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by Nick Nunes It’s fantastic, it’s fast, it’s frighteningly addictive, and it’s everywhere. If you dream back to feudal times, no one, even the lower economic classes of the 21st century, could deny that we live with taken-for-granted luxuries that ancient emperors would blush to even imagine. Picture the awe that a simple Hot Pocket would inspire upon presentation to an Elizabethan

A NEW LOOK AT NARCOTICS by Nick Nunes The word narcotic gets thrown around a lot. As with many of our English words, this one is of ancient Greek origin. It comes from a word that meant “to make numb”. Originally, it was a medical reference to any drug that was psychoactive in nature and used for numbing or paralysis. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has been most associated

FEEL G OOD by Katrina Welch The human body is nothing short of amazing. Oftentimes, we don’t think about how our body works, we just know that it does. We think, we move around, we speak, we grow, and our features even change with time. These actions are all as a result of the complex systems at work beneath the surface of our skin. Our feelings are an example of such systems at work.

COVID-19 SYMPTOMS-Health THE MILD TO THE SEVERE by Nakiah Thomas-Edwards The threat of COVID-19, the disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, has become more real to us now that there is community spread and we may actually know someone who got tested for it, or someone who contracted it. And we’ve been hearing quite a lot about the symptoms, but how much do we really

Dear Doc, I recently read that having had dengue type I, II, or III, makes it more likely you may get dengue haemorrhagic. I had dengue three times but that was over 20 years ago. If I were to contract dengue now after all these years, is it likely that I can still get dengue haemorrhagic fever? - Sandra Dear Sandra, Thank you for such an in insightful question. There are four types of dengue

Dear Doc, I don’t hear about gout nowadays. Is it still stirring? I used to hear about it before in old men? Do women get it too?- Alphonse Dear Alphonse, Gout unfortunately is still present. It is much more common in men than women. Gout is caused by the deposition of uric acid crystals in the joint or tendons leading to inflammation and therefore pain. Gout is associated predominantly with