Understanding Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a fatlike substance that helps your body use fats, insulates your nerve and brain tissues, and helps make hormones. Cholesterol and fat are carried together through your blood vessels in packages called lipoproteins. Usually this transport system works well. But when...
A: There are two different types of HIV testing available- anonymous or confidential.
• Anonymous- no one besides you will have access to your results since your name is never given or recorded at the testing site. Instead, you are given a unique code.
• Confidential- your name is recorded but specific...
Wisdom teeth, also known as third molars, are the last teeth to erupt in your mouth. This generally occurs between the ages of 17 and 25, a time of life that has been called the age “Age of Wisdom.”
Wisdom teeth have earned a reputation for causing trouble in this day and age when many of us have...
He may be called a mother’s boy but 44 year-old former pilot with the Jamaican Defense Force and currently CEO of Veraboy Island Grill, Peter “Peter B” Brown is one of New York City most creative chefs specializing in West Indian dishes and seafood.
Peter B says he has always been a chef cooking for...
Healthy Eating: Strategies for a healthy diet
Here are some tips for how to choose foods that improve your health and avoid foods that raise your risk for illnesses while creating a diet plan that works for you.
• Eat enough calories but not too many.
• Maintain a balance between your calorie intake and...
