Health Canada Tells Makers of Acetaminophen Products to Post Stronger Warnings
Many of us think little of taking acetaminophen products when we have a headache or for other niggling aches and…
How to Tell Good Debt From Bad
An article published in the most recent Journal of Aging and Health reports that when older people are given training in the use of the Internet and social networks (such as Facebook), it helps support their social connectedness and contributes…
More Boomers Than Teens Use Pot
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released research showing that since 2002, marijuana use among those aged 55…
Exercise Fights Alcohol-Related Disease
Drinkers who exercise for the recommended 2½ hours a week can reduce their risk of dying from alcohol-related disease and…
Soda May Raise Heart Failure Risk
More not-so-sweet news about sugary soda: two servings a day may increase your risk for heart failure. Researchers tracked 42,400…
Half of All Canadians Living Paycheque to Paycheque
That Canadians aren’t saving enough for retirement message has been repeated many times over the past few years, but a…
Shingles Vaccine to Be Free for Eligible Ontario Seniors
Ontario’s Liberal Government recently announced that it will spend $68 million over the next three years to allow eligible seniors…
Food Facts and Fairy Tales
There a lot of myths and misconceptions about what you should—and shouldn’t—eat. We’ve got the facts By Wendy Haaf You…
Roads Less Travelled
When a friend asked me recently to drive her to the hospital where she was about to begin a stint…
From the Editor: Because We Care
Readers’ responses to the most recent editor’s letter, which objected to the very human but dangerous tendency to create pleasant-sounding…