Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. The term comes from mid 16th century, via Latin from Greek, from the word arthron, meaning ‘joint’. "-Itis" is a suffix in medicine and it means Inflammation. Osteo means bone. Put them...

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LONELINESS and your health

There are more and more studies raising alarms about the impact of being lonely on our health. And the conclusions of those studies really shocked me so I decided to summarize and share this research in this blog. But first...

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Turmeric – the golden remedy

Turmeric, a traditional Indian spice, is the dried root of the plant Curcuma longa. It is related to and similar in size to ginger. Both turmeric and ginger are from Zingiberaceae family and are rhizomes. Rhizome is a stem which...

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Alcohol and the Pancreas

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Each year, approximately 5.500 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Canada and more than 4,800 will die from it (87%). The disease is often diagnosed at an advanced stage,...

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