Why do I eat so much?Have you ever asked yourself, 'Why did I just eat that?', 'Why am I eating even though I know I am not hungry?' 'Why is it that I am happiest when food is in my mouth?'The consumption of food and drinks is an important act for li...
Have you ever asked yourself, 'Why did I just eat that?', 'Why am I eating even though I know I am not hungry?' 'Why is it that I am happiest when food is in my mouth?'
Thanks to poor sleeping positions, a study by the Institute of Medicine found that millions of adults suffer from sleep or wakefulness disorders, which results in falling asleep on the job (or at school) or overloading on caffeine to stay awake.
As Jamaica closely monitors the measles outbreak, which has affected several states in the United States and Mexico, Chief Medical Officer Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse is reminding persons that immunisation for children against certain vaccine preventable...
Ebola has wiped out a third of the world's chimpanzee and gorilla populations and could threaten the survival of these already endangered great apes, conservationists have warned.
Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson has announced that a new primary health-care renewal policy has been approved by Cabinet and will pave the way for significant changes in the current system.
For some of us, it is only as we age that we come to realise the importance of prevention, as the evidences of our wayward youth begin to catch up with us and we resign ourselves to a regime of regular medication intake to manage some chronic condition.
It is so important to rid our bodies of toxic impurities, especially after holiday periods where we usually eat a little more heavily spiced food than the norm.
Another year has begun, plans and decisions have been made - 'I will go to church', 'I will be a better friend, parent, spouse', 'I will eat healthier, exercise, take my medication as prescribed' - and the list goes on and on and on.
THE MODERN food industry has provided us with lots of attractive convenience foods and at the same time given us a diet that our bodies were not designed to handle.
Depression (also called major depression) is a mood disorder characterised by a persistent feeling of sadness and a loss of interest in regular activities.
"My friend was driving me to the lab, to get my blood tested. Suddenly, my entire left side went dead. I screamed and turned to him. He exclaimed, when he saw my twisted face, that I was having a stroke!
