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Fibroids don’t have to be a source of pain, shame
Fibroids don’t have to be a source of pain, shame
She awoke in the middle of the night to a gush of liquid rushing to exit her body. It was blood, but much heavier bleeding than what’s commonly associated with menstruation – the unmentionable taboo.
“I was so embarrassed, I rushed into the bathroom to clean up before my husband awoke. He heard me anyway. He told me it was okay and helped clean up the mess while I went to shower. That wa...
OB/GYN Shines Spotlight on Endometriosis During Awareness Month
It is a debilitating reproductive health concern for women. Still, very few persons are talking about it.
“Endometriosis affects persons from all walks of life. There is no discrimination,” said obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr Shamanique Bodie-Williams.
“There is a stigma associated with chronic pain symptoms. You are not going to usually walk around and express how painful your me...
Born Without A Uterus, Woman Delivers Baby Thanks to Cleveland Clinic’s second Uterine Transplant Clinical Trial
Born Without A Uterus, Woman Delivers Baby Thanks to Cleveland Clinic’s second Uterine Transplant Clinical Trial
For the second time, Cleveland Clinic has delivered a baby from a uterus that was transplanted from a deceased donor...The transplant and birth are part of an on-going clinical trial – Uterine Transplantation
Cleveland Clinic First in North America to Deliver Baby from Deceased-Donor Uterine Transplant
Cleveland Clinic First in North America to Deliver Baby from Deceased-Donor Uterine Transplant
For the first time in North America and the second time worldwide, Cleveland Clinic delivered a baby from a uterus that was transplanted from a deceased donor...
Thyroid Disorders Commonly Underdiagnosed, Putting Patients at Risk for Various Diseases
Thyroid Disorders Commonly Underdiagnosed, Putting Patients at Risk for Various Diseases
Cleveland Clinic Florida Details New Advanced Screening, Treatment Options
Dr. Baldwin Carey dies
Dr. Baldwin Carey dies
Dr. Baldwin Carey, former director of public health and long-time business partner of the late Dr. Bernard Nottage, died yesterday of a massive heart attack.
Carey's death came just over a week after Nottage, the former minister of national security, died in a Florida hospital.
Carey's sudden passing stunned his colleagues in the medical community.
Dr. Ronald Knowles, who was Carey's and Nottage's...
Margot Bethel's Portal
Margot Bethel's Portal
"Everyday bucket go to well. One day the bottom fall out."
- Bahamian proverb
"For she who goes to the well; who carries; who labours; who bleeds; who sweats; who delivers; who bears all; who nurtures; who listens; who waits; who lays down her life in sacrifice; who is broken, silenced, violenced, erased and forgotten.
When she no longer agrees to bondage. When she sees, herself reflected whole....
Ferguson's fantastic dragon
Ferguson's fantastic dragon
A fire-breathing hell-beast, a scaly winged thing of fantasy -- sometimes good, sometimes dangerous and greedy: dragons. Not a staple in the established subject matter for Amos Ferguson, but nonetheless a treasure in the National Collection, an entity worthy of having an epic flying reptilian guarding it for sure. Ferguson's "The Dragon" (1991) is an outlier for a lot of reasons. While his usual p...
IDB study reveals data on social conditions in The Bahamas
Bahamian women play a key role in the labor force of this country, the highest of 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries studied, according to data in a recent Inter-American Development Bank Group's (IDB Group) publication.
Yesterday, the University of The Bahamas (UB) hosted the launch of "Development in the Americas" at the Harry C. Moore Library Auditorium, where two of the IDB's flagship p...
Unrighteous talk from the Venerable James Palacious
Unrighteous talk from the Venerable James Palacious
Dear Editor,
In the interest of fair play, the Venerable Archdeacon James Palacious needs to join Richard Lightbourn in the penalty box for his recent insensitive public outburst.
The archdeacon is familiar with the need for nuance and diplomatic language to sell complex or sensitive issues to a wide audience. He ascends the pulpit weekly to sell the miracle of a virgin birth, resurrection, transu...