(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 [...]