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Health Features
Invisible Scars shows ways to stop anorexia before it starts
By Gail Johnson
Prevention is talked about a lot when it comes to conditions like cancer and heart disease, but it hardly ever comes up in the context of anorexia. Amanda Johnson wants elementary schools to make the subject mandatory.
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Cancer affects young adults in Canada
By Jessica Werb
With survival rates flatlining and some cancers actually increasing, young adults are in real need of research money and much more peer support to tackle a growing national problem.
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Dining Features | Health Features
Eating around peanut allergies
By Tara Lee
Up to four percent of Canadians suffer from a food allergy, and about one percent are allergic to peanuts. Therefore plan carefully so that everyone eats safely, heartily, and worry-free.
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Why quitting smoking can’t easily butt out depression
By Gail Johnson
A lot of people take up smoking because they think it will boost their mood. But new research shows a link between the nicotine habit and depression, and even stopping can lead to further melancholy.
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Best of Vancouver | Health Features | LifeStyle Features
Yoga’s a perfect fit for Vancouver
By Gail Johnson
Gloria Latham is clearly onto something. Her studio Semperviva came top in this year’s Best of Vancouver survey and yoga topped the list as 2008's hottest fitness trend.
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Health Features
You gotta dance, you gotta feel good
By Gail Johnson
Dancers regularly put in hours and hours of sweaty rehearsal day after day. With so much kinetic effort, they need to be especially mindful of their health—physical and otherwise.
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What’s the cure for our lack of family doctors?
By Carlito Pablo
Statistics Canada findings indicate that 4.1 million Canadians don't have a regular physician. But in order to provide primary health care for everyone, we'll need a pan-Canadian solution to recruit and train doctors.
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Follow Harvey McKinnon: give back and get healthy
By Charlie Smith
One of Canada’s premier charitable fundraisers discovered while writing a book on philanthropy that regular volunteer work increases life expectancy, enhances the immune system, and reduces stress.
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North Vancouver Ironman thrives on plants
By Charlie Smith
Ironman competitions are not for the timid and Brendan Brazier attributes a large part of his success to eating a plant-based diet.
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Health Features
Canada's Olympic women eat to compete
By Mat Loup
There's no place here for junk food; all athletes will strive to reach peak physical condition at just the right moment by carefully monitoring everything they eat and drink.
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Health Features
Dr. Stephen Kiraly extols joy of a healthy brain
By Charlie Smith
In a new self-published book, a UBC clinical associate professor describes the eight pillars of brain health and longevity.
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Health Features
Surrey students push for ban on pesticides
By Charlie Smith
An environmental group from Kwantlen University College is citing health studies showing the negative effects of pesticides to try to get the city to keep harmful chemicals off private residences, golf courses, and lawn services.
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Health Features | MindBodySoul
Prolotherapy takes a jab at stubborn sports pains
By Travis Lupick
Practitioners say their approach, which involves injecting a sugar solution into damaged ligaments or tendons to stimulate the body to repair itself, can produce results when all other options have failed.
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Health Features | MindBodySoul
How love helped a West Van fitness trainer recover from cancer
By Charlie Smith
After West Vancouver fitness expert Martin Bolduc was diagnosed with throat cancer, his primary goals became to have enough strength to hold his first-born son in his arms and resume his healthy lifestyle.
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Health Features | MindBodySoul
A rookie’s guide to the Grouse Grind
By Charlie Smith
Avoid typical beginner’s errors with a few simple tips and tricks to help you make the most of your first trip up the Grouse Grind, including what to eat the night before, pacing yourself correctly, and avoiding others' judgmental stares.
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Health Features | MindBodySoul
That healthy tan may be just the opposite
By Carlito Pablo
With 73,000 Canadians expected to be diagnosed with skin cancer this year, a leading Vancouver dermatologist warns that a tan means the skin has in fact been damaged and is trying to protect itself.
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Health Features | MindBodySoul
Supplements aren't just for old geezers
By Charlie Smith
By taking supplements as early as their 30s, men can avoid future health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, according to Toronto physician Shafiq Qaadri, whose book especially highlights the "evil" of abdominal fat. . Explaining their benefits in offsetting the effects of testosterone loss and abdominal fat as men age.
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Why alerting youth to schizophrenia signs is critical
By Jessica Werb
When mental health is left out of the classroom, young people glean information from misleading sources, which only amplify the stigma of mental illness.
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Breast-feeding gets cold shoulder in B.C. hospitals
By Alex Roslin
It's widely known that breast is best, yet only 29 percent of B.C. moms breast-feed their babies exclusively for the first six months of their lives. And one key reason is the solid grip that infant-formula makers have on doctors and nurses.
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Elizabeth Pisani shines a light on sex, drugs, and HIV
By Charlie Smith
The author of The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS believes that political leaders must acknowledge publicly that sex is pleasurable in order to win the war on the disease.
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Blog - Quickies | Health Features
Why more women don't breast-feed in Vancouver
By Pieta Woolley
Last week, two Burnaby Hospital nurses resigned over Nestlé Nutrition’s internally forwarded invitation to wine and dine obstetrical staff. Kudos to them for standing up to the formula corporation. Clearly companies that make formula shouldn’t smooze our obstetrical professionals.
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Lyme disease sufferers claim experts miss the mark
By Charlie Smith
Jim Wilson, the president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, believes that the disease is vastly underreported in B.C. and is battling the medical establishment over its diagnosis and treatment.
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Health Features | Sports
Boot your workout outdoors
By Jon Azpiri
Vancouverites are always looking for ways to squeeze the most out of every precious hour of summer sunlight. That means taking any indoor activity and moving it outside. For those looking to escape the four walls of the gym, here are a few outdoor fitness options that don’t involve the words Grouse and grind.
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Health Features
Mania can strike in summer
By Charlie Smith
A UBC assistant psychology professor says hospital admissions for people with bipolar-spectrum disorders, which afflict eight percent of Canadians, peak in late spring and early summer because of the intense light.
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Health Features
Can’t let your natural weight go? It’s biology
By Carlito Pablo
An American doctor is hoping that his recently concluded study may provide clues as to why certain individuals find themselves on the lighter side of the bathroom scales.
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