The latest news on the vaccine front is very encouraging. As expected, we’re starting to see the preliminary results of the Phase 3 research trials. New medications and vaccines go through certain steps before they are submitted for approval by the regulatory authorities.
Getting a full body workout is no easy feat, especially when you're exercising at home. But did you know that by working out your abdominal muscles, you're actually helping to improve all of your muscle groups? Ab exercises help to strengthen your overall core, including your hips, back, sho…
Cabbage is packed with nutrients like Vitamin C and also has anti-inflammatory properties, and chickpeas are a super healthy source of plant-based protein. Put them together into this soup and you have a recipe for good winter health.
We’ve looked at how to protect ourselves from the “outside” risks of exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19. Now let’s look at the “inside”. Not enough can be said about getting enough sleep. For most adults that means 7-8 hours a night. To help:
JDRF Canada, the leading organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, is marking National Diabetes Awareness Month (NDAM) by honouring the power and resilience of the T1D community with the “Dear Type 1” campaign.
Now you have no excuses to not eat a healthy breakfast... you can prepare it the night before!
JDRF Canada, the leading organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, is marking National Diabetes Awareness Month (NDAM) by honouring the power and resilience of the T1D community with the “Dear Type 1” campaign.
There has been a lot of conflicting information about how COVID-19 spreads. Let’s clear the air. There are four coronaviruses that cause the “common cold”. They spread more in the winter because of the cool, dry air and the fact that people are indoors with reduced ventilation. The virus tha…
Manufactured in our factory in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Québec, our biodegradable cleaning products Pure are known to be effective. We also distribute in bulk to reduce the use of plastic containers.
It’s been a long, tough road as we have coped with the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness. There’s been more than enough discouraging news. Let’s take a moment to look at some of our successes.
Maternity remains one of the most unique journey experienced by women and the environment she creates for her baby is a determining factor to its growth and development.
Your young children are likely to be tested. Prepare them for the experience based on their ability to understand so it will be less terrifying. For example, waiting in a line with strangers all in masks, that could be scary. Same for how the testers are garbed. Imagine not being warned that…
Chock full of good stuff, keep your belly full and your immune system fine-tuned.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the role of a lockdown in controlling the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Locking down a community is a last gasp response to a failure of the basic measures that would normally control an epidemic. No one wants a lockdown.
The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of Canada launched on Oct. 7 the #TakeActionForMS campaign asking Members of Parliament to extend the Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefit from 15 to at least 26 weeks and support Canadian health charities with direct funding to sustain their critica…
One in every two Canadian, including many children and teenagers, are afflicted with excess weight. The repercussions of being overweight on one’s health can be serious and hamper daily life for many years.
Researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Université Laval in Quebec City and the University of Alberta in Edmonton have teamed up with Montreal-based iMD Research to create an affordable, user-friendly bracelet that monitors vital signs of patients in real time.
A potentially dangerous document is currently making the rounds on social media and in the news. Called the “Great Barrington Declaration”, it is a relatively short statement from the American Institute for Economic Research, a libertarian think-tank based in Great Barrington, Massachusetts …
The messaging around our current situation could be really depressing. We went from yellow to orange to red. The government probably already knew that we were going in that direction but by doing it this way they haven’t helped us to ease into the new situation; what they’ve done is discoura…
While September may have been Arthritis Awareness Month, October is still a good time to talk about the collection of conditions that affects the joints and other tissues of one in five Canadians.
Dorma Filtration has received its Medical Device Establishment Licence (MDEL) from Health Canada to market the first N99 mask entirely designed and manufactured in Canada, said an Oct. 6 statement.
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