Take Care of Your Kidneys
Habits like eating a diet rich in vegetables, and going easy on sweetened beverages like soft drinks aren’t just good for your heart and brain.… Read More »Take Care of Your Kidneys
Habits like eating a diet rich in vegetables, and going easy on sweetened beverages like soft drinks aren’t just good for your heart and brain.… Read More »Take Care of Your Kidneys
Folate — also known as vitamin B9 — isn’t just important during pregnancy, when it reduces a baby’s risk of developing abnormalities of the brain… Read More »Are You Getting Enough Folate?
The good news? More Canadian adults than ever still have their own teeth at age 65 and beyond. The not-as-good news? That can present some… Read More »Oral Care After Age 55
Forty percent of Canadians aged 40 to 59 have blood cholesterol levels that put them at an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, but… Read More »Take Control of Your Cholesterol
Search one of the free photo databases for ‘heart attack’, and the only images you’ll find of someone supposedly in the throes of such an… Read More »Women and Heart Disease
Can you name the number one killer of North American women? According to a recent survey conducted by the American Heart Association, in 2019, only… Read More »Taking Menopause to Heart
Weakness on one side of the body that goes away within minutes to hours (24 hours maximum). Slurred speech that occurs out of the blue… Read More »What is a TIA or ‘mini-stroke’?