Try these practical tips to help you shore up your immunity
and avoid cold-weather ailments.
More than 1,000 years ago, Hippocrates described the common
cold. Since then, doctors, nurses, herbalists, shamans, and
healers of every sort have been confounded by colds and flu.
Over the years, these ailment have been treated with
everything from cold baths and wet feet to chile peppers and
tobacco. At one time, fevers – common to flu – were thought
to be caused by an excess of blood and were treated with
leeches.
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October to April is flu season, when the influenza virus
causes infection in the airways. Every year, countless
otherwise healthy Canadian adults and children miss work and
school due to the flu. Often confused with a cold, the flu
causes headache, chills and dry cough, rapidly joined by
body aches and fever. Read the rest of this entry »
October to April is flu season, when the influenza virus
causes infection in the airways. Every year, countless
otherwise healthy Canadian adults and children miss work and
school due to the flu. Read the rest of this entry »
What you need to know this winter.
People with swine flu may experience body aches, chills,
cough, fatigue, fever, headache, loss of appetite, and sore
throat.
This cold and flu season you’re probably wondering most
about the H1N1 virus and the likelihood of either becoming
exposed to it, contracting it yourself or it spreading into
a pandemic which could potentially threaten your health as
well as those around you. Read the rest of this entry »
Whether we have experienced the pain personally, or
know of someone who has, arthritis has affected most of us
in one way or another.
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As you might have learned from my last Tele-seminar, CARDIOVASCULAR Health & HEART Disease Prevention,
to all the benefits of vitaminC, you can now add decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Though wearing your heart on your sleeve isn’t usually considered beneficial, if we could actually do it we would be able to take a close look at its condition every day. Head off heart disease by nurturing the most discussed but least appreciated organ that symbolizes love and caring.
More of us die from broken heart than any other ailment. Although we know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in Canadians over 45, few of us have questioned the conventional ways that we try to combat it. Sure, we’ve been told about healthy habits to reduce the risks – by losing weight, reducing red meat consumption and avoiding stress. But physicians continue to prescribe cholesterol-lowering (statin) drugs, calcium beta-blockers and high blood pressure medications to millions of Canadians, with side effects that outweigh benefits.
But there are more natural and sensible ways to strengthen our heart. In fact, one of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th century, Linus Pauling, Ph.D., said that doctors have got it all wrong.
Every year half a million people die from coronary heart disease. In a recentCNN article discussing a new study based on the data from the Framingham study concludes: The study “reaffirms the notion that coronary heart disease is the 800-pound gorilla of disease in this country, now and for the foreseeable future,” says cardiologist Dr. Stuart Seides. Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to heart health, it’s clear that women underestimate their personal risk and think that heart disease is more likely seen in men. But, the number one killer for women is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Starting at age 75, the prevalence of heart disease is higher in women than men. Read the rest of this entry »
Be it because of decreased sun light exposure, less fresh air or increased work load, the end of winter is a tough time for “happy” Canadians…
Depression occurs in 10 to 25 percent of women, twice as much than in men and is known to affect approximately 2.6 million Canadians. Eighty percent of adults are also at risk of suffering from depression in their lifetime. In some case depression can become so severe that a person loses touch with reality and experiences hallucinations. But like other disorders it’s not something you “get over” by your own effort. It needs to be managed and controlled by combing a healthy lifestyle and treatments. http://www.askdoctoranca.com/self-tests/et
Did You Know…?
The heart of an adult pumps approximately 4,000 gallons of blood daily!
Learn more about the CV system, the Heart& The Cholesterol Controversy during my upcoming FREE T.S.
