Shedding Some Light on SAD
Winter brings many positive things such as sweater weather, warm soup and winter sports. A...
Safety Tips for Winter Walking
Senior Safety When the winter air is crisp, and the ground is covered with...
The Manly Approach to Mental Health
Founded in Australia in 1999, the focus of Movember originally was on raising funds for...
ACNE: Can Scar you for life
September 2018 marks the first National Acne Awareness Month (it started with a week but...
Why Hospital Beds are Helpful
By John Bellingham, Rehab and Mobility Specialist Hospital beds are one of the essential home...
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Many people spent yesterday getting kids ready as we celebrated the return to school (parents...
Medication MIA – Drug Shortages in Canada
There have been reports recently about a shortage of the Epi-pen®– a device used to...
QUESTION EVERYTHING- Understanding Health Claims
“I keep six honest serving men, they taught me all I knew. Their names are...
COPD-Takes Your Breath Away
July marks COPD awareness month and although Hallmark has not launched a line of cards,...
Naloxone-One Weapon in the Opioid Crisis Fight
It feels like you can’t open a newspaper, turn on the radio or television without...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) is a progressive neuromuscular...
Small Bites; Big Threats
There has recently been some press regarding Lyme disease transmitted by black legged ticks. “Vector-borne...
Hemochromatosis
Each year, the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society declares May as a month of awareness to draw...
Let’s become a DONORnation
There are approximately 1500 individuals in Ontario waiting for a life saving organ transplant and...
Immunization across the Nation
National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW) is an annual event held in the last week of...
