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Published:Saturday | May 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Doc, I am no longer a virgin, but I have read your comments in The Gleaner about the operation which can make a girl seem like she is a virgin again. Could I have this operation? I can afford it because I have an aunt in the United States of America who would pay.

Published:Saturday | May 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

IMAGINE A man at 100 years old riding a bicycle around town, rowing his boat into the great domain of the ocean to catch fish for his dinner when he so desires, and reading for his pleasure or to broaden his knowledge.

Published:Saturday | May 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I fell from an ackee tree and broke my back. My spinal cord has been damaged and I am unable to walk. I am depressed about my condition.

Published:Tuesday | May 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The following is feedback to last week's Roving with Lalah:Robert, all I can say is, 'thank you'.- Jeepers. I love this story! The quotes from the people had me laughing non-stop...

Published:Tuesday | May 1, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I stuck my head through a window of sorts at 'Super K Mart' in Maryland, a community in the hills of rural St Andrew. I saw two containers of motor oil, a pack of banana chips and an over-ripe plantain. The wooden building was painted in pink...

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

THE BAUXITE industry has for a long time been the economic torch of the parish and has made an impact on almost every household.

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

OVER 50 schools across Jamaica are set to benefit from Jamalco's annual book-distribution programme. On Wednesday, April 25, Jamalco launched its 2012 Book Distribution programme where some 30,000 books will be given to the schools to assist in improving literacy and to supplement the textbooks available at the school.

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

I am female in my 20s. I have never had an orgasm during sexual intercourse. No matter how much I am enjoying it, I just can't seem to get there. I climax during foreplay, either by the finger or by the tongue. But I can never orgasm by my partner's penis. What is wrong with me?

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

MIRRORS, MIRRORS, on the wall, whose is the grandest of them all? Jomo Njeri Gonguru Christie's certainly is, only that this two-face work of art isn't hanging from a wall; it's standing more than six feet tall on four legs made of mahogany wood.

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2012 | 12:00 AM

My father has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and is taking medication. The doctor said it is in the early stages and the medication will slow the progression of the disease. He has tremors of the hands. He gets depressed about his condition and is thinking that he might have dementia.

Published:Wednesday | April 25, 2012 | 12:00 AM

APRIL 25Meeting on the Canadian securities course for persons interested in working in Canada's financial sector, at B&B University College.cpatutorials@gmail.comAPRIL 26Jamaica Intellectual Property Office hosts IP/IT seminar on intellectual...

Published:Wednesday | April 25, 2012 | 12:00 AM

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." So wrote James Howell in his 1659 book Proverbs in English, Italian, French and Spanish. His famous saying has become centuries-old wisdom....

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The following is feedback to last week's Roving with Lalah:Every Tuesday, I look forward to reading this article...

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2012 | 12:00 AM

It's not often that you find yourself standing in line to purchase a coconut. It just doesn't feel natural. Nevertheless, I wanted the coconut and four persons were already waiting when I got to Nutsie's post last week....

Published:Saturday | April 21, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Q: Hello doctor.

Published:Saturday | April 21, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Dear Counsellor,

I have an anger problem and would like some coping tips.

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Let him know at robert.lalah@gleanerjm.comThe following is feedback to last week's Roving with Lalah:Love your weekly column.

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Walking along a dusty stretch of road on a particularly warm afternoon in Crooks Gate, Clarendon, I spotted a man with dreadlocks, looking over a fence.His hair was wrapped tightly and the resulting mass of locks was positioned atop his head like a tam, or a crown of sorts....

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Recently I have been feeling nervous and not sleeping well. I was involved in a motor-vehicle crash, and since then I have been having panic attacks. It is unpredictable and I feel my heart beating fast and I have to be breathing deeply. I was placed on anxiolytic medications with some relief.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

ADONIJAH AND Enid Peterson are like two peas in a pod. Some may even say they are joined at the hip.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

THE CLARENDON Horticulture Society hosted its 42nd anniversary and annual flower show at the Denbigh Agricultural Show Grounds in Clarendon in celebration of Jamaica's 50th year as an independent nation.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Doctor, if a female tube was blocked by a sexually transmitted infection (STI) at an early age, could that particular female become pregnant later on, without the need for surgery?

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 AM

SELF-TAUGHT artist Jerome Taylor has a knack for capturing the Jamaican countryside on canvas - and it is paying off for the St Ann-born artist. After more than a decade making a living from painting, the artist is now celebrating his works being displayed in the Serengeti Gallery in Washington.

Published:Tuesday | April 10, 2012 | 12:00 AM

UP UNTIL fairly recently, mainstream medicine did not support the idea of healthy people taking nutritional supplements. In medical school, I was taught that one only needed to have a 'balanced' diet and that supplements were essentially unnecessary.

Published:Tuesday | April 10, 2012 | 12:00 AM

The man rubbed the apple vigorously on the left leg of his trousers, the way a bowler might attend to a cricket ball before delivery. While the display might have bordered on unseemly, Winston, the washing machine repairman from Albany in St Mary, insisted that the only truly clean apple is one that can reflect sunlight.

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