Cut your health risks with exercise
Preventable diseases are the main causes of death and disabilities in our society. A healthy lifestyle that includes exercise will reduce risk factors for chronic diseases. The leading cause of death and disability is heart disease. Exercise has been used extensively...
Prevention guidelines for BREAST CANCER
Breast cancer awareness takes centre stage in October. Most women are interested in preventing breast cancer. The evidence is not clear, but there are drug trials which have been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent breast cancer ...
Supportive men, menopausal women
I was recently made aware of the passing of someone I admired, respected and had the privilege of knowing personally. That person was Geoff Brown. In addition to multiple other roles, he had been a newspaper columnist for almost 20 years and shared some words of wisdom....
Delaying premature ejaculation
Problems of ejaculation are common occurrences in the sexual life of men.This week we will discuss premature ejaculation. It occurs when a man ejaculates shortly after intercourse begins. At least a third of men surveyed in the United States ...
Letters
Glaucoma, Vision 2020 - Dear Ms McDaniel,In Jamaica there is a plant called kola nut or bissy. It forms a gel that will cure eye ailments.
Health trends - Pink-eye outbreak
Dr Eva Lewis-Fuller, Ministry of Health's director of health promotion and protection, is again reminding parents and guardians not to send children with pink-eye (acute conjunctivitis) to school.
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