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For Your Health: Healthy ways to stay hydrated this summer
Summer can be a thirsty time, and a cold drink on a hot day is one of the real pleasures of the season. When it comes to healthy ways to stay hydrated this summer – or any other time of year – not all drinks are the same, and it can make a real difference […]
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For Your Health: The A to Zzzzz of healthy sleep
It’s that time of year when it can be pretty easy to lose a couple hours of good sleep. Even if we’re usually pretty good about keeping up with our regular bedtime routines, there can be a lot going on that can get in the way. Evening trips to the park or a late summer […]
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For Your Health: It’s not just what we eat, but when we eat can matter, too.
It’s that time of year where the calendar still says “spring,” but the weather and the school and vacation schedules are quickly moving toward summertime. As welcome as the long, warm days and summer holidays can be, especially for the kids in our lives, they can also upend some of the daily routines we’ve had […]
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For Your Health: 10 sun safety tips for summer fun
If all the picnics, barbeques and trips to the park didn’t give it away, summer is now officially in full swing, and for many of us that means getting outside to enjoy the long days and warm weather. It should also mean remembering to protect our skin from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays. Being […]
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For Your Health: Spring toward wellness
A scientific paper recently looked at the links between the time of year and how physically active we are, finding that spring is a season when many people are most active. Summer does very well, too, of course. But in some studies, spring took the top spot outright. It’s pretty easy to see why – […]
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For Your Health: Understanding prostate cancer screening and prevention
Prostate cancer isn’t a pleasant topic to think about. But at the same time, it’s a cancer that many of us are, unfortunately, familiar with. It’s likely impacted people in our lives, whether it’s family members, friends or those we know through school or work. So, whether it’s for ourselves or those we care about, […]
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For Your Health: At the heart of it, even a little physical activity has benefits
It’s likely not the first heart-themed celebration that comes to mind in February – that of course goes to Valentine’s Day – but American Heart Month certainly deserves just as much attention as its more popular counterpart. While we’ve made a lot of progress in the treatment and prevention of heart disease, it remains the […]
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For Your Health: Zero alcohol is likely the healthiest amount
With New Year’s celebrations behind us and the promise of the new year ahead, it can be a great time to talk about the relationship between alcohol and our health. While the dangers of regular heavy drinking and binge drinking (drinking a lot in a short period) are fairly well known, less understood by many […]
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For Your Health: For the busy holidays, 18 easy ways to give your health a boost
December can be a good time for some reflection, so I thought I’d take a look back at my health columns from the past year. With the help of my colleagues, we were able to cover a wide range of topics – from sun-safety, healthy sleep and greenspaces to macular degeneration, cancer and mental health. […]
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For Your Health: Shedding light on family history and cancer risk
If you ask some of your friends to name three things that increase the risk of cancer, it’d be likely that some version of “family history” would make most of their lists. They’d be right, of course. Having a family history of cancer can increase the risk of developing the disease, sometimes very much so. […]