Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
Published: Monday Wednesday | December 31, 2008
Taking stock of your health
IT IS that time of year when companies check their stock. This annual stocktaking allows companies to determine areas of strength and weakness in their inventory. The assessment allows companies to avoid product shortages while preventing excesses...
Striking the right balance
During my residency training and my first job, I was required to be on call during the holidays. Although this is true to some extent now, it was different then. I was required, like most residents at the time, to spend 24- to 36-hour shifts in the hospital...
Keeping your exercise routine on track for '09
Many of us find it quite challenging to maintain our New Year's resolutions. This is probably more evident with our commitment to start an exercise programme. However, a little more self-confidence, determination and planning should help us make significant progress...
After breast-cancer treatment, that's when the hard part starts
WASHINGTON (AP):Hospitals in about a dozen states in the United States are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies - the painful and sometimes severe arm ...
