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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 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

by Katrina Welch It’s the month of August! Do you know what that means? We are in the midst of yet another glorious summer and much more time is being spent outdoors in the glorious sunshine… although to be fair when you live on a tropical island, it can feel like summer all year round. With school out, children spend more time outdoors daily and many parents take vacation in the summer

Did you know that… • …skin cancer diagnoses globally account for one in every three cancer cases? • …there are four main types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, merkel cell cancer and melanoma? • …exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is one of the leading causes of skin cancer? • … skin cancer occur if the sun’s UV rays

FIGHTING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA by Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker One of my favourite quotes, which I often share when I am teaching social work students and dialoguing with clinical supervisees about mental health stigma, comes from the narrative therapists Michael White and David Epston. “The problem is the problem;

by Dr Hazel Othello It’s been approximately one year since terminology such as pandemic, social distance and coronavirus inserted themselves into our vocabulary and life began to demand of us all unexpected adjustments, for which we had no plans. Now, after months of handwashing and mask wearing, superimposed on the restrictions of public health regulations, yet another term is imposing itself