Health

BREATHE DEEP by Nick Nunes In through the nose, out through the mouth. That’s the regular breathing technique promoted for yoga, meditation, exercise, and whatever else you might be doing that requires regulating your breathing. There’s been a special focus on the ability to breathe lately, obviously due to the pandemic of a virus that causes respiratory distress. Being unable

F EEL G OOD by Katrina Welch “ Hi? How are you?” In our society it is a norm to greet a friend with these words in passing, but take some time to think about it: how are feeling right now? Emotions are quite complicated. As human beings, we all feel them and they play a critical role in governing how we interact with other people and the world around us. Sometimes we

FOREVER LEARNING— COVID-19 by Nick Nunes “ Idon’t know.” That is the fundamental drive of science. Every human being that has ever existed has been faced with some perplexity that results in the unending “I don’t know”. Every era, undoubtedly, assumes, maybe correctly, that they exist in unprecedented times. Bob Dylan correctly sang, “The times they are a changing.”

The abuse of illegal and over-the-counter drugs is on the increase throughout the world. Organisations like the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) are fighting what appears to be a losing battle, but we cannot give up and walk away. Many individuals engage in substance use to experience the feel-good hormone ‘Dopamine’, and in so doing, they often seek new ways of getting high or

ALL ABOUT BL O OD by Every two seconds someone requires a blood transfusion. Worldwide, on average, one in seven people who visit the hospital require blood and the availability of the different types of blood donations can save innumerable lives. Firstly, there are four major human blood groups. These groups were first identified in 1901 by Dr Karl Landsteiner– A, B, AB and O.

USHERING IN TRANSFOR MATION FOR 2021 For many, if not all of us, we are grateful to see the end of 2020. It was an unprecedented year with the emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus sparking the declaration of a global pandemic. Practically all nonessential services ground to a halt which has and continues to have major fall-out on multiple levels. Job losses or pay reduction,