Tag: health
Stretching Toward Health
As we age, we all want to move easily and safely through the day. The way to maintain or improve flexibility is to stretch. Stretching may benefit our mind as well as our body.…
First Lyme Disease-Positive Tick of the Season
The first Lyme disease-positive tick of the season was identified by Peterborough Public Health early this month. Ticks can be as small as a sesame seed and their bites are usually painless, so this…
Paying it Forward a Fitting Way to Remember
The tone of the message was ideally targeted to the audience of St. Peter’s Catholic Secondary School students last Friday morning. Dressed in a tee shirt and ball cap, the thirty-something speaker told a…
Be Prepared So the Pandemic Flu Virus Doesn’t Become Your Worst Nightmare
A quick scan of the planet today reveals at least six novel influenza strains infecting humans at the moment, as well as an outbreak in Saudi Arabia of “MERS-CoV”, a relative of the SARS…
Healthy Living – Bad News for Two Fad Diets
The past two months saw an evidence-based takedown of two popular fad diets. The first was intermittent fasting, or IF. IF has been proclaimed to be an easy way to cut calories and train…
Getting Started
Do you hear the songbirds calling you to come and play outside? Maybe you’re thinking that you’d love to get into the garden, but your knees and hips are feeling stiff. Not to mention…
New Paramedic Station Expected to Improve Response Times
The new Paramedic station at 1003 Clonsilla Ave. opened for business on Monday, April 24th, with two 24 hour ambulances on site to improve the response time for service in the west end of…
If the Shoe Fits
A friend of mine complained that her dogs were barking and she didn’t mean her four-footed friends. With her new fitness routine, she was walking more often and her feet were screaming at her.…
How Aspirin Influenced World War I
The winter and spring of 1917 was a period full of momentous events. It was the third year of World War I and our Canadian identity was being forged at Vimy Ridge. The Americans…