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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | January 21, 2004

Homeless and mentally ill
BOBBY (NOT HIS REAL NAME) was wandering the streets of Kingston, Portmore and Golden Spring, St. Andrew for nearly two years before he was rescued by an assertive outreach health team operating out of Bellevue Hospital in Kingston.

Avoid dieting mistakes
DO YOU feel deprived when dieting? Do you feel as if you hardly eat anything and yet your weight is not budging? So many persons claim that they do not eat much and yet they gain weight. Perhaps the problem is in how you interpret 'much'.


Viral infection linked to cervical cancer
T ODAY, WE continue our discussion on cervical cancer. Last time we discussed diagnosing the precursor of cervical cancer ­ intraepithelial lesions of the cervix using the Pap test and colposcopy.


The lowdown on physical fitness
ARE YOU physically fit? Maybe most of you have responded in the affirmative. How do you know how physically fit you are anyway?...


Do I need more potassium?
FROM CONTRIBUTING to the regular heart beat to the quality of semen, potassium plays a role in every major body function.


redundancy axe Facing the
DOWNSIZE AND rightsize to prevent capsize. The word is out as the redundancy axe falls.


Damned white spots
PERHAPS THE most distressing skin diseases for patients are those that result in the skin becoming pale and discoloured. This is especially true in black skin and is a cause of significant suffering for patients and their families.


Orgasm and a man's identity
THE RELATIONSHIP that men have with their orgasms is masked in mystique and intrigue.







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