January 20-26th is National Non-Smoking Week. The goals of the week are: To educate Canadians about the dangers of smoking; To prevent people who do not smoke from beginning to smoke and becoming addicted to tobacco; To help people quit smoking; To promote the right of individuals to breathe air unpolluted by tobacco smoke; To denormalize the tobacco...
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Globe artichoke is a species of thistle whose leaves are used in traditional European medicine to combat high cholesterol. It is used to stimulate the production and flow of bile in the liver and gallbladder. The liver produces bile salts by converting cholesterol into an acid and combining it with an amino acid (one of the building blocks of protein). The...
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Alzheimer’s is a fatal, progressive and degenerative disease that destroys brain cells. It is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 64 per cent of all dementias in Canada. Statistics suggest that 500 000 people areaffected by this disease and these numbers are predicted to more than double within the next generation. Alzheimer ’s disease...
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