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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | August 31, 2005

PASSIVE WOMEN, ACTIVE MEN - Sex, Gender and HIV/AIDS
WADING THROUGH heaps and heaps of information on HIV/AIDS, this time with the theme of this afternoon's Gleaner Public Editors' Forum (Passive Women, Active Men: Sex, Gender & HIV/AIDS) on my mind, some important bits of information...

AIDS is no longer a death sentence
ANDY IS age 23, he just tested positive for AIDS. That day when Andy went to see his doctor, many thoughts raced through his head. He was devastated. He fired many questions at his doctor; "Am I going to die? Can I be cured?


Charting a path to wellness!
LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS is a tremendous challenge, however, strive to live your life to its fullest. An active, energetic life is needed to provide optimal personal, interpersonal and environmental well-being.


Back-to-school nutrition
MANY PARENTS are enjoying the summer holidays with their children because they are temporarily free from the morning hustle and bustle of breakfast, lunch kits, getting out of the house by a certain time to make the school drop-off and so on.


Spiritual and occupational wellness
READERS, AFTER the last column, I promised to complete the discussions on the last two types of wellness. You will remember that wellness has, in my opinion, four aspects - physical, mental, spiritual, and occupational.








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