March 24, 2021

Three Micronutrients We All Need

By: Daria Horbal, Pharm.D, RPh Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that our body needs. Vitamins are necessary for energy production, immune function, blood clotting and other functions. Minerals play an important role in growth, bone health, fluid balance...
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July 31, 2020

What’s in the Juice?

So, you go your local pharmacy, and you see a client drinking a cup of orange juice. They politely say thank you and leave. Since the 1960s, methadone has been used to help people with a condition known...
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December 12, 2019

So Be Good for Good-Health Sake

We teach our young children that if they misbehave, a jolly old man in a red suit will see and send them straight to the naughty list. Those children will not reap the benefits of presents and instead...
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September 23, 2019

Water is Not Just For Hot Days!

Our muscles and brain consist of 75% water; our blood is 82% water! We need enough water to make sure our body functions at its best.  It’s true, during hot summer days, our bodies lose a significant amount of...
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September 5, 2017

What’s in the Juice?

There has been a great deal of publicity lately around methadone and methadone clinics.  When you are at your local pharmacy, you may see a client drinking a cup of orange juice; they politely say “thank you” and...
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June 6, 2017

How can we Pass on the Gas?

I’m often challenged when it comes to choosing health topics. This week I was challenged by an individual who prefers to remain anonymous. She said, I bet you can’t write about farts. Fart, although considered a rude and...
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June 6, 2017

Constipation-Here’s the Scoop on Poop

The three most common questions asked around the water cooler are usually about the weather; the score of last night’s game; and how many bowel movements you've had in the past week. Well, perhaps not the last one....
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June 6, 2017

Is it time for Re-thinking Binge Drinking?

Tomorrow is St.Patrick’s day.  A global celebration of Irish culture where we pay homage to one of Ireland’s Patron saints by wearing green and drinking green beer.  They say that on Saint Patrick’s day everyone is  a wee...
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June 6, 2017

Grapefruit: The Forbidden Fruit?

Grapefruits are an excellent source of Vitamin C, dietary fibre and lycopene. They are hybrids of two other citrus fruits: The Pomelo and the Sweet Orange and the fruit has become popular since the late 19th century; before...
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