World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day It’s February 4th. It is the day that Rosa Parks and Alice Cooper were born. On this day in 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his dorm room at Harvard. It has also been designated...
ACNE: Can Scar you for life
September 2018 marks the first National Acne Awareness Month (it started with a week but due to the importance, moved to a month). Acne is the most common skin condition in Canada, affecting 5 million people and up...
Why Hospital Beds are Helpful
By John Bellingham, Rehab and Mobility Specialist Hospital beds are one of the essential home healthcare tools for those who are bedridden. Why? Because they offer countless benefits over regular beds. Not only do they increase a person’s...
QUESTION EVERYTHING- Understanding Health Claims
“I keep six honest serving men, they taught me all I knew. Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.” So begins a poem written in Rudyard Kipling in 1902. Without going...
Crazy or Mismatched Socks? What’s Up?
By: Steve Bond, BScPhm, RPh, CDE You may notice that your colleagues, friends or family are wearing mismatched or unusual socks today. Is this a fashion statement? A laundry mishap? Or is there more to this? In fact,...
A Message for Our Caregivers
t’s important to look after YOU! Your own physical and emotional health matters just as much as the one(s) you care for. Stroke recovery can take a toll on everyone involved. Caregivers are particularly susceptible to burnout....
IBD: Does Nurture Affect Nature?
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a general term which describes chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. IBD includes Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease. Inflammation leads to ulcers and damage to underlying tissue leading the common symptoms such...
Binding the Generations
The March mentorship interview: Peter Yurek Published in the St Thomas Elgin Weekly News Can you tell us how you got into the business? I grew up in the family business stocking the shelves on Sunday afternoons...
Travelling Tips
By: Steve Bond, BScPhm, RPh, CDE As Canadians, many of us love the winter. The snow, the cold, the ice. What’s not to love? It’s no wonder many people plan to escape the cold for a warmer, more...
What’s the Deal with Christmas Seals?
Christmas brings family gatherings, shopping and the Lung Association’s Christmas Seal campaign. While the lung association supports a wide range of lung conditions via their December drive, its roots focused on funding for a disease that was rampant...
