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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | November 12, 2003

Low sperm count among Jamaican men
T HE MACHISMO of Jamaican men notwithstanding, in far too many cases their sperm are either too weak to make the journey up the fallopian tube to meet the woman's egg, for fertilisation and pregnancy to take place or in some cases...

The cost of healthy eating
M ANY INDIVIDUALS complain that they cannot afford foods considered healthy and give this as the reason for their unbalanced diets.


Boils on the face and buttocks
BOILS (OR FURUNCLES) are infections of the skin that start in hair follicles and oil glands. The cause of the infection is usually the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.


Oral health and good nutrition
NUTRITION AND oral health share a symbiotic relationship. In order to have good oral health you must have good nutrition and to have good nutrition you must have good oral health.


Consequences of anabolic steroid abuse
T HE RECENT decoding of tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), a previously unidentified performance-enhancing steroid, has brought into sharp focus the difficulty of controlling drug abuse in sports.


Exercises to strengthen the joints
EXERCISE IS very important for everyone, but it is especially important for people who are suffering from arthritis.


Whither medical marijuana? (part 1)
"It creates vital energy, the mental powers, and internal heat, corrects irregularities of the phlegmatic humour, and is an elixir vitae" - 17th Century Materia Medica, The Rajavallabha.







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