Illness Posts

What You Should Know About Women’s Health

September 15, 2008

When it comes to symptoms, medicines and treatments, men and women are not the same. Because of gender based biases in ...

What You Should Know About Women’s Health

September 15, 2008

When it comes to symptoms, medicines and treatments, men and women are not the same. Because of gender based biases in ...

Get your Vitamin D

June 24, 2008

Research shows that Vitamin D can dramatically lower risk for chronic disease. But how much is enough and what is the ...

Your Health: Do you suffer from Iron Overload?

May 26, 2008

May is Hemochromatosis awareness month in Canada. Did you know that up to 350,000 Canadians suffer from Iron Overload, ...

Canada the fat?

December 10, 2007

In a massive survey of obesity in 63 countries, Canada won the dubious honour of being the fattest. The obesity ...

Survive sniffle season

November 16, 2007

When it comes to finding relief for colds and flu, what works – and what doesn't? It's that time again - sneeze ...

Chronic fatigue syndrome caused by stomach virus?

October 18, 2007

"Mystery" ailment may be linked to a common stomach virus, according to new research. Could the cause for the elusive ...

Health threats for the 21st century

September 20, 2007

The World Health Organization reports on the major threats to our health. Killer diseases are emerging at an ...

Keep noroviruses at bay

April 16, 2007

Protect yourself from the viruses which cause the stomach flu. You've likely heard the horror stories about people on ...