(NC)-November is Osteoporosis Month, a good time to get to know your bones. Osteoporosis means “bone” (osteo), “a porous condition” (porosis) and occurs when bone tissue deteriorates. The most common bone fractures are in the hip, spine and wrist. Nearly 1.5 million Canadians have osteoporosis and if you are a woman over 50 your chances [...]

The holidays are for celebrating faith, family and friends, but they can also be extremely taxing. To successfully navigate from Thanksgiving through the New Year, you have to maximize your time, health and energy. With some forethought you can avoid common pitfalls that can sap your energy and make for a less than joyous season.
Eating [...]

(NC)-Eat well, exercise, reduce stress - all the familiar tenets of better health and fitness. The key missing component: getting good quality sleep.
In fact, only ten per cent of Canadians think sleep is critical to their physical fitness, yet nearly one-third admit that “lack of energy” is the greatest barrier to improving their fitness, according [...]

(NC)-Being diagnosed with prostate cancer is bad enough. Having to go for radiation treatment every day for eight weeks makes it even worse. Dr. Charles Catton of Toronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital wants to make life easier for men with prostate cancer by cutting the length of radiation treatments in half - from eight weeks to [...]

(NC)-Prostate cancer is far easier to diagnose today than it used to be, thanks to a simple blood test, the protein-specific antigen (PSA) test. The problem is, it’s too easy. The PSA test is so sensitive, it can pick up even the slightest hint of cancerous cells, many of which may never develop into clinically [...]

(NC)-National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week is September 16-22. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men.
. In 2007, an estimated 22,300 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 4,300 will die of it.
. One in eight men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime, mostly after age 60. One in 27 will [...]

(NC)- Is this arthritis, we wonder, when examining the pain in our wrist, knee, or hip?
It’s alarming, especially when we think we are too young to have arthritis. But if so, is there anything you can do about it, aside from taking painkillers?
Various degrees of pain in a joint, loss of flexibility, limited movement, and [...]

(NC)-Filling a prescription at your local pharmacy isn’t just about picking up and paying for medication. Today, many patients are taking more control of their health and looking for different ways to manage it.
Local pharmacists are frontline health providers, filling a need at a time when Canadians are searching for more information about medications and [...]

(NC)-Many people make unexpected visits to hospitals or their health care providers and when asked, don’t have a record of the medications they are taking. A recent Decima survey for Shoppers Drug Mart showed that 26 per cent of respondents keep a list of their medications, but less than half of them keep it handy [...]

..The Arthritis Society has launched the Lifestyle Makeover Challenge to help Canadians reduce the onset and disability of some forms of arthritis by adopting a more active, healthier lifestyle. Losing just 10 to 11 pounds translates into a decrease in stress on knee joints by 40 pounds and reduces the risk of needing a joint [...]

(NC)-Exercise, combined with a balanced diet, is the best way to maintain a healthy weight and is extremely important for people with arthritis.
“A 10 pound weight loss now can cut the amount of osteoarthritis years later by as much as 50 per cent,” said Dr. Arthur Bookman, former chair of The Arthritis Society’s medical advisory [...]

(NC)-Did you know that more than half of people who suffer from migraines have never been diagnosed? Many people who actually suffer from migraines may feel they just have a “bad” headache. But it’s important to recognize that a migraine is much more than a headache - and there are effective treatments that your doctor [...]

(NC)-A migraine is not just a mild headache. When a migraine occurs, pain centres in the brain are activated, resulting in throbbing pain. Other brain centres may also be activated, resulting in symptoms such as extreme sensitivity to light and sound, nausea and seeing “auras”, all this resulting in a debilitating headache.
So how do you [...]

(NC)-Young children and babies may not be able to express how they are feeling but Children’s Tylenol’s 50 years of helping parents treat their children’s fevers has taught us some important signs to watch for. Even before they reach for the thermometer, parents can look for the following signs:
. Flushed face
. Hot, dry skin
. Low [...]

(NC)-Fevers and children seem to go hand in hand, but that doesn’t make it any less concerning for a parent whose child falls ill and has a fever. When dealing with a feverish child, there are three main goals: reduce the temperature, prevent dehydration and monitor for a more serious illness.
A child’s temperature is considered [...]

Yoga has been practiced for centuries to promote both physical and mental well being. Yoga also has spiritual components that are not normally practiced by westerners. When we talk about the practice of yoga it is the physical poses and breathing exercises that come to mind.  These physical exercises are extremely effective and take many [...]

When most of us think of back pain, we often consider discomfort in the lower back area. While this is a common place to experience back discomfort, many people can experience upper back pain as well. There are a number of reasons why you might have back pain in the upper area including poor posture, [...]

Both stomach and back pain are common ailments that almost everyone will have felt at some point of time or the other in their lives and they are also something that can be treated without too much fuss or bother, unless particularly severe. The only kind of stomach and back pain that gives reason to [...]

When you get severe back pain and try to find treatment, you will inevitably be told, even by a licensed doctor, that they suspect your pain is all in your head.  Expect this.  These doctors have seen a lot of fraudsters (trying to get insurance money) and also have read about a theory very popular [...]

Any type of back pain can be a challenging problem to deal with. Discomfort in this area of the body can lead to difficulty getting around and enjoying the activities that you are used to. The large majority of back pain is caused by muscle strain, and will take care of itself over a period [...]

Pregnancy is a time of life that brings many changes to the body and a number of symptoms to grapple with. One of the symptoms that many women have trouble dealing with, particularly in the later stages of pregnancy, is pregnancy back pain. There are many different reasons why pregnancy back pain can occur, and [...]

Back pain is a common problem.  There are so many causes of back pain that a treatment that works for one person may not work for another. Pharmaceuticals can kill pain successfully, but the side effects are debilitating and will eventually cause significant decline in the quality of life.
It seems that finding natural back pain [...]

Back pain is something that most of us has experienced at least once in a lifetime and there are different types that can affect you among which are middle back pain which often occurs because of strained muscles and even due to strained ligaments. It is usual to experience middle back pain when you have [...]

When we sleep the muscles, ligaments and other tissues in our spine get a chance to completely relax and rest.  To maintain a healthy back and spine restful sleep is imperative.  It is even more important when recuperating from any back injury or disorder. 
Each night we retire to our beds and expect to get a [...]

There is really no other pain in the world like back pain, because pain anywhere in the back can be extremely painful, even crippling, and usually radiates into other parts of the body as well. There are all different sorts of back pain that you can suffer from, and lower right side back pain is [...]

Back pain can range from being mild to severe, even crippling, and can become potentially dangerous if left untreated for an extended period of time. Some cases of back pain are so serious that the person is unable to complete their regular daily tasks and chores and eventually their back pain begins to affect their [...]

The spine has so much to do, it’s a wonder it doesn’t shatter into a million pieces by the time we’ve graduated college.  Most people take their strong, healthy spines completely for granted – until the pain begins for any reason.  As long as the human race has had a spine, they’ve had some sort [...]

Lately you have been waking up each morning with extreme back pain. You are already grouchy enough in the morning having to get up early for work, and suffering from lower back pain mainly in the morning is certainly not helping your morning mood. Thus, the time has come to consider getting a new mattress.
New [...]

There are many causes of lower back pain including lumbar strains and nerve irritation brought on by injury, wear and tear or arthritis.  Lower back pain in women is caused by all the same things as men with a few exceptions such as pregnancy.  Pregnancy causes lower back pain in women that can start in [...]

Nearly everyone will experience lower back pain at one time or another. It makes sense when you consider that this area of the back shoulders most of the burden of holding you upright and maintaining the strain and weight of the rest of the body. It also stands to reason that pain in this area [...]