Welcome to Sharon's mind.body.fitness connection! This new bi-weekly column will be filled with ideas, life experiences and facts on how you can lead a healthy life, filled with peace, love and a sense of joy and fulfilment!...
She came to the gynaecology clinic week after week; her complaint was the same.She was in pain and needed relief. Medications had failed and she wanted surgery. It was a difficult decision for me.
NHF funds water tank at hospital - The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in Kingston received $23.5 million from the National Health Fund (NHF) to help build a 783,000-gallon water tank...
Are the claims of amazing weight loss on the HCG diet really true? The HCG diet, also known as the Simeons therapy, has two components: One is a 500-calorie diet (occasionally increased to 800 calories a day).
Use of endosulfan, an organochlorine insectide first registered in the 1950s, is being phased out in Jamaica. Michael Ramsay, Pesticide Control Authority's (PCA's) registrar, said in a recent interview that the phase-out...
People with poor diets who cannot afford (money or time) to eat the foods they should, have figured out a way to supply some necessary nutrients to the body - supplementation with vitamins and minerals.
The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued a new statement on staying heart healthy. The group reviewed 74 previously published studies and developed specific strategies to help people stay heart healthy.
I will discuss in a two-part series, four popular Jamaican foods and beliefs surrounding them as it relates to disease management.String beans and diabetes...
Many people have experienced trauma such as serious accident or injury, being shot, stabbed, held up at gunpoint, rape and other sexual assaults, or the unexpected death of a close friend or relative.People who experience major trauma are at high risk...
Gel cuts HIV and herpes risk - Researchers have achieved an important scientific breakthrough in the fight against HIV and genital herpes with a vaginal gel that significantly...
Rice is the staple of choice in Jamaica. Many young people do not like ground provisions but I find this dislike is because of presentation and monotony in preparation.
Good day Dr Gardner,I have been on an exercise routine for the past three months and have seen some results in terms of being more energetic and weight loss.
It's summer and the heat is on. Children are away from regular school and most are involved in summer programmes. Depending on the child's age group, their meal patterns...
Avandia stays on the market - The drug Avandia, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline for the treatment of diabetes, should stay on the market after US federal-health experts voted last Wednesday on the matter.
