Why Dr. Google Doesn’t Always Have Your Back Let me start by saying that I love Google. Just yesterday Google taught me how to distress a pair of jeans and fix my dishwasher. But Google didn’t go to med school. A few months ago, after spending about half an hour discussing a…
DetailsUnderstanding the WHO Statement: Are Red and Processed Meat as Evil as They Seem? Social media was alive with ravenous carnivores (and smug vegetarians) after the WHO released a statement on the carcinogenic effects of red and processed meat. This prompted many news outlets to run headlines comparing red meat to cigarettes. Some serious…
DetailsHave Kids? How to Stay Safe This Halloween Ghouls, goblins and ghosts will soon be upon us! With the candy corn, pumpkins and costumes filling the stores, we know that Halloween is just around the corner. This year, I can’t wait to take my 10-month old trick-or-treating (or rather, me holding him in his…
DetailsScrew the Flu: Help Protect Ramona Ramona is my oldest friend in the world – we’ve been friends since birth (seriously!). The pic above is one of us taken sometime in the 80s. And here’s a recent one of her with her family. Ramona is maybe the funniest person I…
DetailsFood For Thought: The Role of Food in Irritable Bowel Symptoms “Food For Thought” is a recurring column on bellyblog.ca, where we will share a well-curated collection of high quality, thought-provoking pieces, usually about food, diet, nutrition, and the gut. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, is a complex syndrome characterized by abdominal pain…
DetailsLosing sleep over lost hair? Hair loss, also called alopecia, is one of the most troubling conditions for women. There’s so much social importance placed on a long and luscious mane. And alopcia can be really frustrating for your doctor, too. Unfortunately, because hair loss can go on for a while before…
DetailsOther than that it’s just plain gross for them not to… Most patients feel uncomfortable asking their health care providers to wash their hands. But here is why it’s really important to anyway: It saves lives. Nearly 100,000 deaths a year are linked to infections picked up in doctor’s offices, nursing…
DetailsThink you got the flu from your flu shot? Think again. Did you know that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada) now recommend the flu vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age? That means you. The flu vaccine is safe, even…
DetailsWant to stop the spread of flu? Get vaccinated. Did you know that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada) now recommend the flu vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age? That means you. The flu vaccine is safe, even for…
DetailsThink smoothies are always healthy? Think again! How many times have you reached for the bottled smoothie, thinking you were about to consume something “healthy”? Most store-bought smoothies have a large amount of added sugar in them – up to 54 grams per bottle. That’s like drinking two cans of regular soda! …
Details5 Tips for Heart Healthy Living Did you know that in Canada, every 7 minutes, some one dies from a heart attack or stroke? In the US, some one dies from cardiovascular disease each minute. You probably don’t think about preventing heart disease because you are, like most of us, busy taking caring…
DetailsCrohn’s Disease: The Basics Crohn’s Disease is a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, or IBD. The other form of IBD is called Ulcerative Colitis, which you can read about here. Read more about IBD in general here, and remember that IBD is very different from IBS, which stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which you…
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