The 2018 Bell Let’s Talk Day awareness campaign spotlights personal stories from Canadians of all ages from all walks of life living with mental
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Eat Well, Feel Well: Are you Addicted to Sugar?
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Eat Well, Feel Well – The Role of Diet in Mental Health
By: Rika Mansingh, Registered Dietician, B.Sc.Dietetics(UNP), PG.Dip.Diet(UKZN), DCEP(CA) The body of evidence linking mental health and diet is expanding at a rapid pace. Everything
Women reminded to get a Pap during Pap Awareness Month in BC
The BC Cancer Agency is reminding women 25-69 to get a Pap test every three years to prevent or detect cervical cancer. Cervical cancer
Smoking matters when it comes to diabetes
Smoking matters when it comes to diabetes, Canadian Diabetes Association urges Canadians to quit VANCOUVER, B.C. (May 24, 2016)—In recognition of World No Tobacco
The Endocannabinoid System and Human Health
By Pete Scales M.Ag B.Sc. (hon) Science, for the most part, stays in the background and doesn’t strive for publicity. And this is the
The Power of Hemp
By Pete Scales MAg, BSc( Hon) Hemp, a troublesome ditch weed or a cornucopia of nutrition, medicine and structural fibers? The answer – all
How Science Proved that Vancouver’s Insite Works
By Pete Scales M.Ag, BSc (hon) Photo credit to www.huffingtonpost.com Vancouver’s safe injection site, Insite, a project that started out as an experiment, works
CPR, AEDs and 911 Saving Lives
By Pete Scales M.Ag, BSc EP Two short, three-letter abbreviations and three numbers that when used together can save the life of a loved
Diabetes – the unpleasant neighbor in the South Asian community
By Pete Scales M.Ag, BSc EP A sobering statistic – upwards of 20% of the adult south Asian population of BC have received diagnosis