Health Talk
HEALTH TALK: Insomnia
December 28, 2011 | Comments: 7Perhaps due to stress, heartburn, drinking too much caffeine or alcohol, most people have occasional sleepless nights. Insomnia is a lack of sleep that occurs on ...
HEALTH TALK: Sprains and strains
December 21, 2011 | Comments: 2INTRODUCTION When you do too much physically, you may experience sudden pain and swelling around a joint or a muscle. Your injury may be a sprain or a strain. ...
HEALTH TALK: More cancer symptoms men ignore
December 14, 2011 | Comments: 12This is a topic I started on September 29, 2010 (check the archives). On that occasion, I discussed seven cancer symptoms. Here are eight more. Here goes. CANCER ...
HEALTH TALK: Seven dangerous drug mistakes
December 7, 2011 | Comments: 10Remember last week when I wrote about seven silent medical conditions? Well, it’s about another seven today, only it’s about drugs. I touched on this some time ...
HEALTH TALK: Pain – a great signal
November 23, 2011 | Comments: 3There are numerous symptoms you may get that tell you something just isn’t quite right. Of all of them, pain is probably the one we pay most attention to. In ...
HEALTH TALK: Who is Mr. Guillian Barre?
November 16, 2011 | Comments: 5The question is “Who was Mr. Guillain Barre?” because he is dead. Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that his name was given to a syndrome which is an ...
HEALTH TALK: Can we get a little private?
November 9, 2011 | Comments: 36When one looks around and takes note of the number of pregnant women in the country, particularly unwed ones, one knows for sure that these women are not protecting ...
HEALTH TALK: The knee – Torn meniscus
November 2, 2011 | Comments: 3INTRODUCTION The knee is a joint consisting of a number of structures, including bones, tendons and ligaments. Two C-shaped pieces of cartilage known as the ...
HEALTH TALK: Rheumatoid Arthritis – The kid’s variety
October 26, 2011 | Comments: 2OVERVIEW We usually associate arthritis with adults. But children can be affected by almost all of the types of arthritis that adults can have. Juvenile ...
HEALTH TALK: Myths and truths about back pain
October 19, 2011 | Comments: 4You may think lifting heavy objects is a certain cause of back pain. But it’s how you lift that matters. Here are some facts to help you get to the root of back ...
HEALTH TALK: Lung cancer
October 12, 2011 | Comments: 5O.K., so not all of us did Biology in school, but for sure most of you know that you have a pairs of lungs in your chest which allows you to breathe in oxygen for ...
HEALTH TALK: Dengue fever
October 5, 2011 | Comments: 1I’m not going to deal with mosquitoes and all that. The good people of the Environmental Health Department have been doing that and will continue to do so. By ...
HEALTH TALK: Your eyes speak… about your health
September 28, 2011 | Comments: 3Some agree that eyes are the “windows to the soul”, as the ancient proverb has it. Maybe, but they’re also portals through which one can glimpse signs of ...
HEALTH TALK: Worms anyone?
September 21, 2011 | Comments: 21I may as well tell you straight off that this article is rated ‘ss’ for Strong Stomachs; if you don’t have one, don’t read it, otherwise everything in it is ...
HEALTH TALK: Got a bad itch? Could be scabies
September 14, 2011 | Comments: 4INTRODUCTION Scabies is an itchy skin condition caused by a tiny, eight-legged burrowing mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. This mite causes intense itching in the area ...