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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | January 28, 2004

COLD GROUND IS THEIR BED: PART 2 Assertive outreach teams
Two times per week, health professionals leave the familiar setting of hospitals to meet their patients ­ those who are homeless and mentally ill ­ on the streets of Kingston.

Homeless in New Kingston
THE UPTOWN business district of New Kingston has taken on an ugly face of homeless children and adults, some of them substance abusers, begging and roaming the streets.


High blood pressure
PRIMARY HYPERTENSION or essential hypertension is one of the chronic lifestyle-related diseases. It is so called because a person so diagnosed will have to manage the problem throughout their lifetime.


Show off your six-pack abs (Part 1)
TONING YOUR abdominal muscles is good for your tummy as well as decreasing lower back pain. However, we will deal with lower back pain at another time.


Banana as health food
BANANAS ARE as central to the Jamaican palate as they are to the country's economy. Green bananas are used in breakfast, lunch or dinner as the main starch source or 'staple food' and can be cooked into porridge or used in other one-pot dishes...







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