Keep your child away from screens
Those were the days when parents and grandparents carried babies or toddlers all over the home and the garden in a desperate bid to feed them. Times, however, have changed and now there is an easier but unsuitable method – feeding by handing over a ‘screen’ to a little one is catching on. This should [...]
If you are upset, write it down
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like [...]
Eat your veggies and fruits to prevent CVDs
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the No.1 cause of death in Sri Lanka. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 34% out of total deaths occur due to CVD. The usual suspects for these conditions are hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, obesity, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption and a sedentary lifestyle. Most of these risk factors are [...]
Their very own place to spend the day
It is a Saturday morning and in a green haven proudly showing off bright flowers in all their beauty across De Silva Road from the bustling Colombo South (Kalubowila) Teaching Hospital, several boys are concentrating on some tasks. One is completing a jigsaw puzzle and another is making a picture out of rolled up paper [...]
It’s the time of year to take stock of yourself
Every new year brings with it new hopes and ambitions. It creates a “clean slate” for many of us to set our goals or start anew. This article focuses mainly on character development which reinforces goal formation and achievement. Personal character development requires us to be introspective as well as step outside our comfort zone [...]
A painful saga of stones in the kidney
Renal stones (or renal calculi) form within the kidney. In subjects susceptible to develop renal stones, renal stone forming crystals pass out in the urine. And, in stone formers, renal stones, small in size, would pass out in the urine. When passing out a tiny renal stone in the urine, one may or may not [...]