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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | April 12, 2006

Step out from this space, move into a new place!
AS A child we played a game called stuck in the mud. When you are stuck in the mud, you can't move forward or backward. What is your life experience? Are you stuck in the mud of life? I invite you to step out from this space in which you find yourself...

Don't expect PRAYERS to heal you (at least, if you are a heart patient)
SINCE IT'S Holy Week and the country is in a tizzy about the fine theological details of the Prime Minister's claim that she was elected by God, then it may be interesting to note that prayer had no effect on the recovery...


The effects of ganja on sexual performance
THE USE of marijuana (cannabis sativa) as an intoxicant is very much interwoven in the cultural fabric of Jamaican life. It is smoked initially as a socialising activity among the youth, a ceremonial rite and lifestyle habit among Rastafarians...


Preventing infection by chemotherapy
WE KNOW that chemotherapy makes you more vulnerable to infection. This happens because most anti-cancer drugs affect the bone marrow, making it harder to make white blood cells, the cells that fight many types of infections.


Slaying the obesity monster
THOSE WHO tend not to get overweight cannot understand the frustration of persons who battle with overweight and obesity. For many overweight and obese persons, there is no battle, as they have accepted their state and have blamed it totally on genes.




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