Deadly Heart Disease Strikes More Women Than Men
Although heart disease is the number one killer of women in Canada, very few women actually consider the disease a major health concern. In fact, women and thei...
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Diabetes – The Basics
In simple terms DIABETES is the inability of the body to process sugars properly. When we eat or drink our PANCREAS produces a hormone called INSULIN. Insulin i...
How to Lower Cholesterol for Children?
According to autopsy studies, many signs of atherosclerosis, including scarring, are now found in the arterial walls of America’s babies. By the age of 10, half...
Dealing with Diabetes After the Initial Shock
So, you’ve learned that you’ve got diabetes. Well after the initial shock you’re stuck with dealing with the lifestyle changes that come with ...
The Advantages of Programmable Hearing Aids
People need hearing aids for a variety of reasons. Perhaps your hearing is degenerating due to normal aging, or perhaps you have undergone a serious illness th...
Murmurs, Arrythmias, Heart Disease, & Failure
The heart is divided into four chambers. The right atrium receives unoxygenated blood which then goes past the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. From he...
Tinnitus: It’s Not A Disease, It’s A Symptom
Tinnitus is extremely common in family medicine, especially in relatives who are either very old or very young. Surprisingly, though, this is typically a sympto...
Why Data Analytics is Important in Primary Healthcare
Data analytics is expected to reduce the cost of healthcare significantly. This is a welcome solution to a serious problem of increasing cost of healthcare in t...