Thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland wrapped around your windpipe and is located at the base of your neck. Despite its small size, it plays a crucial role in many of our body systems by producing important hormones which regulate functions in our brain, heart, kidneys, liver and skin. According to American Thyroid Association, around […]
Read More...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that every individual, who is older than six months of age (with rare exceptions about which you can read on this website), should get the yearly influenza vaccine (flu shot). This also includes pregnant women, who are more susceptible to the flu, since they have […]
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Not all breast cancer runs in the family. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, “Most cases of breast cancer are not caused by inherited genetic factors. These cancers are associated with somatic mutations in breast cells that are acquired during a person’s lifetime, and they do not cluster in families.” But if that’s […]
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Many out there confuse healthy aging with the creams promising them wrinkle-free skin. The true concept of healthy aging, however, is a lot nobler than that. Not only does it focus on so many areas other than one’s crow’s feet, ensuring it, too, is about a complete lifestyle and not just some pre-sleep routine. The […]
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When every one in nine Canadian men is at the risk of developing prostate cancer, it is more than evident that there is a serious health threat in town. A threat that gets even more serious as you age. Your family history, too, plays a role in it. That is, if one of your close […]
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As August 31st, the International Overdose Awareness Day, sees daylight, British Columbia (B.C.) mourns ever more deeply. The figures released by Coroners Service show that in the first half of this year, 1,011 people died due to illicit drug overuse or, drug overdose. This breaks down to about 5.3 people dying of this cause every […]
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Vaccines have never had the smoothest running PR campaigns. Be it due to the fear of side effects or a trust deficit between a citizen and the state or the pharma industry, there is an unignorable percentage that still prefers, or remains confused about, natural immunity over the one induced by vaccines. As the entire […]
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The tragedy with skin diseases like psoriasis is that they are often visible. Therefore, stigmas get attached to them reasonably quickly. To combat such stigmas and raise general awareness about the disease, the National Psoriasis Foundation in the USA observes the Psoriasis Awareness Month every August. So, not all skin itches are equal. Some, like […]
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Simply put, Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver. Of a vital organ in your body regulating chemical levels in your blood and fighting infections. The role is, of course, pretty vital, and if not cared for properly, the virus can have serious ramifications. Which, in certain cases, can even mean fatality.
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If only a dime was thrown into a well every time there was a new myth about poor eyesight…for one thing, you wouldn’t find water in that well anymore. Blame it on the church or the ever-too-worried parents; eyesight has always been a subject of abject tunnel vision. People across demographics are usually worried whether […]
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