Health

TRAUMA OCCURS when individuals are exposed to distressing events that are potentially life threatening and that often overwhelm their ability to cope. These events may be witnessed and experienced directly, but an individual can also experience...

ANXIETY DISORDERS can be distressing and debilitating. They may contribute to loss of educational and employment opportunities, and difficulties in family and social relationships. Recovery is possible with the appropriate treatment, such as...

YOUR GUT is your gastrointestinal system and includes your stomach, intestines and colon. It digests and absorbs nutrients from food and excretes waste. About 200 different species of bacteria, viruses and fungi live in your large intestine. The...

NEARLY ONE million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease (PD), a progressive neurological disorder that affects movement and coordination. Every year, about 60,000 new cases are diagnosed in the United States, and approximately 10 million...

REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCES in stroke treatment are dramatically improving patient outcomes, offering new hope for patients and their families across Jamaica and the Caribbean. According to leading neurology expert Dr Italo Linfante of Baptist Health’s...

ELAINE GRAY, tuck shop assistant at the Ensom City Primary School, was elated that she had the opportunity to participate in the school’s second annual community health and wellness fair, held at the institution recently. “After I did all the...

AGEING DOES not diminish the need for intimacy and connection. While physical and emotional changes will occur, the desire for fulfilling relationship experiences remains. Relationship and marriage counsellor, Reverend Dr Stevenson Samuels,...

EVERYONE FEELS and reacts to stress in different ways. How much stress you experience and how you react to it can lead to a wide variety of health problems, and that is why it is critical to know what you can do to manage your stress. Adopting...

AS A cardiologist, I am seeing every day, more patients coming to me in the final stage of heart disease with their hearts weakened and enlarged (heart failure). Most of them have very high blood pressure, high sugar levels, are overweight with...

ANIMALS CAN help with emotional and physical recovery by providing companionship, reducing stress, and improving mood. This is known as animal-assisted therapy, or pet therapy. Interacting with animals has been shown to decrease levels of cortisal...

NEW YORK (AP): Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span and a growing tendency to procrastinate. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led to an unexpected discovery: The teen had ADHD...

ALLERGY OCCURS when a person’s immune system reacts to substances in the environment that are harmless to most people. These substances are known as allergens and are found in dust mites, pets, pollen, insects, ticks, moulds, foods, and drugs (...