Marie Berry

Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyone has experienced stress or anxiety. Sometimes we experience both. Stress is mainly external. It is felt as the result of an outside event or situation. For example, there is the stress of organizing machinery and labour to get crop operations done on time, or the stress of taking on a new volunteer job and […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes You probably have experienced either stress or anxiety from time to time. They are common conditions and a wide variety of drugs are available to alleviate the symptoms. Medication certainly helps, but can lead to problems such as dependency. Next issue, we’ll look at the chemistry of these drugs as well as some non-drug approaches […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alcohol has been around since the dawn of history. Early Egyptians made both wine and beer and the Incas and Aztecs in the Americas manufactured alcoholic beverages too, as did people in China, India, Babylon. Alcohol is produced by the fermentation of sugars and starches from fruits, flowers, herbs, plants and grains. Source materials are […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes You’ve heard the reports about alcohol being good for your health and you’ve also heard the ones about alcohol being best avoided for good health. Next month, we’ll take a look at some of these news items and sort through the effects of alcohol. Today nearly every adult Canadian uses an antiperspirant or deodorant. However, […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyone uses either an antiperspirant or deodorant, but what is the difference? You may also find sometimes that neither work as they should despite what advertisements say. Drug use, medical conditions, and even environmental changes can also impact perspiration. Next month, we’ll check out the various products available and look at some tips to obtain […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Attention deficit disorder or ADD is more than hyperactivity. Drug therapy can sometimes help, but can also cause problems. At one time the condition was considered to affect only children who would “grow out of it,” but today it is recognized that it may be a lifelong condition affecting adults as well as children. Next […] Read more