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Should You Take Antidepressants - and If So, Which One?
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by Carolyn Thomas It was only after I survived a heart attack that I first got an insider’s perspective on how it actually feels to be depressed.  Up until then, like many of you reading this, I was disdainful of this particular mental...
If you could share a key message/tip about the care of older adults, what would it be?
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If you could share a key message/tip with families, health practitioners, geriatricians or gerontologists about the care of older adults, what would it be? Examples could be an important message about caring for seniors who want to stay in their...
8 Tips to Keep Your Balance and Stay Active!
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Its Physiotherapists Week! Here are some tips from Saint Elizabeth to keep your balance and stay active. Did you know that 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 fall at least once every year? Exercising three or more times per week will help to combat...
Falls Prevention Tips
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Falls are a common occurrence. People are at risk for a fall at any time in their life, but especially children and seniors. Preventing Falls
What To Do If You Have Had a Fall
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Step-by-step, clear instructions for how to get up safely from a fall if you are not injured. People are at risk for a fall at any time in their life, but especially children and seniors. What To Do If You Have Had a Fall
Why You'll Listen to Me - but Not To Your Doctor"
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by Carolyn Thomas As I like to remind my women’s heart health presentation audiences, I am not a physician. I’m not a nurse. I am merely a dull-witted heart attack survivor. I also warn them that a lot of what I’m about to say to...
Finding Balance - Prevent a fall before it happens
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The Finding Balance Ontario www.findingbalanceontario.ca web site is dedicated to helping seniors prevent a fall before it happens so they can stay active and independent.
The myth of osteoporosis: blowing the whistle on the "epidemic"
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When Dr. Victoria Seewaldt of Duke University School of Medicine reviewed a controversial new book about osteoporosis in The Journal of the American Medical Association in 2005, she started off as an admitted skeptic.
Hot Flash Makeovers
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What Five Women Survivors Want You to Know about Cardiovascular Disease
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Did you know that heart disease and stroke is the #1 killer of women in Canada?  In fact, more women die of cardiovascular disease than from all cancers combined every year. Most women don't know this reality, however. But some women know...