Bookmark jamaica-gleaner.com
Go-Jamaica Gleaner Classifieds Discover Jamaica Youth Link Jamaica
Business Directory Go Shopping inns of jamaica Local Communities

Home
Lead Stories
News
Business
Sport
Commentary
Letters
Entertainment
Profiles in Medicine
The Star
E-Financial Gleaner
Overseas News
Communities
Search This Site
powered by FreeFind
Services
Weather
Archives
Find a Jamaican
Subscription
Interactive
Chat
Dating & love
Free Email
Guestbook
ScreenSavers
Submit a Letter
WebCam
Weekly Poll
About Us
Advertising
Gleaner Company
Search the Web!


Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | November 20, 2002

KPH burdened by drug mules
Each drug mule may carry, in their gastrointestinal tract, 350 to 700 times the minimal lethal dose of cocaine - Dr. Trevor McCartney, senior medical officer, Kingston Public Hospital...

When the packets burst
MANY DRUG mules arrive at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) already exhibiting signs of early cocaine intoxication.


Detecting prostate cancer early - (part one)
(part one) ALTHOUGH THERE is evidence that preventative measures such as decreasing fat intake, eating less red meat, taking dietary supplements such as vitamin E and selenium and eating more soy-based proteins...


Cinnamon - spice and medicine
HOT APPLE cider tastes flat without a cinnamon stick, and toast, cookies, candies, and fruit salads all benefit from a generous sprinkle of cinnamon powder. But cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanium) is more than just a kitchen spice.




In Association with AandE.com

©Copyright 2000 Gleaner Company Ltd. | Disclaimer | Letters to the Editor | Suggestions

Home - Jamaica Gleaner