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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | April 19, 2006
COLOUR MAPPING your body
BODY TEMPERATURE transformed into electrical impulses visually presented on a computer as a spectrum of colours ranging from white to blue. The colour white represents the hottest temperature emitted from the skin's surface and blue, the coldest.
Dressing for WELLNESS
DRESSING TO promote wellness and comfort has many dimensions. The colour of clothing, the styling and the accessories can promote comfort and good health or the opposite. Each of these aspects of dress will be discussed individually.
Hope for persons living with multiple sclerosis
MARION NOTICED the tingling sensation in her left leg and numbness in her hand 10 years before the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) was made. She lived through a patchwork of symptoms and a battery of tests long before her physicians...
Memoirs of a rice junkie
Dear Mrs. Brown, I decided to take you up on the Lent challenge and cut something out of my diet for Lent. I could not commit to much, but I decided to portion control my rice intake (as I am a rice junkie).
Exercise injuries and faulty posture
AS MORE people increase their levels of physical exercise, the chances of injury increase. A bone, ligament or muscle can be injured. Injury can weaken the support and throw the body's framework out of balance, affecting perfect posture.
Letters - Don't expect prayers to heal you
Dear Ms. Thompson, I am a regular reader of your column as I find it a good source for increasing my knowledge on a number of health considerations. I found your article of April 12, particularly interesting as it is in direct contrast to Norman Cousins'.
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