You are on a narrow, cramped ship coming off the Guinea Coast. A little more than 300 slaves packed in the dark under the deck like books on a shelf. All night you go in and out of sleep, stifling with the heavy odour...
Henry Lowe's Bio-Tech R&D Institute and Anticancer Biotech (Beijing) Company last Thursday forged an agreement for the further exploration and development of Jamaica's indigenous plants ...
Any digital medium which allows social interaction may be considered social media. For example, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Skype. It is common for teenagers to spend several hours on social media.
Manuel Villacorta, author of Eating Free: The Carb-Friendly Approach to Lose Inches, Embrace Your Hunger and Keep the Weight Off for Good, thinks the prevailing wisdom on weight loss - low calories, no carbs, high-intensity...
Coordinating mental-health support during disasters - The health ministry's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, headed by Dr Maureen Irons-Morgan, was last week in workshops and consultations with visiting Pan American Health Organisation's (PAHO)...
1.Unlike alcohol and tobacco which are legal substances, ganja is illegal in Jamaica. Under the Dangerous Drugs Act, any person who possesses or uses ganja is guilty of an offence and, on convection, shall be sentenced to a fine or imprisonment, or both.
Benjamin Franklin once said that the only things certain in life are death and taxes.The growing reality of death is visible as you get older and you hear of the passing of more and more persons in your age group.
Fruits and vegetables have complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and are low in fat, with high amounts of fibre - soluble and insoluble...
Camp Renew: life-skills summer camp for kidsMore families use the summer break to help their children achieve peak performance and improve interpersonal skills.
Besides its beautiful aroma and delicious flavour, cinnamon (Gui Zhi/Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae) is also known for its therapeutic benefits in many cultures.
Alopecia (hair loss) refers to excessive shedding, thinning and/or breakage of hair.There are many causes of hair loss which can occur in different patterns....
Eulalee Thompson's article on the corporal punishment of children, published in the June 20 edition of Health, stirred quite a bit of feedback from readers and many of them were either confused or still searching for answers. This is a follow-up article....
"Okay, please take off your jacket, belt and shoes. Make sure your pockets are empty. Not even a piece of paper!" shouts the woman in dark-blue uniform. Doing what I am told, I now enter into a small grey chamber...
Gluten-free eating is tough.There are a lot of products that have gluten, derived from wheat, besides bread and rolls. Gluten is found in many processed products, as well as a thickener, among other things.
So many times, we focus on foods to avoid in order to have a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition Action Healthletter offers 10 foods to make sure you include on your plate to boost your nutrition...
Weight-loss drug approved - The US Food and Drug Administration last Thursday approved Belviq (lorcaserin hydrochloride), as an addition to a reduced-calorie diet and exercise, for chronic weight management.
Maybe you have good muscle tone and you think you are in great shape physically, but are you able to perform your activities of daily living without feeling exhausted at the end of the day? Are you functionally fit? Functional fitness focuses...
