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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | March 24, 2004

TASTY, LOW-CALORIE LOCAL FOODS
J AMAICA IS blessed with an abundance of local foods and traditional cuisine can provide the basis of a healthy diet.

Cut cholesterol levels with statins
DESPITE THE availability of effective medicines and good nutritional advice, the lowering of cholesterol remains a problem.


Pass that cup of java
I F WE are to believe the latest research on taking coffee, then it won't be long before it is touted as 'the new health food' on the block. The latest study on coffee's health benefits makes a link between coffee and diabetes risk.


Keep those joints flexible!
A HIGH degree of flexibility at some joints in the body does not necessarily indicate that the other joints are also flexible. But, it is important to keep the joints flexible.


Take time to relax
WHAT IS stress? Stress is our perception and subsequent reaction to events occurring in our lives. There are three aspects to stress ­ the stressful event; our perception of these events and our reaction. STRESSFUL EVENTS


Genital piercing: is it for you?
THE IDEA of genital piercing can be fascinating or repulsive. In spite of how you may feel, genital piercing is becoming popular for men and women.


Vaginal irritation Readers' feedback
THIS QUERY from a reader introduces a subject that may interest some women. The question from C.P. 'Shopping for sanitary napkins, I've noticed a new type on the market which is very thin and comfortable but scented.






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