BEING A CHILD IN JAMAICA - Parenting stress on children is not to be ignored -- Dr Maureen Samms-Vaughan
OUR SOCIETY should be indebted to Dr. Maureen Samms-Vaughan, consultant paediatrician and child development specialist, for pulling together a brilliant treatise on Jamaica's children in her GraceKennedy Foundation Lecture 2006.
Clearing the myths about leprosy
THE THREE messages that need to be spread about leprosy (or Hansen's disease) are that leprosy is curable, free treatment is available, and there is no place for stigma and discrimination.
Why does my medication cost so much?
CONSUMERS ALL over the world are asking questions related to medication price. Concern is greatest among patients who need life-saving medication and cannot afford them. According to the World Health Organisation, between 1996 and 1997....
Take control of stress - Pt 2
THIS WEEK I will continue to give you some strategies for managing stress. Some are adapted from recommendations of the American Psychiatric Association, while others are born out of my experience as a family physician helping patients to manage stress.
I drink water and still can't lose weight - (Response to reader's query)
Dear Ms. Brown, - YOUR ARTICLE on what I can drink left me wondering about myself in relation to the calorie contents you discussed. (See abridged letter in the letters column). - Ingrid. - When we have got to that place where we decide to make changes...
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