July 6, 2022

Living with Psoriasis

By: Jeff Yurek BScPhm, RPh Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that affects 125 million people in the world. Like other autoimmune diseases, there is no cure, but treatment protocols can help alleviate symptoms. Psoriasis is not contagious. Although...
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June 28, 2022

Swimming Helps you Feel Better

By: Peter Yurek, BSc.Phm For centuries, tales of a fountain of youth have fueled our imaginations. But perhaps it isn’t the magical properties of the water that keep us young, but the act of swimming in them that...
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June 24, 2022

Men’s Health and Your Wellness Check

By: Eric Tran, Registered Pharmacist Greetings! June is Men’s Health Month and it’s time to promote awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease amongst men. The focus is to encourage yearly physical...
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June 18, 2022

Men’s Health by the Numbers (part 2)

By: Steve Bond, BScPhm, RPh, CDE I recently talked about the importance for men to know their numbers.  The last section looked at blood pressure, waist circumference and exercise.  I want to continue to speak about important numbers...
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June 8, 2022

Scleroderma; a Quick Review of a Life-Long Disease

By: Vishal Mehta, B.Pharm, RPh Scleroderma, also called systemic sclerosis, is a rare, autoimmune disease that affects one in every 2500 Canadians. Scleroderma is an ailment characterized by an excessive build-up of tissue collagen or scar tissue (fibrosis)...
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May 26, 2022

Hemochromatosis: the Celtic Curse

By: Vishal Mehta, B.Pharm, RPh For most of us, ingesting the iron in our diets is not a problem. Our bodies will naturally expel any excess through our bowels. But for one in 300 Canadians with hemochromatosis, it’s...
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May 21, 2022

Seasonal Allergies; a Quick Review

By: Diane Alavie, Pharmacist If you’ve noticed your allergies getting worse every year, you are not alone. Our warming planet is giving pollen-producing plants more time to grow, raising the pollen count and giving rise to an allergy...
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May 18, 2022

Lupus; the ‘Cruel Mystery’

By: Jeff Yurek BScPhm, RPh Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in your tissues and organs.   If left untreated, it can cause permanent damage, loss of function, and even death. Although Hippocrates first described it over 2000 years...
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Backbone of Heathcare
May 10, 2022

The Backbone of Healthcare

  by Peter Yurek, BSc.Phm From May 9th to May 15th Yurek Pharmacy and the rest of Canada in honouring National Nursing Week. This week we celebrate our nurses and reflect on the role of nursing as the...
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MS; Canada’s Disease article Vishal
May 7, 2022

Multiple Sclerosis (MS); Canada’s Disease

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is known by many as Canada’s Disease for one disturbing reason; we consistently have the highest incidence of MS in the world. One in 400 Canadians has MS and every day 12 more are diagnosed,...
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Renewal and Motivation Form New Habits By Jeff Yurek
April 30, 2022

Renewal and Motivation Form New Habits

By Jeff Yurek Spring is a time of renewal. For many, New Year is used as motivation to make improvements in their lives. However, spring has always been the time when I change my routine, or develop a...
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