Reading Time: 5 minutes You can’t fall asleep. You lie there tossing and turning. You look at the clock and you think, “Uggh … I have to be up in a few hours. I’m going to be so tired tomorrow.” Sound familiar? You are not alone. Surveys indicate as many as half of us struggle with insomnia. Surveys, such […] Read more
Get a better sleep
Take this sleep advice at night to be more productive through the day
How about lunch?
Here’s a management tip from the big companies. Invest a little more to make lunchtime really worth coming to work for
Reading Time: 5 minutes We’ve all seen that famous old white-knuckle photograph. There’s a group of ironworkers having lunch sitting untethered on a steel girder way up in mid-air, dozens of floors above the street during construction of the Empire State Building. It must get the award for the most sparsely outfitted lunchroom ever. In recent years, by contrast, […] Read more
Guide Health: Health literacy about more than just literacy
Good health literacy is linked to better health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Literacy is the ability to read and write, as well as to understand what is written. In general, 99 per cent of adult Canadians are considered to be literate, but on closer examination we can see there are different levels of literacy. About a quarter of Canadians have difficulty dealing with printed material; they are […] Read more
U.N. looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Billions of people are overweight, millions are hungry, one third of food is wasted and the way the world produces, processes and consumes food generates one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at the first global summit on the future of food. The aim of the summit is […] Read more
Guide Health: Take care of your nose. It’s nothing to sniff at
Abrupt loss of smell can be related to trauma, tumours, polyps or diseases like COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes You probably take your nose for granted. You breathe through it and you don’t even need to think about it. Breathing is an autonomic nervous system function; it just happens. And, of course you use your nose for smelling, which you do notice, even though sometimes you wish you didn’t have to! Your nose is […] Read more
Putting a spotlight on men’s health
Hey, Men! These small changes will boost your health, energy and fitness. Adopt them for yourself, and for your family too
Reading Time: 5 minutes For many men, looking after their own health is far down on their list of priorities. Health care practitioners speculate as to why men don’t look after themselves. Men may not feel they have the time, they may think it’s a sign of weakness to seek medical attention, they may not understand the risks of […] Read more
Living with dementia
These strategies can add life quality and meaning for both of you
Reading Time: 5 minutes The challenges of a dementia diagnosis can be compounded by feelings of isolation and loneliness when family and friends stop visiting because they don’t know what to say or do. “People stay away because they don’t know how to communicate with them, but it magnifies the difficulties,” says Dr. Al Power, a medical doctor who […] Read more
Guide Health: What you need to know about home testing
With any home test, check to make sure you know what it actually tests for, and that you are aware of its limitations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Home tests give you information about your health or medical condition while enabling you to maintain your privacy. Some home tests are commonly used. Think about the blood glucose or sugar tests you use if you have diabetes, or the pregnancy and fertility tests that help you with family planning. The idea is to help […] Read more
Guide Health: That dry, hacking cough
No wonder they hurt… coughs can eject air from your lungs at 500 m.p.h.!
Reading Time: 2 minutes A cough is your body’s attempt to rid itself of something that is irritating your airways. You will be familiar with coughs associated with the common cold and the flu, but there are many other reasons for coughs. Other infections including pneumonia, tuberculosis and whooping cough can certainly cause coughs. But so can allergies, gastro-intestinal […] Read more
Down on the farm
Farming is a mental health challenge. It isn’t your fault. The numbers prove it. So maybe this is the right moment to talk about whether you’re one of the many who would benefit from some help
Reading Time: 7 minutes Every farmer knows that the sun can’t always shine. That the rain sometimes comes too early, too late, too hard, or not at all. That markets can fall, costs can jump, crops can fail, and even the best thought-through decisions can prove painfully, expensively, brutally wrong. It isn’t easy being a farmer. No matter how […] Read more
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