Expectant Parent? Consider Saving Your Baby’s Cord Blood

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Expectant Parent? Consider Saving Your Baby’s Cord Blood

Different blood disorders, immune deficiencies, and even some cancers; that’s what cord blood can treat, and even cure in many cases. For real! What is cord blood, though, you ask? Cord blood is the remaining blood in the placenta, and the umbilical cord after a baby is delivered. This leftover blood, which is, more often […]

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How to Teach a Child with Deaf-Blindness?

Thank you, Helen Keller. For showing us that despite being a deaf-blind person, life can still be lived at your own discretion. Deaf-blindness can affect one at pretty much any stage. For Helen, it came when she was only nineteen months into this world, but it is a condition most associated with older adults. However, […]

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Is PTSD Permanent or Curable?

In the US alone, for eight million people every year, traumas leave such a deep scar that it becomes a form of mental illness. That illness is called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In terms of percentage, PTSD prevalence in Canada (9.2%) is even higher. It happens when your brain keeps you under the influence of […]

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Between Migraines and Headaches. Know Your Pains Right

Headaches can come as a benign nuisance, or they can get outright ugly. So ugly that they have led people to death; Melissa Dwyer in 2013 at 23, and numerous others. The primary issue is that the more common it is, the lesser people care about it. This is precisely why many people delay the […]

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What is Stroke? Understanding Symptoms and Management

Personal health, today, is more predictable than ever. Complete guides exist on what to do and what not to, even for something as complex as brain health. All so that we are better aware of subjects like Canada’s third leading cause of death, i.e., stroke. But what is stroke? As May approaches, designated as Stroke […]

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How Do You Know if a Child Has a Mental Health Issue?

The Children’s Society says that 70% of mental illness cases involving children and adolescents go without receiving the right care at the right age. So, if you thought psychiatric disorders were a problem of grown-ups only, that isn’t right. From developmental problems to abuse, constant change, extended illnesses, bullying, etc., a lot contributes to a […]

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5 Signs of Deteriorating Mental Health, and How to Cope?

Mental health is becoming a growing challenge. The numbers simply don’t look promising. To quote the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), one in five people suffer through some form of the disorder in any given year in the country. And by 40, almost half the people would have had some experience with it. No amount […]

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Symptoms of Dementia Beyond Forgetfulness

The symptoms of dementia extend far beyond mere memory loss or forgetfulness. Consider this incident: In Colorado, United States, a 73-year-old woman with dementia is suing the city and its police department. The reason? She forgot to pay for her groceries, and the police made her compensate for that with a dislocated shoulder in her […]

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‘Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism’ and More That is Not Fiction

For every 66 children and youth in Canada alone, one is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Yet, the anti-vaccine lobbies haven’t stopped targeting ASD. What had started from the MMR vaccine has now put the COVID-vaccination drive in Canada and elsewhere under fresh dangers. It’s, therefore, high time to cleanse facts from fiction. Especially […]

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The Impact of Rising COVID-19 Numbers in BC and How we Can Help

Although this is the last piece of news we want to hear with regards to COVID-19, the reality is the number of cases are on the rise and unfortunately, BC is not excluded from this experience. As of October 22nd, the BC government reported a total of 12,500+ cases, with 274 new cases for that […]

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