EDITORIAL - Agriculture's new opportunity
CASSAVA WAS clearly not the sexiest product with which to promote a revolution in agriculture, but Christopher Tufton, despite the clunky articulation and the ribbing he endured, had the right idea. And if Dr Tufton's broad concept made sense in 2008...

Feeling hot, hot, hot!
WITHOUT A doubt, I have never felt as hot as I have this summer. My little informal poll revealed that even the young and thin are finding the heat almost unbearable. Many believe that this is the hottest summer ever.

Drugs to treat dementia wanted on NHF list
The following is extracted from a letter written to the National Health Fund (NHF) on May 25, 2009, by Dr Loraine Barnaby while she was consultant psychiatrist in the Dementia Clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies...

NOTE-WORTHY
A terrible disease - I read with interest the downgrading of Jamaica by S&P and was in no way surprised. Think about it: the world is in a crisis. I also was not surprised by the negative comment made by Dr Omar Davies...