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by Behavior Change Specialist Cecelia Neblett-Brathwaite CARCINOPHOBIA, OR FEAR OF GETTING CANCER The word cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to spread to other cells. Even though individuals may have different levels of fear to being diagnosed with cancer, a general approach to managing that fear is not applicable to individual problems

Living with FIBROMYALGIA: ANDRINA ALLEYNE by Katrina Welch One day life was normal for Andrina Alleyne and in a flash it all changed. That day, she woke up and went about her usual business without the slightest inclination that one brief incident would occur and completely change her entire life. She recounted the unfortunate experience which she endured 18 years ago saying, “While

IN HER OWN WORDS - MYASTHENIA GRAVIS & ME by Deanne Phillips My name is Deanne Phillips and I have Myasthenia Gravis. Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune condition which means grave muscle weakness. It affects the eyes which is known as Ocular MG or general MG, and that affects the whole body. My diagnosis of MG in 2014 was a relief and a life changer. My initial diagnosis of Ocular

JUNE IS MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AWARENESS MONTH by What is Myasthenia Gravis? Myasthenia Gravis (MG) 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 and decreases with periods

TALKING ABOUT TBTUBERCULOSIS TENETS by Nick Nunes What do all the Brontë sisters, John Keats, Chopin, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Simón Bolívar, and famed cowboy John Henry “Doc” Holliday have in common? They all suffered from an infectious disease that we rarely hear about today—consumption (as they would know it), tuberculosis or TB to the 21st century. Even though

Say NO to drugs! We’ve been hearing this message for a decades and since then, many new illegal drugs have emerged, and others have waned in popularity, but are still used. The National Council for Substance Abuse clarifies for Better Health readers the different ‘new’ types that are in vogue today. What are Synthetic Drugs? The term synthetic drugs can refer to those drugs that are