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What’s Up Doc?: Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a serious risk factor for COVID complications
By DR. NOORALI BHARWANI on July 21st, 2021
We know high blood pressure is a serious condition. If not treated, it can lead to many complications like heart failure, stroke and dementia. There is evidence to show hypertensive patients are more at risk of complications from COVID-19 than those whose high blood pressure is managed with medication. A combination of medications and lifestyle changes can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heritage in the Hat: Goodbye Greyhound
By SALLY SEHN on July 20th, 2021
On May 13, Greyhound Canada permanently closed its intercity bus operations. Facing difficult times, Greyhound had already discontinued its Western Canada operations in 2018. But with the coronavirus pandemic, ridership dropped about 95%, making it financially impossible to continue. Central Canadian Greyhound Lines Limited began operations in Medicine Hat in December 1933 under the management ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: The power of words
By DR. LINDA HANCOCK on July 17th, 2021
Joe South wrote and released a protest song in 1968 called “The Games People Play.” The lyrics identify various forms of interpersonal and social problems that occur between people including intolerance, hated and irresponsibility. One of the verses points to hypocrisy: Oh, the games people play now Every night and every day now Never meaning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: The science of storm clouds
By PATTY ROOKS on July 17th, 2021
With summer come some pretty amazing thunderstorms. At night this past week, I have heard the rumbles and growls of thunder off in the distance. Unfortunately, these loud storms and the rain with them just never make it to my house these days! Nonetheless, as I lay awake at night, I begin to wonder how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the Way: Cheap religion vs. true religion
By SPENCER BUSS on July 17th, 2021
Popular philosophy, especially after what seems like one discovery after another of unmarked graves of hundreds of Indigenous children, is that all religious belief systems are not helpful. I’d like to add a counter-cultural idea: True religion continuously extends the hand of mercy and grace to the world. Often, religion is cheap because it is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: No moderation needed when bathing in the woods
By DR. GIFFORD-JONES AND DIANA GIFFORD-JONES on July 15th, 2021
Mae West, the American movie star who rarely lacked for lifestyle advice, once conceded, “When in doubt, take a bath.” She didn’t have a forest setting in mind. But did you know that forest bathing might be just as therapeutic as a soak in the suds? Some people gravitate, even in unfavourable weather, to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Fireworks in the kitchen
By PATTY ROOKS on July 10th, 2021
I do not know about you, but I am really enjoying the summer. One highlight for me each and every year are the magnificent fireworks displays. As I look up into the sky, I am always amazed at the beauty bursting with each and every firework that goes off right before my eyes! I know ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Navigating the journey
By DR. LINDA HANCOCK on July 10th, 2021
One of the things that I was NOT looking forward to during my move to Calgary was driving in the big city. You see, Medicine Hat spoiled me by the fact that I could go pretty well anywhere in 10 minutes without facing several lanes of speeding traffic. So, after a couple days in my ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye On the Esplanade: Owning our past
By JENNI UTRERA BARRIENTOS on July 9th, 2021
Sometimes, parts of the news, and parts of history, hit just a bit too devastatingly close to home. It’s easy to say things didn’t happen here, or that we personally weren’t a part of it. Yet, one of the difficult – and important – parts of working in the Archives can be seeing and helping ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Viva Vitality: Be a friend on the pathways
By LAURA LUKYE on July 8th, 2021
The sun is shining and the weather is warm, and it seems like many people are getting out and using the community pathways. Pathways are safe places where people can get outside and be active, including pedestrians, cyclists, inline skaters, pets and individuals with mobility impairment. If everyone can follow some simple tips, we can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: Finding truth in science is a moving target
By DR. GIFFORD JONES AND DIANA GIFFORD JONES on July 8th, 2021
Having a good debate about matters of your health is not a bad thing. As has been said, “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” But recently, having a difference of opinion has become too closely associated with the polarized politics that are endemic ... Read More »
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