Smoking - Men have been duped
Nearly one billion men in the world smoke. This figure includes 35 per cent of men in developed countries and 50 per cent of men in poorer countries. Men have been duped by the portrayal of smoking as a manly habit. It is sold as a link to wealth...

Tanny is rewarded
Tanica Plummer, Health's successful weight-loss challenger, was recently rewarded for her efforts by the Reggae Marathon with a Puma T-shirt and a complimentary entry to this year's Reggae Marathon 10K event in Negril on December...

Taking care of your child's itchy, dry skin
What is eczema?Eczema is a skin condition characterised by itching, dryness and inflammation of the skin. The inflammation might manifest itself as bumps, scaling, redness and thickening of the skin. Children with eczema have very sensitive skin...

Cherry packs in nutritional power
One of the crazes in the food industry is medicinal foods. In fact, some people are spending big bucks for drinks and potions which promise healing and long life. Consumers seem to be attracted to exotic foods with strange-sounding names with miracle stories...

Get diabetic children moving
Child Month has just passed but I want to use this opportunity to put in a plug for our children. Juvenile diabetes or Type One diabetes is one of the childhood health problems that has received a lot of attention...

Health trends
Roche drug shrinks breast tumours - A new drug from Roche Holding AG helped shrink the tumours of 25 per cent of women with HER2-positive breast cancer, according to data from a mid-stage clinical trial, the Swiss company said on last Thursday.