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COVID-19 Update for Saturday, April 23

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New COVID-19 cases numbered 355 (156 males and 199...

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PG 3 What’s in a number? PG 6 Maternity Matters PG 8 Adolescent Health PG 10 Better Families PG 12 Pandemic fatigue & burnout PG 14 Fitness in small spaces PG 16 Cleaning contact lenses Nutrition PG 18 Food combinations Pt.2 PG 20 Replacing refined grains PG 22 Water watch Pt.1 PG 24 Dietician Victoria Cox Health PG 26 Nicole Carter’s nutrition PG 28 The Delta variant

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This month’s issue takes more of a turn along the road of nutrition, great health and well-being. There are features on fitness, how much sun to actually take in, how ultraviolet rays affects your skin, and information about the Delta variant of COVID, among other informative articles. One highlight is the feature on the Better Health resident Nutritionist, Victoria Cox, as we continue

Maternity Matters

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Maternity Matters by Midwife Andrea Jordan Three Troubleshooting Solutions for your Breastfeeding Woes! Why is breastfeeding such a struggle? What am I doing wrong? These are the words spoken by many a new mother in the early days with their newborns. Let’s face it, even though breastfeeding is supposed to be a natural process, for some mothers, and babies, it can be a real
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Chronic Venous Insufficiency

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Dear Doc, What is the purpose of pressure stockings? What do they really do? - Clara Dear Clara, Compression stockings work by applying constant pressure to your lower limbs, that is your leg and thigh area, to help the return of blood to the heart. Individuals who would benefit from using these stockings are those with what is often called “poor circulation;” the correct medical term
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Cramping Legs

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Dear Doc, Sometimes in my sleep when I am turning, I feel my leg cramping up. At these times I will just try to relax and breathe deeply, and slowly flex the muscles until I feel relief. Once the cramp happened in my toes and at the bottom of my feet, and it felt like my foot was being folded in half so my big toe would touch my little toe. What is the cause of this kind of cramping, or any kind
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Dry Between Your Toes

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Dear Doc, I read somewhere recently that you shouldn’t cream the bottom of your feet, or soak them in water because the soaking would make the bottom of the feet soft. Then I also saw don’t cream between the toes. So, which is it? And if between your toes are white and you can’t cream them, how is that treated? - Vincent Dear Vincent, It is good to apply moisturiser to the bottom of your
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Runny Nose Problem

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Dear Doc, Why does my nose run even though I don’t have a cold or allergies? - Ms. Frank Dear Ms. Frank, Liquid running from the nose is what we medically term rhinorrhea. As you stated, the usual causes are the cold or “allergies”, the latter is correctly termed allergic rhinitis. It is not uncommon to not have “allergies” as a child, but it can be a problem in an adult due to overexposure
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Contraceptives For Teens

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Dear Helen, I’m sure you must have had this question before, but I hope not recently as I missed a few editions of this magazine. I want to talk to my granddaughter about contraceptives, and want to be able to make sense of all the information out there. What can I tell her are the best or safest types to use? She is 17 now and will soon be 18. I don’t know for sure if she is sexually active
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Editor’s Note

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How many of us have ever heard of Myasthenia Gravis? Well, this month of June is dedicated to Myasthenia Gravis (MG) which is “ a chronic neuromuscular disease which derives its name from the Latin and Greek words meaning “grave muscle weakness”.The disease is characterised by abnormal weakness of voluntary muscles (those controlled by will). This weakness increases with activity
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Maternity Matters

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Maternity Matters by Midwife Andrea Jordan To Eat or Not To Eat in Labour- That is the Question! The birth process, whether we believe this or not, is very much a normal and natural phase of a woman’s life cycle, and not a medical procedure. In days gone by, when we truly understood this, our labouring women would have been encouraged to nourish their bodies and consume foods and
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BABY Massage: THE SECRET TO A GREAT PARENTAL BOND

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BABY Massage: THE SECRET TO A GREAT PARENTAL BOND by Kerry Neilands The first three years of a baby’s life are critical for brain development. Positive nurturing experiences between a caregiver and infant play an important role in the development of the brain. Research has shown that early experiences matter and children thrive in a nurturing environment. Infant massage promotes
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PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRSTAID

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PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRSTAID by Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker When I woke up in early April to the intense smell of sulphur and saw the ash-covered windows and no view of the sun in the morning sky, I became listless, and I felt swamped. I also wondered why this ash fall now? I also wondered what was going to happen
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DEEP BREATHING AND MEDITATION

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DEEP BREATHING AND MEDITATION by Cherith Pedersen We inhale 20,000 times a day. It’s the first and last thing we do on the planet. In ancient Asian practices the act of breathing becomes an art to bring about overall well-being, and as a spiritual conduit. When we are stressed, our breathing often becomes shallow. Far from the more relaxed breathing that fills the diaphragm. So
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