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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | January 17, 2007

BE WELL - What's in your water?
The Mona dam property is, without a doubt, one of the most pleasant and safe locations in Kingston for an early-morning jog. Not so pleasant, though, is the now-and-again sighting of piles of garbage - such as old shoes, the ubiquitous styrofoam...

HIS HEALTH - You could be losing your nature

The middle-aged man with the large 'beer belly' and sedentary lifestyle, who smokes a pack of cigarettes per day, bragging to his friends at the bar on a Friday night about his prowess in the bedroom is being economical...


HER HEALTH - Blood pressure and urine checks

At each office visit a pregnant woman may notice that she gets blood pressure and urine checks and she may wonder about the importance of these tests. These are screening tools to identify some very important and sometimes very serious...


I AM WHAT I THINK - The psychology of violence in Jamaica

Jamaica has had a long and violent history. Slavery, plantation system and colonialism left a legacy of violence and aggression. Few countries in this world have had this experience. Slavery was brutal, oppressive and devalued people.




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