Cancer
By Dr Steve Surujbally
(Continued)
Possible causes
Last week we mentioned that although one, at present, cannot define with certainty the cause of cancer, there are certain possible considerations that enter any ’cause-of-cancer’ discussion.
I got my new glasses and am feeling uncomfortable… high and low.
Make a breast-screening programme
By Dr Amrish Kamboj, MD Pathology (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women, with approximately one in nine women developing the disease in her lifetime.
The message is implementation
By David Jessop
Some time before the end of June this year the Caribbean will sign in Barbados an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe.
Deryck Bernard: A career of many achievements
By Al Creighton
When the Macmillan Caribbean Writers Series published Going Home and Other Tales from Guyana (Macmillan Caribbean, 2002), it was a significant milepost artistic achievement for its author Deryck Bernard.
By Ian McDonald
The hard duty of communicating clearly
The importance of using clear, accurate language in explaining the problems that face a nation like Guyana cannot be too strongly emphasized.
The writing on wall
When someone says the writing’s on the wall you know that disaster is imminent.
Spending those billions – conclusion
Introduction
Last week I began looking at the capital expenditure of the central government comparing it with the rate of growth over a five year period.
A sustainable solution to Georgetown’s waste management programme
Let us turn our minds to the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme.
Over the last two weeks I have sought to establish that it is incorrect to assume that there are specific binding pledges of EU assistance to underpin the development dimension of the EPA.
Don’t panic about plant extinction
Our most popular ornamentals, fruit and vegetables are changing, or are being changed almost beyond recognition since they were brought in from their wild state.
Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted. The term commonly refers to the veins on the leg, although varicose veins occur elsewhere.
In Round 12 of the Linares tournament, the game of the day was the Norwegian teenager, 17- year-old Magnus Carlsen, versus former FIDE world champion Topalov.
Our most popular ornamentals, fruit and vegetables are changing, or are being changed almost beyond recognition since they were brought in from their wild state.
Time alone
Oh, time will tell
You think you’re in heaven
But you living in hell
You think you’re in heaven
But you living in hell .
I’ve been hearing about transitions lenses. What are they?
Studies have found that people of all ages can benefit from protecting their eyes from the sun.
On April 29, 2007, this column dealt with women’s cricket and carried the caption ‘All Stars Club had mastered women’s cricket.’
So terrifying. We don’t even want to call it by name.
The aid-for-trade scam
Last week I initiated a discussion of one of the most contentious planks on which the EPA is based; that is, the supposition that its development dimension is securely rooted in assured EU development assistance.
I have been reading a magnificent biography of that powerfully charismatic man of God and extraordinary historical figure, Pope John Paul II.