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Guide Health: Dealing with migraines

Migraines often have a trigger, whether it be environmental or lifestyle

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The excruciatingly painful headaches classed as migraines are considered to be the most common type of headache. About 25 per cent of women and nine per cent of men are affected with between four and six work days lost per year for each sufferer. Migraines are thought to involve a nervous system dysfunction which results […] Read more
Besides contamination, another reason for a drug recall is a health hazard.
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Guide Health: Drug contamination

As drug standards get stricter, recalls will become more common

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Whether it’s a prescription drug or nonprescription remedy, when you take a medication, you would like to think that it will be effective and not cause you more problems. While adverse effects or even interactions with other drugs or foods are by far the most common reason for problems, drug contamination has recently been mentioned […] Read more
Calcium is the basis for healthy bones.
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Guide Health: How to help prevent osteoporosis

Men can be impacted as well, and are more likely to end up in a nursing home

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Osteoporosis is linked to low bone density, a decrease in bone strength and deterioration of bone structure. And, with this loss of bone integrity comes an increased risk for fractures, most notably hip and wrist fractures. Unfortunately, by the time you realize your have osteoporosis, it may be too late to build healthy bone. Bone […] Read more
A single pod of some e-cigarettes contains more nicotine than a whole pack of tobacco cigarettes.
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Guide Health: Vaping. Please take care

Lung damage is starting to be noticed with the increased use of e-cigarettes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes E-cigarettes and vaping have been in the news recently with concerns about their safety and health risks. While nicotine is often an ingredient in these products, there may be other substances too. Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes were designed to be an alternative to smoking and are actually promoted as a way to quit smoking. It […] Read more
Have you ever noticed that your sense of taste all but disappears when you’re congested with a cold or a bout of the flu?
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Guide Health: Your nose – nothing to sneeze at

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Reading Time: 3 minutes We all take our noses for granted. We breathe through them and smell odours with them, but you really only notice them when your’s doesn’t work well. Yes, you can breathe through your mouth, but you miss the warming and filtering of the air that your nose normally provides. And you may miss being able […] Read more
A flight longer than two hours may make you a candidate for compression stockings.
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Guide Health: Compression stockings – not just for Grandma any more

Compression stockings are meant to help prevent pooling of blood in your legs

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Reading Time: 3 minutes When you hear of compression stockings being recommended for people on long-distance flights, you may remember the thick beige stockings your grandmother wore for varicose veins. Yes, those were compression stockings too, but today’s are available in a much wider variety of colours, lengths, and even thicknesses and compression strengths. Compression stockings are intended to […] Read more
Regardless of what lice treatment you choose, wet combing the hair is always recommended.
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Guide Health: The itchiness of head lice

Cures are available, but even with the best products, you’ll need to be persistent

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Your fingers probably just want to scratch your scalp when you hear the words “head lice,” but don’t scratch yet. On any given day, only about one per cent of the population are affected with pediculosis, as it is known in scientific circles, and they are mainly school children three to 11 years of age. […] Read more
A homemade rehydration solution can be an alternative to store bought sports drinks.
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Guide Health: Charging up your electrolytes

Try either of these homemade recipes for a healthier sports drink

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Reading Time: 2 minutes You may have heard the term electrolytes. It’s often used in advertisements for sports drinks that are supposed to help you run faster, jump higher, and be a much better athlete! It’s true, too. Electrolytes are very important to your body. It’s just that a sports drink probably won’t improve your athletic performance. Electrolytes are […] Read more
Regardless of the type of allergy, the mechanism is the same. A foreign substance enters your body and puts your immune system into overdrive to manufacture antibodies.
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Guide Health: Be prepared for allergies

Depending on your destination, winter travel can mean allergy season lasts all year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Whether you suffer from hay fever or have “bug” bites, you will certainly know the symptoms of an allergy. Allergies are caused when a foreign substance — think plant pollen or insect venom — enters your body and your body’s immune system reacts to that substance or allergen. With today’s travel, such allergies aren’t confined […] Read more
Younger children and babies without a fully developed immune system can be more at risk for tuberculosis.
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Guide Health: Tuberculosis — not just an old disease!

There are two categories of tuberculosis, latent and active

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Tuberculosis has been infecting people for thousands of years. Peruvian remains that are 6,000 years old have shown evidence of this illness, and it has even been found in Egyptian mummies. The prevalence of the infection peaked during the 18th and 19th centuries, but recently we have seen a resurgence. Tuberculosis is caused by an […] Read more

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