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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | February 15, 2006
CPR - and then what? The sequel
IT MUST BE a well-kept secret that heart disease is this country's number one killer, accounting for about 30 per cent of deaths each year. (The average person in the street would perhaps identify violence as the number one killer.
When someone collapses
TO INCREASE people's survival chances the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) has been, for many years, training community and health personnel in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid.
Choose your exercise equipment wisely
YOUR CHOSEN exercise equipment invariably affects satisfaction, the possibility of injury and your participation in regular exercising. Ill-fitting or defective equipment ruins the fun. Here are tips in selecting exercise equipment...
More reasons to eat your fruits and vegetables
ANECDOTAL REPORTS say that many Jamaicans fear a stroke even more than a heart attack, since a heart attack is associated with sudden death in many cases, but a stroke leaves you paralysed and dependent.
Falling out of love - Good lovers don't necessarily make good partners
READER: I found your article, 'Thin line between lust and love', very informative, but for the fact that you did not mention how to recover from romantic love. How do I get the serotonin and dopamine hormone levels back to normal?
Loving and living
SO YESTERDAY was St. Valentine's Day. How was it? Did you have a great time? I hope you did. How is your relationship? Is it characterised by pain? Are you feeling empty and unloved? Do you feel that your relationship is not going anywhere?
Thrush in men
IT IS a myth that men cannot get thrush. The condition is caused by the overgrowth of the yeast, Candida Albicans. The organism likes warm and moist skin or areas that are slightly damaged.
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