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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | June 14, 2006

Exercise helps if you are hypertensive!
HYPERTENSION (HIGH blood pressure) is one of the most prevalent and chronic diseases in our society. Hypertension occurs when the blood exerts too much force, or pressure is exerted on the walls of the blood vessels.

Most prostate cancer patients opt for surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health): SURGERY REMAINS the most common treatment choice of men with prostate cancer, followed by hormone therapy and external beam radiation, according to the National Prostate Cancer Coalition's (NPCC) annual Men's Health Survey...


Medical tests for sale on Internet
BELOW ARE some of the conditions for which genetic medical tests are being marketed to consumers over the Internet. Most involve testing cells from the cheek, stool or blood to determine whether they contain mutations of genes implicated...




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