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November 29, 2022
Celebrating nurses who have very successfully assisted in delivering babies in the BNBA 'Skin-to-Skin 100-Day Challenge'

The Bahamas National Breastfeeding Association (BNBA) held an inaugural award ceremony celebrating nurses who have successfully assisted in delivering a significant number of babies in a 'Skin-to-Skin 100-Day Challenge'.

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February 11, 2014
The benefits of skin-to-skin

The technique of skin-to-skin is practiced all over the world by many health care practitioners. So what is this skin-to-skin all about? I have been asked that many times over, in the last few months, so I feel it is the perfect way to start our conversation. The skin-to-skin technique is the manner in which your baby experiences its first moments after being born. In many countries that practice ...

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November 01, 2023
The Skin Is A Great Window To Other Things Going On

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - November 1st marks the beginning of Diabetes Awareness Month and it is being globally marked under the theme "Take Charge of Tomorrow: Preventing Diabetes Health Problems." 

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July 19, 2023
"Protecting Your Skin During the Summer"

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The skin is a vital part of the human body. With temperatures heating up this summer it is encouraged to protect your skin from the sun.

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April 21, 2023
Out island resort operators urged to put "skin in the game" to boost airlift

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A senior tourism executive yesterday urged out-island resort operators to put some "skin in the game" and not rely solely on government's intervention to boost airlift, noting that significant incentives are often used to attract major carriers to family islands destinations.  Kerry Fountain, The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board's (BOIPB) executive director [...]

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Show Some Skin
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August 25, 2010
Show Some Skin

While you?re helping your significant other slather up with sunscreen this weekend, throw in a little bonus gift: a skin check. You see, there?s a benefit to being this close. Couples who are close are more likely to carefully check each other?s skin for moles, bumps, and other worrisome marks.

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October 05, 2010
The Orange Veggie That Smoothes Skin

Next time you shop for skin care products, make your way to the produce aisle and pick up some squash. Butternut would be ideal. No, you don't rub it on your face. The veggie works from the inside out.

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August 09, 2022
Skin cancers seen on the feet 

Most Bahamians and people of color feel they cannot get skin cancer but this is not true! People of all races and colors get skin cancer. This common cancer develops in people of African, Asian, Latino and Native American descent, not only white people. All races have heard the diagnosis, "You have skin cancer." Often, ...
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July 26, 2022
Skin cancers on the foot

Most Bahamians and people of color feel they cannot get skin cancer, but this is not true! People of all races and colors get skin cancer. This common cancer develops in people of African, Asian, Latino and Native American descent and not only white people. All races have heard the diagnosis, "You have skin cancer." ...
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July 07, 2022
The myth of the goodness of skin color

Jesus once said, what is in the heart of a man will come out of his mouth, and out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. He was pointing to the fact that the most important aspect of our existence is what is in our hearts and not what's on the outside. I ...
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