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To Your Health: Sometimes a remedy is right in your kitchen
By Gillian Slade on June 25th, 2018
When there is a natural remedy already in your kitchen that you can try for an ailment, it is sometimes worth a shot. For painful joints, arthritis pain, even acid reflux and more, the remedy is cider vinegar, according to the internet and those in favour of natural remedies. If you are questioning how something ... Read More »
2 responsesTo Your Health: Consider adding lentils to your diet
By Gillian Slade on June 18th, 2018
Most of us already know and understand the importance of reducing the quantity of white carbohydrates in our diets. We know to reduce potatoes, white rice, white bread and so on but it is often difficult to find a substitute that we really enjoy. I have written before of eating barley instead and now there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctor Game: When all this doesn’t happen, we’re all dead
By Medicine Hat News on June 18th, 2018
What did I learn at my 68th medical reunion at The Harvard Medical School (HMS)? I learned, from an article written by Stephanie Dutchen, that my brilliant classmate, Melvin Glimcher, physician, engineer and professor, had created the myoelectric elbow. Dubbed “the Boston Arm,” this device is a godsend to upper arm amputees. But I learned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctor Game: What women (and men) should know about HRT
By Medicine Hat News on June 11th, 2018
The year 2002 was a worrying year for women who were taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to combat troublesome menopausal symptoms. Bold newspaper headlines reported that a study called The Women’s Health Initiative, conducted by the National Institute of Health, showed an increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke, gall bladder disease and blood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!To Your Health: Don’t put yourself at risk this summer
By Gillian Slade on June 11th, 2018
We are ready to enjoy warmth and summertime’s pleasures but it is good to be reminded of the season’s potential health issues. The hotter it gets the more we increase our risk of heat stroke, sunburn and dehydration if we spend an extended period out of doors. Whether you work out of doors or spend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!To Your Health: Researchers finding ways to provide more effective health care
By Gillian Slade on June 4th, 2018
An ankle-sized MRI machine that can be used in space has a link to the Prairies and if you thought naloxone was only to reverse the effects of an overdose of illicit fentanyl, I have a surprise for you. Gordon Sarty, researcher with the University of Saskatchewan, has been awarded a $100,000 contract by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctor Game: Green funerals: How we can help green our planet
By Medicine Hat News on June 4th, 2018
How would you react if you saw people dumping 800,000 gallons of formaldehyde, a carcinogenic substance, into the earth every year? Then witness them cutting down four million acres of forests annually? I suspect the environmentalists who fight underground oil pipes would be raising holy hell about formaldehyde and rampant destruction of trees. Yet this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctor Game: What you should know about mitochondria
By Medicine Hat News on May 28th, 2018
Ask anyone what is the nation’s number one killer and most people will say heart attack. But how many know that congestive heart failure (CHF) is the fastest growing cause of heart disease in North America? Why is this happening? And why are mitochondria of vital importance, particularly as we all grow older? Congestive Heart ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!To Your Health: Make time for tea
By Gillian Slade on May 28th, 2018
Perhaps it can be attributed to the glorious wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex last weekend, all this talk about British traditions. The tradition of afternoon tea is entrenched in Britain, regardless of where you are on the economic or class scale. It can be celebrated with a wide circle of friends, your ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctor Game: Readers damn opioid summit
By Medicine Hat News on May 14th, 2018
This week my email nearly developed rigor mortis from the volume of responses to my column about an opioid summit. I recently told readers the government’s proposed opioid summit was a waste of money. I asked for their opinion. The majority agreed with me. But some labelled me barbaric, cruel and Godless for praising Singapore’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!To Your Health: As if you needed another reason to love dogs
By Gillian Slade on May 14th, 2018
Dogs open doors to health benefits. Some well trained dogs can actually open real doors but I’m talking about dogs enhancing your life, opening new doors for you for the health of it. Pass someone while you are out for a walk and you may say “hello” but if either of you have a dog ... Read More »
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