Tag: Smoking

  • Cervical Dysplasia

    This is where abnormal cells (pre-cancerous or cancerous) grow on the cervix which is the area between the uterus and the vagina. Interestingly, there are no symptoms so testing has to be relied on to diagnose and determine the classification of dysplasia as low or high grade depending on the degree of abnormality of the…

  • Bad Breath

    This can be as a result of ingesting certain foods that release sulphur compound into the mouth and bloodstream, but it can often be a problem insufficient oral hygiene in which bacteria feed on the remaining food particles after a meal and the sulphur odour is given off as a digestive by-product. This is remedied…

  • Back Pain

    This occurs due to strained muscles in the back and could come about due to stress or bad posture. For some it is just a matter of age, as statistics show that adults over forty have some disc degeneration which reduces shock absorption, create muscular imbalance and poor flexibility, misalignment of the spine, ligament and…

  • High Blood Pressure

    Blood pressure is the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries as it passed through the blood vessel. This pressure may rise due to exercise, stress, or emotions, but its failure to return to normal after the situation has passed is what gives it its name: high blood pressure or hypertension. The…

  • Trip, Trip

    Namaste Was on my way out… Called my usual taxi driver and he answered saying he was in the hospital due to a lung infection. Curious. This is a guy who is proud of his e-cigars. Did he get the infection from one, or did he get the infection from whatever he was weaning himself…

  • Lessons in Twine

    Namaste We arrive here with a ball of twine, and we skip and twist and wind and it gets all knotted up and we still don’t realize that the thing we are playing with is the number of our days. It is time. The time allotted to us on the face of this Earth. Thankfully,…

  • Brazilian Waxing

    Namaste I got a text message from a Therapist stating that she has gotten a new client who has had a stroke and is suffering from severe pain whenever movement is required. She wanted to know if I had any suggestions to share. I started responding: You should brush him… Then I stopped, remembering that…

  • Happy…Ending

    Namaste Sat down to write. Heard my gate. Heard footsteps. I waited. A voice called. I went to the door to see my neighbour with knitted brows staring at my ceiling accessories. He came to put me on alert that thieves broke into one of the apartments and left with a new flat screen TV.…

  • Massage Psychology

    Namaste On Monday I was out with a student doing massages for residents of a Home when I heard a jingle on the radio that Shadow, the Calypsonian, lent his voice to.  It was amusing.  After the amusement I asked why would anyone call themselves a shadow.  The word conjures dark shifting shapes in the…