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Category Archives: General Health
Active Living with Scoliosis: Benefits of Sports Participation
Protective Effects of Sports Participation Living with scoliosis can present unique challenges, but it doesn’t have to stop young athletes from pursuing their dreams. In fact, participating in sports can be life-changing for adolescents with scoliosis, offering physical, emotional, and … Continue reading
Posted in Bone Health, Exercise, General Health, Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedics, Scoliosis, Spine Health
Tagged Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), Athletes, Athletes with Back Conditions, Back pain, Exercise, Exercise Tips for Scoliosis, fitness, Health, Scoliosis, Scoliosis and Sports, Scoliosis Treatment for Athletes, Scoliosis-Friendly Training, Sports
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How Calcium and Vitamin D Affect Adolescent Scoliosis
Can Calcium and Vitamin D Help with Scoliosis? Key Findings from New Research Often, we hear about the benefits of Vitamin D in managing osteoporosis, but did you know it also plays a crucial role in bone growth during child … Continue reading
Posted in Bone Health, General Health, Musculoskeletal, Nutrition, Orthopaedics, Scoliosis, Spine Health, Vitamin D
Tagged Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), Benefits of Vitamin D, Best Supplements for Bone Health, BoneHealth, Calcium, Conditions and Diseases, fitness, Health, How to Manage Scoliosis, nutrition, OrthopaedicHealth, Research, Scoliosis, Scoliosis Prevention Tips, Scoliosis Treatment, Spine Care for Teens, Vitamin D, Vitamin D and Scoliosis, vitamins, wellness
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Fall is here! How to Protect Your Immune System
Fall is here. Temperature changes rapidly, cool morning, warm afternoon and cool evening again. We are more susceptible to getting a cold around this time of the year. Here are some tips from The Wellness Wagon on how to protect our … Continue reading
Posted in General Health, Nutrition, Uncategorized
Tagged adaptogens, astragulus, cold, echinacea, fall, immune system, prevention, probiotics, siberian ginseng, Vitamin D
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Exercise for Migraine?
(HIT) High Intensity Training reduces migraines. For many years, I have shared the benefits of high-intensity interval training (HIT) to patients. Now here is one more benefit to HIT. A new study reported at the 18th Congress of the International … Continue reading
The secret to looking good in skinny jeans
You wake up one morning feeling great and you just want to look as amazing as you feel. Going through your wardrobe, you spot a beautiful pair of pants (skinny jeans perhaps!) that you haven’t worn in 6 months, you … Continue reading
Probiotics and high blood pressure
Many people take probiotics (good bacteria) for digestive issues such as IBS or bloating etc. Did you know that probiotics has other health benefits? New study published in July 2014 in Hypertension suggests that consumption of multiple strains of probiotics … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiovascular Health, Digestive Health, General Health
Tagged Hypertension, probiotics
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Toxins Associated with Diabetes and Obesity
We hear about how environmental toxins may contribute to cancer, Parkinsons‘s or Alzheimer‘s. A recent study published in Diabetes Care, July issue, found that there is a link between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and diabetes. POPs includes pesticides and polychlorinated … Continue reading
Is your bed making you sick?
I love to travel and in all my years of traveling, I experienced bed bug in 2 occasions. I am sure that many travelers have experienced the constant itchiness from bed bug. Recently, I have learned that you can significantly … Continue reading
Posted in General Health, Uncategorized
Tagged Bed Bug, bed sheet, Evan Pleet, interior designer, pillow cover, silver, silver bed sheet, silver lining, silver pillow
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Winter to Spring – Awakening the Sleeping Mold
Spring is officially here now. You may start thinking about spring cleaning. This week’s guest blogger is a certified home and mold inspector, Robert Kin. Can you feel it? The birds are chirping, the sun shines longer providing warmth and … Continue reading
It’s All In Your Genes!
As granny used to say to explain your behaviour, “It’s in your genes, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” Well, granny was only half right. There is something you can do about it – change your lifestyle. Medical … Continue reading
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