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Life in death: Walk/Run for the Care with Ian Anderson House
For those of you don’t know, I’m a part of a rockin’ team called Finola’s Fans! My mother, Finola Earls, the head of the the team, passed away from cancer three years ago under the care of a hospice for cancer care called … Continue reading
NMW Day 2: Cancer prevention
Cancer is something we have inside of us, all of the time. Before you google this statement and begin to panic, it is a simple phenomenon that happens in our bodies when the normal mechanisms for “control” go wrong. Our cells have … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Naturopathic Medicine
Tagged cancer, cancer prevention, cancer support, colon cancer, ECGC, green tea, prevention, vitamin c
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Finola’s Fans: Walk for the Care 2012!
It’s that time of year again, when everyone is involved in walks or run fundraising for their charity of choice, and I am no exception! Yes, you are being hit up for money, or effort! :) As most of you know, the … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Personal Growth
Tagged canadahelps.org, cancer, colon cancer, Ian Anderson House, Walk for the Care
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The 10 things you can do to prevent colon cancer: Your life depends on it
March is Colorectal Cancer Month. It’s a month that few people knew about until the last few years when a major campaign began with the colorectal society showing the derrière on television. Boy did it work. People are finally starting to talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Colon cancer, Gastrointestinal
Tagged Canada, cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, fibre, healthy diet, IBS, smoking
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End of Life: Do you think about your plan?
For the past week, the Globe and Mail has discussed the theme of critical care, palliative, care, and decisions for end-of-life in Canada. The population in Canada is not only aging with concerns of how we will care for the … Continue reading
Feeling down? Vitamin D levels and seasonal affective disorder
Before discussing an individual vitamin, I want to be very clear: Our body needs a multitude of vitamins at the right (optimal) levels on a continuous basis. One vitamin is rarely the answer for our best health, but many are vital to continued health. As … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Cancer, Colon cancer, Depression, Energy, Fatigue, S.A.D., Vitamins
Tagged colon cancer, depression, Fatigue, hormones, S.A.D., Vitamin D, vitamin D
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Jack Layton — A lesson in hope and courage in cancer and life
Today Canadians lost a very brave and passionate man, NDP leader Jack Layton, to cancer. Many of us were not really even aware of truly how sick Jack actually was until a month ago; pictures were posted and revealed the true nature … Continue reading