With the weather turning cooler and the days increasing growing shorter, I find myself looking for activities to replace the time that was previously spent biking or gardening in the sun. And since my days of door-to-door trick-or-treating are now behind me, I tend to jump directly
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I will be talking to tween girls about their first period this Thursday, September 18th at the Cornell Library. This is a topic I’m really passionate about… why? We talk a lot about bullying, about how things that other people say and do can make you feel
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Read more →I recently wrote about the impacts of stress on your health in the blog post Stress: The Great Drain On Our Health Account, where I discussed the physiology behind stress, the differences between our body’s two primary operating systems, and the risks of chronically elevated stress hormones.
Read more →Last week, in Part 1 of our two part Summer Survival Guide series, we discussed the “how” and the “who” of sun-induced skin damage – how the sun affects your body and who is more likely to be affected. This week, we’re going to look at the
Read more →With the summer in full swing, it seems like everywhere you look, there are advertisements for sunscreen, people talking about the importance of slathering up, while others worry about how shielding ourselves from UV light will affect our Vitamin D levels. The differing opinions and wealth of
Read more →Osteoporosis is a loss of bone mineral density and thinning of bone tissue that causes bones to become more porous and prone to fracture. It is the most common bone disease, with one in five women over the age of 50 having the diagnosis, and many more
Read more →WHAT IS YOUR SKIN REALLY TELLING YOU? NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE: PUTTING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER TO REVEAL THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF SKIN CONDITIONS By Krista Braun, H.BSc., N.D. Did you know that the skin is the last to receive nutrients in the body, yet the first to show
Read more →That’s the name of the cover story in Maclean’s magazine from July 17th. A great article highlighting how important sleep is, but not just for energy and concentration, but in all aspects of health from obesity to depression. Some great facts from the article: North Americans are
Read more →The most interesting thing happened last week. I have been waiting to do a medical consult with a colleague about the imaging results of a favourite patient. I was expecting a detailed scientific breakdown of the patterns and meaning of the vascular changes I was seeing so
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