Health

Burnout linked with irregular heartbeat

FEELING excessively tired, devoid of energy, demoralised, and irritable? You may have burnout, a syndrome associated with a potentially deadly heart rhythm disturbance. Read More

Plaque and food debris are removed by oral hygiene practices.
PERIODONTAL disease is a bacterial infection that infects the gum tissue causing inflammation, redness, swelling, and loss of bone around the teeth. It can affect one tooth or many.... Read More

Valuing health amid a devaluing dollar
IF $10 million in one-dollar coins aren't on the open streets of Jamaica, then there may be none, hyperbolically speaking that is.... Read More

Hate exercise?
A new year typically brings new resolutions. While making resolutions is easy, sticking with them is not.... Read More

Life and debt

Warrick Lattibeaudiere | Sunday, January, 12 2020

THE bank is calling. You are hiding. Your pressure is up. The calls won't stop. The utility bills are due.Frankly, you know not what to do. Read More

Delayed Zika effects in babies who appeared healthy at birth

Sunday, January, 12 2020

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — Infants in Colombia who were exposed to the Zika virus in the womb showed motor and cognitive development delays in their first 18 months of life, despite having a normal head circumference at birth, scientists reported last... Read More

Control your diet, weight, fitness & health

BY FITZ-GEORGE RATTRAY | Sunday, January, 12 2020

ANOTHER new, inspiring year, but the same old, uninspired body — that is the reality for many of us in the beginning of 2020.Fortunately, as always, there are two possible paths ahead: Read More

'Mummy tummy': More than meets the eye

Kimberly Hoffman | Sunday, January, 5 2020

AFTER nine months of housing their babies, mothers, oftentimes, are left with a not-so-small reminder of their tiny occupants: A protruding tummy. Read More

Mouth healthy resolutions

by Dr Sharon Robinson | Sunday, January, 5 2020

YOUR dental health is an important part of your overall wellness, and the new year is a great time to create resolutions for improving your health. Read More

Be cyber well

BY WARRICK LATTIBEAUDIERE | Sunday, January, 5 2020

IT is almost natural for civilised nations to acknowledge the importance technology has played in advancing the social health and welfare of man. Read More

The ‘supercells' ’that cured an infant’s genetic illness

Sunday, January, 5 2020

MCLEAN, United States (AFP) — When a person's immune system is impaired by a genetic disease a bone marrow transplant can be a powerful therapeutic tool, but with a major downside — during the first few months the recipient's defences against viruses are severely weakened. Read More