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…
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 to 64 has gone up by 455%—among those aged 65-plus, use is up 333%. Yes, those really are the figures.…
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…
Thunder
THUNDER I oftentimes wonder What it is about thunder That scares my poor dog half to death. At the first…
The Heart
The heart was filled with loved ones: Family, husband, and children. There was no more room for others. Then news…
