Sherlina Nageer

What are you getting for Christmas? What are you giving your loved ones?

It has long been observed that women live longer than men, worldwide.

We hear the stories all the time. Woman battered to death.

Let’s assume that you are present on a regular basis in the same home as your child/children, grandchildren, niece, or other young female relative/s, that you are paying attention, and that you have enough of a relationship with them to be aware of the basics of their lives.

Water is life. That is the slogan of the Guyana Water Inc, and a truer slogan there never has been.

There are a lot of ‘invisible’ people in our society – people who, for one reason or another, don’t get the same level of attention as others.

  “I’m so depressed.” This is a common phrase. However, many people still do not understand the difference between ordinary sadness and depression.

There are some people who still want a ‘specialty hospital’ to be built in Georgetown, who believe this is necessary and that such a facility will dramatically improve health in Guyana.

{This column is in commemoration of Carifesta which first took place in Guyana in 1972.}

Who doesn’t have a cellphone these days? Being cellphone-less is akin to either being a member of some uncontacted tribe or other societal misfit.

One thing I noticed immediately when I first moved back to Guyana several years ago was how loud the place was.

As noted previously, cannabis as medicine has been used worldwide for centuries; there are records documenting its use dating back to as early as 2737 BC.

While the norm in most places nowadays is to run into a pharmacy and pick up some medication if one is feeling ill, the truth is that pharmacies, as we know them, have only been around for a couple hundred years.

Skin colour is one of the most obvious markers of difference among people and has long been a topic of much controversy and discussion in many societies around the world.

Healthy food, exercise, regular check-ups, rest, not smoking or overindulging with alcohol – ask most people the keys to good health and these will be their answers.

This Sunday, many people worldwide are going to be celebrating Mother’s Day.

In the practice of medicine, as in all aspects of life, mistakes are made.

Sexual orientation (how one identifies sexually, in terms of who they are sexually attracted to) and behaviour are important elements of health and wellbeing.

Whack! The sound of an object forcibly landing on flesh was clear, penetrating the walls of both houses and the yard in between.

Children having sex. Children recording and taking pictures of their and others’ sexual activity.