination. The original protocol was provided by Dr. Ernest Madu, chairman and chief executive officer, Heart Institute of the Caribbean, Kingston.

Heart disease in Jamaica - Much more than heart attacks

It is of interest to note that up until the middle of the 20th Century, heart attacks seldom occurred in Jamaica. In recent years, heart disease has been the cause of the largest number of deaths on an annual basis in Jamaica.

Understanding schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a group of disorders characterised by disturbance in mood, behaviour, perception and thinking.Can mental disorders occur in children?Schizophrenia often begins in young adulthoo increasingly we are recognising that this disorder...





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