Health Notes

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Most of us enjoy the extra flavour salt adds to our food. But for many of us, too much salt leads to high blood pressure. Over half of people with high...

Fall 2024

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Zinc has many benefits. Zinc helps build the immune system and reduces inflammation. It can help reduce cholesterol, and it may help protect vision....

Fall 2023

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There are at least 80 diseases in the autoimmune disease family. Some examples include rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and autoimmune thyroid...

Fall 2022

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If you sleep less than 7 hours a night, you'll likely eat more. For every hour less you sleep, you raise your chance of being obese by 10%. That's a...

Spring 2022

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We have all heard of DNA, the genetic code. It is the genes we inherit from our parents. But DNA doesn't explain all inherited traits. Of course, the...

Fall 2021

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Since the 1850s, the normal body temperature was noted as 98.6℉ or 37℃. Sounds straightforward, but that's never been true. Our body temperature goes...

Summer 2021

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A recent study in Arizona found that the colour green can help relieve migraine pain. Yes, the colour green helped ease migraine pain. Patients found...

Fall 2020

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Our brain signals when we are full and should stop eating. The message doesn't come from the stomach but the intestines. If you eat fast, you don't get...

Spring 2020

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If you think your memory is bad, then it probably is. Our memory is only as good as we believe it is. Don't accept senility or senior moments; instead,...

Winter 2020