Joanne Paul

There is the common saying and meme, Trinidad is not a real place. Maybe the common saying should also be Trinbago is such a small place. We think we are

So, I hate going back to the Covid pandemic and looking at correlations. But in being a lecturer with The University of the West Indies, I am exposed to undergraduate

So, I hate to go back to the pandemic and its effects even three to five years down the line but the effects for some things are like ripples, initially

It is important to look at things directly, and holistically. But sometimes it is more impactful to look at the trends. The increasing trend over the past few years is

So, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, smoking and alcohol intoxication causing pathologies like strokes, heart attacks and kidney failure are huge issues in Trinbago and the rest of the Caribbean. They seemed

So, the world is going crazy a bit these days. Aside from the on-and-off war between USA and Iran, the genocide-adjacent war between Israel and

It seems moderation is the trick to having a healthy life. Moderation and keeping your body machine moving optimally. It means eating small to moderate-sized meals, regular sleep, exercise at

So, I teach postgraduate students in emergency medicine. The groups are split into junior and senior, and I teach the senior ones. The focus of the junior group is pathophysiology

There are at present 850 wildfires burning in Canada, more so on the east coast in the Ontario region, especially Toronto. Saying that, though, the west coast has not been

This past weekend was expected to be fairly hectic. I had a whole-day family get-together on the Saturday and then liming with some friends again all day on the Sunday.