Lifestyle Archive

AMID THE hustle and bustle in the town of Mandeville, there is a pharmacy that knows what caring for its customers is all about. CAN Care Pharmacy Limited has only been around for seven years, yet the services it offers have been touching lives in the community it serves.

I HAVE been abusing 'sugar' all my life and to compound my problem, my father was a diabetic and my mother is a diabetic, so it came as no surprise that I was diagnosed as a full-blown diabetic and this disease is described as a chronic illness.

I have a problem with my weight. I have tried exercise and diet with little success. What can you suggest?

On a lonely, winding road that leads to Red Light in the hills of St Andrew, I met a man called Tikkapuss. Now that is a strange name and when he introduced himself, I couldn't help but chuckle...

Q. I have had a boyfriend for a while, and eventually, we had sex. That was when I lost my virginity; but I did not bleed.

HATFIELD PRIMARY and Junior High School in Manchester last week staged its inaugural Careers Day, a move by the school to guide students to their respective career paths.

I am a female university student, and I have recently started seeing a lecturer who is here on vacation from America. He wants to take me home to meet his folks, which is more than OK by me. However, he suggests that when we are in his home state, we could drop in on what he calls a 'swinging party'. I am not sure I like the sound of this.

I am 19 years old and I have schizophrenia. Sometimes I am depressed and anxious about my health. Every day I wondered why I was given this burden to carry. I read a lot about mental health. It has interfered with my education. I have missed school and wasn't able to do the examinations.

Q Doc, I am a young guy of 19 who wants to get started on his sex life, but I just can't do it.

I am female, age 16. I have always meant to keep myself pure, but on Wednesday night, I attended a party. There was a boy there who I knew, and I find him real attractive. Well, Doc, he gave me some drinks and I began to feel kind of light-headed and laughed a lot.

I would like some help in raising my children. I am pregnant with my first child and I want to start parenting on a good foot.

Jamalco now has an official Wellness Plan as part of its Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) programme, following the official launch on Friday, April 5, as part of Alcoa's worldwide wellness initiative under the theme 'Good Health Lasts a Lifetime'.