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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | September 20, 2006

Your guide to Alzheimer's disease
Persons in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease have been known to give away or sell, 'for little or nothing', valuable possessions such as land and real estate. Mental health experts link this behaviour to personality changes and impairment...

Include dementia drugs on JADEP/NHF programmes - Dr Chen
I posed four questions on Alzheimer's disease in Jamaica, to Dr. Albert Chen, a medial doctor and a consultant clinical gerontologist. He is also the chairman of the Alzheimer's Disease Outreach Programme. Here are the edited responses.


Inhale your insulin ... at last!
Persons living with diabetes have yearned for an alternative method to taking insulin by injection. Today, such a product has been developed and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adult use...


Work up a sweat!
Some of us also evaluate the benefits of exercise in terms of how much we perspire. Perspiration plays a vital role in controlling our body temperature. It is also good for cleaning the skin and eliminating waste products from our.


Int'l code protects breastfeeding
Most babies can and should benefit from the virtues of breast milk. This first food provided by mom is ideally suited for baby and provides complete nutrition for the first six months of life.




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