Diseases and Conditions

Boosting Artery Health

August 24, 2018 |

The problem with the way most people eat in today’s fast-paced modern world is that most of our life is spent in what is known as a “post-prandial” state. In other words, because we are fortunate enough to be able to eat three “square” meals every day we exist always in an “after-meal” condition. This…

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Facts About Fatty Liver

July 13, 2018 |

As our lifestyle in the past few decades has slipped further into the realm of processed foods and high fat eating, certain health disorders are becoming more common. One of these, NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), is expected to become the next global epidemic. This is not a condition to be trifled…

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Kidney Stones: A Big Pain

June 8, 2018 |

The pain caused by a kidney stone has been described as one of the worst that humans can suffer. Certainly those who have experienced one will never forget it. Unfortunately the prevalence of kidney stones is on a dramatic rise with stone presence doubling since the 1970s (4). One in ten Canadians will have a…

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Does Your Waist Measure More Than Half Your Height?

May 18, 2018 |

Sadly obesity is becoming the new norm in our societies with three out of five Canadians presently overweight (3). Between 62% and 75% of the world’s population now carry body fat levels that will impair their health and the number of obese people worldwide exceeds those who are underweight for the first time in human…

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Is a Stent the Easy Answer?

May 4, 2018 |

It is an all too common scenario. The passing years take their toll. Aging bodies change. They slow down. They are not as comfortable as they once were. Artery walls become the hosts for insidious deposits of cholesterol and other fats that create lesions called atherosclerotic plaques. A niggling ache in the chest intensifies; a…

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