Bad environment, poor health
CADMIUM-POLLUTED SOIL A BNORMALLY HIGH levels of the toxic substance, cadmium, have been found in the soil of central Jamaica by the research team at the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS).
Achieving nutrition wellness Reader's letter
Dear Ms. Thompson, I always look out for your columns which are very informative and easy to read.
Man-and-man relationship (Part 2)
IT IS inevitable. Getting older and incrementally slower, vision blurring, hairline receding, I reflect on my father's fathering and compare his performance with mine.
Fitness for a healthier you
The warm up START WITH your skipping rope down between your feet. Do a double hop on your left foot while passing the rope under. Raise your right leg as in jogging, or lift it slightly in front of you.
Women and HIV (Part 2)
I AM glad that reader Ms Morrison found the last article informative. Yes, I certainly will endeavour to communicate with the less educated woman.
Vaccinate against tobacco addiction
THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that tobacco use accounted for more than four million annual deaths in 1998 and that the yearly figure will rise to 8.4 million deaths by 2020.
Depression (Part 2)
A number of readers have asked questions on depression. In this article I shall attempt to answer some of them.
Halting the atopic march
THERE IS evidence to indicate that atopic dermatitis (AD) is the first manifestation of a group of diseases called the atopic triad - eczema(dermatitis), allergic rhinitis and asthma.
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