I AM WHAT I THINK - A spirit of renewal - I recharged my battery
Many readers have been expressing concerns as to whether I had discontinued my weekly column. Obviously not! I had only taken a break. This was a well-needed break to recharge my physical, emotional and spiritual batteries. It was an opportunity to renew and reinvent myself
HER HEALTH - Air travelling while pregnant
My patients often ask me if and when is it safe for air travel in pregnancy. In general, if her pregnancy is normal, a woman may safely travel to about 35 weeks (eight months) of pregnancy. If she has certain medical problems or complications in pregnancy...
FITNESS CLUB - Do more strength, endurance training!
If your aim is to get into shape for better sport performance or just for general fitness, combining muscle strengthening exercises with aerobic activities should definitely do the trick. Building strength and stamina incorporates a complete training...
DIETITIAN'S DESK - Nutrition for our elderly citizen
We live in an exciting time. We are living longer, thanks to improvements in medicines and in public health, including the increased availability of nutritious foods. In Latin America and the Caribbean, life expectancy was about 30 to 40 years in the last century...
PHARMACY TODAY - Take your medicine, now!
Medicines work best when they are taken as prescribed. People are buying medication and not taking them or taking them incorrectly. This is emerging as a major public health concern. Persons are not taking life-enhancing medication appropriately and continue to adopt risky behaviours.
HIS HEALTH - Bladder infection in men and women
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common among sexually active women and infrequent in men except when they are old. One in every four women will experience a UTI at least once in her lifetime and, of those who do, the likelihood of having another UTI...
You can call me 'Doc'
Most patients want their doctors to shake hands when they first meet, and about half want their physicians to use their first names in greetings, concludes a survey of patient expectations and preferences by researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg...
Down's syndrome - Children with Down's syndrome have an extra chromosome in some or all cells.
Down's syndrome (DS) occurs when body cells divide and an extra chromosome (threadlike structure which carries genes) becomes present in some or all cells. This causes a characteristic group of physical features associated with learning difficulties...
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