Cystic fibrosis genes causes mucus builds up in areas such as your pancreas as well as your lungs. The mucus becomes very thick and the individual will have problems breathing. Other related issues will include growth, digestion and nutrition issues. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the disease and the cystic fibrosis life expectancy varies … Continue reading Health: Cystic Fibrosis
What Causes Arthritis Disease? Arthritis disease is actually inflammation in the joints. When an injury occurs that joint becomes tender, painful, stiff, and swollen. If the inflammation is there for an extended period then the tissues will be permanently damaged. A joint is located where two bones meet and this can be in areas such … Continue reading What Causes Arthritis and How to Avoid Arthritis Disease
Deep conditioning (DC) is important to maintaining healthy and happy hair – natural or relaxed. If performed on a regular basis, this treatment helps our hair retain moisture and protects it “deep” within the fiber to support the hair until the next treatment. The protective action of regular conditioners last only a few days. Therefore, … Continue reading Why Should We Deep Condition Our Hair?
Today is International Women’s Day however women should be celebrated every day. They are the pillars and corner stone of our homes, communities and society. They are the ones who often shape us as individuals and provide unconditional love. Being a strong role model and nurturer, women play their roles selflessly. They sacrifice to ensure … Continue reading Salute to Jamaican women on International Women’s Day
While pursuing my studies in counselling, I noticed that all the books we used were from overseas authors. As such, I decided to ensure that I represented for our country as well. It is the responsibility of writers, who can, to not be selfish in their endeavors, but to think about our countries welfare as … Continue reading Book Excerpt On The Guidance Counsellor’s Handbook by Denise N. Fyffe
By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe Spirochete a type of bacterium causes Lyme disease. Usually people who are exposed to deer ticks or western black-legged ticks get this illness. The transfer is through a tick bite. The disease is not limited to the USA; it is also found in … Continue reading Jamaican Health: Signs and Treatment of Lyme Disease
Depression affects about 16% of persons living in the United States. In Australia, one in four women and one in eight men will suffer from depression. About twice as many women as men report or receive treatment for clinical depression, though this imbalance is shrinking over the course of recent history; this difference seems … Continue reading Video: Let’s Talk Depression
FLOW Jamaica Sad to say, I am now a disgruntled customer of telecommunications provider FLOW Jamaica. It was not always like this. For years, I could always depend on continuous, uninterrupted internet service from FLOW's Network. Not anymore. Since their merger with LIME, the service all around has been horrible, to say the least. Extensive outages, … Continue reading Jamaica Review: The Pitfalls of FLOW Customer Service and Reliability
From L to R: Paula Kerr-Jarrett, Wes Hall, Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, Michael Roberts Roger Grant. Courtesy of Photographer Orriane Murray Typically when an article mentions Jamaica, it’s part of a list of nice places to visit in the Caribbean, a port of call for a cruise ship or maybe part of a profile on Reggae music. Jamaica … Continue reading Can This Man Help Turn Jamaica Into The Next London Or New York?
The journey of life is better experienced if you pace yourself. If you choose to go too fast, go after the high life, live in the realms of vanity, you will fizzle fairly quickly. And... If you tread slowly, almost at a stand still, rejecting change, motivation or opportunity; you are sure to be left … Continue reading The Journey of Life, Pace Yourself
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