“Several medical conditions can cause tenesmus.
“These include inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colorectal cancer, and disorders that affect how muscles move food through the gut.
“It can be painful, especially if there is cramping or other digestive symptoms. The symptoms can come and go, or they may persist long term.
“Vesical tenesmus is a separate condition that relates to the urinary bladder. A person will feel as if they are unable to empty the bladder, even when there is no urine present.”
Bowel cancer: Tenesmus is a sign of the condition (Image: Getty Images)
In a study published in the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, tenesmus as a sign for bowel cancer was further investigated.
Narkita Gold
Anthony says the title of the Boulder show,
From This Day Forward, reflects on the state of the world during COVID-19 and ongoing political and civil unrest over the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and other Black people.
“We decided that as artists, educators and designers, in order to move forward, we must address what was upon us as a community,” Anthony explains. “We would address grief and loss along with difficult conversations of what the world and society has been and could be, and maybe, just possibly, how to find a path to get there.”
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A little girl with her Ymma doll.
Ymma’s website prominently features a Nelson Mandela quote: “It is in your hands to make a better world for all who live in it.”
Gaëtan Etoga and Yannick Nguepdjop take that literally. The two Quebec dads founded the company, which makes Black and mixed-race dolls, to inspire children and expose them to difference.
Startling lack of diversity in the toy world
Etoga said the idea has been floating around in his head for a while now.
He and his business partner, Nguepdjop, both originally from Cameroon, were surprised to find that even big multicultural cities like Montreal had a startling lack of diversity in many areas including in toy stores.
SunStar
+ February 10, 2021 KEEPING its promise to make the resort’s services more inclusive, 55 employees of Plantation Bay Resort and Spa (PBRS) have undergone its first autism sensitivity training hosted by the Autism Society of the Philippines (ASP).
“We aim to learn more about Inclusive Tourism in 2021, which is why we kickstarted the year by attending this training. From this, we can better understand and create a resort that is more inclusive through continued design and service improvements,” said Plantation Bay general manager Cherry Allego in a statement.
The autism-inclusive tourism training was held on Jan. 21, 2021.
Several employees have expressed understanding and appreciation of the importance of undergoing the training.
The daily readings are taken from the lectionary which divides much of the Bible into three years worth of readings. If you complete the daily readings each day for three years, you will read 15 percent of the Old Testament and 71 percent of the New Testament.