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A test too important to forget
July 29, 2014
A test too important to forget
In a country where studies have shown a significant predisposition for young Bahamian women to develop breast cancer, women old and young, with or without a family history of the disease, are keen to have their annual mammogram.
With so much attention being paid to breast cancer prevention, it is easy to forget an equally important test that no woman should miss -- an annual Pap smear.
A Pap smear...
Get in touch
July 01, 2014
Get in touch
It's one of the oldest healing arts, and today the benefits of massage are varied and far-reaching. As an accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programs, massage therapy has also proven beneficial for many chronic conditions including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes, immunity suppression, infertility, smoking cessation and depression. Many people ...
Sexual infections growing among youth, group says
April 29, 2014
Sexual infections growing among youth, group says
While teens and young adults account for just under a quarter of the sexually active population, they make up about 75 percent of new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to Kevon Lightbourne, executive director of the Bahamas Sexual Health and Rights Association (BASHRA).
Lightbourne said based on recent statistics, people between 14 and 24 make up the majority of new cases....
It is time to be watchful
February 27, 2014
It is time to be watchful
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. - Revelation 3:2
The powers that be, Emperor Domitian, banished the Apostle John to Patmos, an island just off the coast of Ephesus which is modern day Kusadasi, Turkey. What was intended to be a slow and sure death for John turned out to be a place where the revelation of Jesus Christ was given. We can call that "revelat...
A natural approach to fibroid treatment
November 19, 2013
A natural approach to fibroid treatment
Just a mention of the word tumor can cause patients to experience a wave of terror, but according to health experts uterine fibroids that are generally non-cancerous tumors and grow in a woman's uterus are much more common that one would imagine.
Fibroids are muscular tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus.
They can grow as a singular tumor or there can be many of them in the uterus, ranging i...
Halloween: To be or not to be
November 07, 2013
Halloween: To be or not to be
Thank you for allowing me to remind the Bahamian society once again, through this precursory research, on the matter of Halloween...
Gomez defends PLP over Nygard meeting
July 16, 2013
Gomez defends PLP over Nygard meeting
Amid claims from the opposition that the government is "too compromised to govern effectively", Minister of Health Dr. Perry Gomez said yesterday he could not remember exactly when he and other senior Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) members visited Nygard Cay, but said it was after the general election.
However, an eight-and-a-half minute mini-documentary that has gone viral shows billionaire f...
March 28, 2013
The true joy of Easter: The Easter Bunny vs. the Feast of the Resurrection
Many years ago, while serving as a young Methodist minister in Kingston, Jamaica, I had the privilege of attending and speaking to a group of eager school children, along with two other clergymen, one an Anglican and the other a Roman Catholic. We were each asked to speak briefly to the children on the subject "The Joy of Easter!" Those children listened with rapt attention as we shared our unders...
Haiti's Population Explosion: A Curse Or A Challenge
September 14, 2012
Haiti's Population Explosion: A Curse Or A Challenge
Haiti, before the struggle for independence, had a population of 500,000 black people, of which some 100,000 perished during the 13-year battle for freedom against slavery.
The pros and cons of birth control
June 19, 2012
The pros and cons of birth control
Gone are the days when women were raised to find a husband, and their only pride and joy was in the abundance of children they bore. So-much-so, that it has almost become a rite of passage for young women to find contraception that works for them so they do not fall into a situation where they have too many children too soon, and too little means to provide for them.
According to Dr. Laura Dupuch,...
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