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Kingston - Jamaica is mourning the death of reggae legend Bunny Wailer, who passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 73. The three-time...

Getting Past the Wall BETTER FAMILIES by Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker If someone had told us that the coronavirus restrictions would have been in place almost a year later and life as we know would remain upended, many of us would have laughed. Yet this is reality one year later. With another round of increased

by Katrina Welch Caring for your teeth does not begin in adulthood. In fact, from the time a baby’s first teeth appear brushing should begin as told by local dental practitioner Dr. Lois Applewhite-Holford. In our last edition of Better Health magazine, she shared information on teeth brushing and dental visits for children as we recognised the observance of Children’s Dental Health Awareness

SCREEN TIME AND YOUR BODY by Katrina Welch Now it’s time to start my day… and spoiler alert... after spending my entire day staring at my laptop to complete my work, you better believe that to unwind tonight I’m going to watch movies and chill until it’s time to sleep and start the cycle all over again. Screens are all around us. The use of computers, televisions, tablets

EXAMINING SLEEP: Why, How and How Much? One of my biggest regrets in adulthood is not recognising the true value of sleep. I definitely regret every nap which I did not take as a child; I would love to make use of some of that valuable sleep time now. Adult life is hectic and admittedly, for those of us who are seeking to successfully manage a career, care for a family, pursue further

DIETS WHY WE SHOULD AVOID THEM! PT2 by Victoria Cox, MSC, Registered Dietitian Diets - those often extreme, restrictive and short-lived periods of time during which we deny ourselves of our favourite foods, only to eventually “fall off of” or “ruin” the diet – and go back to exactly what we were eating beforehand! As last week’s article explained, there is a dark side to