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Profiles in Medicine
Risky sex - Unprotected sex puts you at risk for hepatitis B, a viral infection that harms your liver
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that the vaccine against hepatitis B virus or HBV, that causes a chronic liver inflammation, be included in the routine immunisation schedule for children.
Injury-related
disorders
ONE OF the challenges faced by the health system is the large number of young men sustaining injury-related disorders. Dr. Archibald McDonald, consultant surgeon, who spoke at a recent Blue Cross of Jamaica conference said a significant portion of the...
Beware of cough and cold medicines
THE CIVIL servants at the Health Ministry's Standards and Regulation Department move at a snail's pace to new information that could be detrimental to the public's health but already stores in the United States have removed from their shelves products co
Let's tee off
WHO SAYS exercising has to be routine and boring. Why not try a sport like golf? It's gentle on the body, usually played in peaceful surroundings and you can maximise the fitness component of the sport by walking the golf course instead of driving thus...
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