You just found out you’ve contracted HPV, HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS. Now what? The first thing you are NOT going to do is panic. Secondly, you will maintain a relationship with an urgent care center provider or your regular primary care provider for treatment and counselling. Thirdly, if possible, you will contact your partner […]
As an adult health nurse practitioner since 2006 with an emphasis on holistic and complimentary medicine, I have developed my own techniques, manners, and tips on the best ways to reduce your risk of contracting a cold, the flu and Covid. Here are six of them. 1-STOP AND REST Literally stop and […]
Acid reflux aka heartburn occurs when stomach acid or bile flows back up into the esophagus, leaving one with a burning sensation in their throat or chest. If this happens regularly, it could be GERD, gastro esophageal reflux disease. The first choice one may have when experiencing these symptoms is […]
WEIGHT LOSS is possible by eating apples as they are considered complex carbohydrates. These help keep you fuller longer as they take longer for the body to digest. Other foods in this category include brown rice, brown pasta, wholegrains, and other fruits. In comparison to simple carbohydrates, like cookies, white bread, soda, […]
NOT FOR TEA ONLY As a child I remember loving the taste of honey in such things as a warm cup of tea. But molasses I enjoyed over a stack of pancakes. Sometimes I had a taste for something different on my pancakes than syrup. I remember molasses had a certain pungent taste […]
MISERY I am, hoping, the menopause symptoms that have arrested me and made me absolutely miserable for the past ten years are on the way OUT! The prodromal symptoms, like that of an aura before a migraine or a seizure, are a sense of unease, uncomfortableness, anxiety and doom. Once I feel […]
Have you ever wanted to know a little something about a food, particularly a vegetable, you didn’t like? Well, maybe you haven’t, but I have. As a child, I bit into a beet, decided it was too odd-tasting and bitter for me and immediately put it into the category of ‘yuck.’ But as […]
Most of us are on the go with not much time to get there. A meal usually consists of something starchy, greasy, filling for the moment and gerd-provoking. However, if you are intentional and choose to slow down and eat a nutritious snack or meal that will keep you full and energized for […]
What would I tell this young lady today? According to the NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or abusive behavior as part of a systemic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. A mouthful. But for […]
judi in the pink DO IT SCARED This is me, at 63, learning how to swim. I decided last year at 62 I wanted to be not afraid of the water. I love the beach. But didn’t know how to swim. I suppose I could blame my parents for not throwing […]