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A Healthy Balance

Active Kids, Healthy Kids

Active Kids in Winter

Athletic Skin Infections

Children, Nutrition and Exercise

Cold Weather Workouts

Concussion in Sport

Cross Country Skiing

Exercise and Disabilities

Exercise and Menstrual Irregularities

Exercise in the Heat

Exercise is Medicine

Exercise Options

Exercising in Pregnancy

Exercising in Pregnancy

Female Athletes

FITT Prescription

Footwear for Running

From Surviving to Thriving

Gadgets and Gizmos

Golf Injury Prevention

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

Hockey Injuries

Jump Start Weight Loss

Knee Ligament Injuries

Osteoporosis and Exercise

Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Plantar Fasciitis

Prehistoric Workout

Recreational Safety Equipment

Safe Snow Shovelling

Ski Conditioning

Spinal Cord Injuries

Staying Fit in the Cold

Sports Nutrition and Supplements

Strength Training

Swimming Injuries

Teen Sports Injuries

Water and Exercise

Weight Training

7 Wonders of Walking

Adolescent Health

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Adolescent Behaviour Problems

Adolescent Growth and Development

Chronic Diseases in Teens

Communications Skills

Concussion in Sport

Cosmetics and Skincare

Dangers of Artificial Tanning

Depression - Causes

Female Physical Exam

Internet Safety

Mentoring to Quit Smoking

Parent-Teen Communication

Parent -Teen Interaction Patterns

Psychological Assessment

School Problems

Self Esteem and Body Image

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Talking About Sex

Teaching Respect

Teens and Smoking

Teen Bedwetting

Teen Immunization

Teen Independence

Teens and Divorce

Teenagers and Sexual Issues

Teens and Exercise

Water and Exercise

A Woman's Physical

Aspirin Every Day?

Cost of Doctor's Visit

Does My Sore Knee Require an MRI?

Do I Need a Bone Density Test?

Do I Need an Annual Physical?

My Doctor Says I Need a Test

My Doctor Diagnosed Osteoarthritis

Restore Your Core

Should I Exercise During pregnancy?

Vaccination Controversies

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Advice from the Maternity Clinic

Advice from the Maternity Clinic (Part 2)

Alcohol in Pregnancy

Building a Better Baby

Birthing Etiquette

Birthing Procedure Trends

Bleeding in Pregnancy

Breastfeeding Benefits

Caesarean Section by Request

Care for the New Mother

Cord Blood Banking

Delaying Motherhood

Blue after Baby or Postpartum Depression

Diabetes in Pregnancy

Eating Well for Pregnancy

Evolving Ideas about Pregnancy and Birth

Exercise in Pregnancy

Is it Safe to Exercise During Pregnancy

Flying During Pregnancy

Folic Acid in Pregnancy

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy

Getting a latch on breastfeeding

Group B Streptococcus

Induction of Labour

Infections During Pregnancy

Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)

In-Vitro Fertilization

Low Birth Weight Babies

Maternity and parental leave

Medication and Pregnancy

Managing Your Own Labour

Monitoring Your Labour

Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy

Pain Relief in Labour

Prenatal Classes

Planning a Pregnancy

Prenatal Care Providers

Postpartum Repetitive Strain Injuries

Rupture of Membranes Before Labour

Sex During Pregnancy

Skin Changes in Pregnancy

Smoking and Pregnancy

Support During Labour

Travelling While Pregnant

Ultrasound for Fun and Photos

Natural Remedies in Pregnancy

Pregnancy Weight Gain

Vaccinations During Pregnancy

Vacuum and Forceps for Delivery

Vaginal Birth After Caesarean

When Baby Comes Home

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Asthma in Children

Attention Deficit Disorder

Bedtime Battles

Childcare Options

Children's Headaches

Childhood Obesity

Choosing A Babysitter

Common Childhood Skin Infections

Developmental Milestones

Daytime Wetting

Developmental Co-ordination Disorder

Feeding Your Baby

Feeding Your Toddler

How Children Grow

Hearing Issues in Newborns

Is it an Emergency?

Children and Sports Injuries

Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)

Learning Disabilities

Preparing for Lab Tests

RSV-Childhood Respiratory Virus

Safe Summer Fun

Sleep Struggles

Sniffles, Fevers, Rashes and Coughs

Introducing Solid Foods

Speech Problems

Travelling with Children

Urinary Tract Infections

Vaccination and Autism

When to go to the Doctor

Yeast Infections in Children

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Managing Your Pain

Movement Matters

Pain Medications

Returning to Work

Understanding and Goal Setting

When Pain Doesn't End

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Antibiotics and Dental Surgery

Baby Bottle Tooth Decay

Bad Breath (Halitosis)

Children's Dental Injuries

Choosing a Dentist

Cosmetic Dentistry

Dental Care Devices

Dental Implants

Dentures and Healthy Jaw

Esthetic Dentistry

Fluoride Findings

First Dental Visit

A Healthy Mouth

Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body

Jaw Joint and Muscle Problems

Keeping it Clean

Laser Use in Dentistry

Oral Cancer Screening

Oral health and long term care

Oral Health Care Products

Orthodontist First Visit

Painless Dentistry

Periodontal Disease

Removable Dentures

Seniors Oral Care

Sensitive Teeth

Sore Mouth, Aching Jaw

Snoring and Sleep Apnea

Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)

Tobacco Risks to Oral Health

Tongue Piercing

Tooth Whitening

Travel Dentistry

Water Fluoridation

Your Healthy Smile

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A Diabetes Success Story

ABCs of Diabetes Management

Alternate Site Testing

Benefits of Insulin

Benefits of Breakfast

Blood Glucose Medications

Blood Glucose Myths

Blood Glucose Testing

Blood Sugar Lows

Blood Glucose Monitors

C-Peptide Testing

Canada Food Guide Revisited

Carbohydrate Counting

Catastrophic Drug Plan

CDA Guidelines for Diabetes

Celiac Disease and Diabetes

Celebrating Health

Childhood Diagnosis of Diabetes

Children and Type 2 Diabetes

Cholesterol-lowering Medications

Colds and Diabetes

Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring

Dangers of Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

Driving and Diabetes

Diabetes and Menopause

Diabetes Care Team

Diabetes and Depression

Diabetes Distress

Diabetes Eating on a Shoestring Budget

Diabetes Etiquette

Diabetes and Oral Health

Diabetes and Thyroid Disease

Diabetes and Your Mouth

Diabetes and Your Eyes

Diabetes in Cats

Diabetes in Dogs

Diabetes Management ABCs

Diabetes Meter Technicians

Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Diabetic Retinopathy

Diet Tips for South Asians

Dining Out with Diabetes

Drinking and Diabetes

Eating Disorders

Easing the Strain of Stress

Eating Mindfully

Eating to Protect Your Kidneys

Eating Well During Shift Work

Eggs in a Diabetic Diet

Emotional Eating

Emotions of Diabetes Diagnosis

Erectile Dysfunction

Exercise Excuses

Why Fad Diets Fail

Fill Your Day with Energy

Diabetic Retinopathy

Food Temptation

Footwear and Foot Health

Fruits and Veggies

Gestational Diabetes

Glycemic Index and Glycemic Loads

The Glycemic Index

Going Green in the Kitchen

Going Home from the Hospital

Grocery Shopping Tips

Holiday Party Survival Guide

Health Information on the 'Net

Healthy Happy Holidays

Healthy Beverage Choices

Health Benefits of Soy

Healthy Restaurant Meals

High Blood Pressure and Diabetes

High Blood Pressure

Healthy Eating for Active People

High Blood Lipids

Home from the Hospital

Home Alone and Sick

Hypoglycemic Unawareness

Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Immunization and Diabetes

Incretins-a Hormone Treatment

Injecting Insulin

Insulin Discovery-The Story

Insulin Handling

Insulin - the Key to Energy Management

Insulin Pen Needles

Insulin Pump Infusion Sets

Insulin Pump Therapy

Immunization and Diabetes

Internet Health Sites

Islet Cell Transplantation

Kidney Disease - Reducing the Risk

Living Powerfully with Diabetes

Low Blood Glucose

Managing Diabetes

Managing Blood Glucose

Mental Health and Diabetes

Nutrition Food Labels

Your Medication Expert

Medication Research Studies

Metabolic Syndrome

Microalbuminuria

New Diabetes Technologies

Natural Medicines and Diabetes

No Need for Insulin?

Oral Health and Diabetes

Osteoporosis and Diabetes

Diabetes and OTC Medications

Pedicure Precautions

Pain of Walking - Peripheral Arterial Disease

Planning for Pregnancy

Prebiotics and Probiotics

Preparing for Activity

Putting off Insulin

Reducing Stress of Surgery

Safe and Successful Travel

Schizophrenia and Diabetes

Setting Health Goals

Setting Goals for Physical Activity

Sharps Disposal

Shorter Insulin Needles

Sleep - a Missing Link

Smart Summer Nutrition

Snacking with Diabetes

Social Media and Diabetes

Stress and Diabetes

Success in School

Supporting Spouse with Diabetes

Sugar, Carbs and Blood Glucose Control

Think Positive with Diabetes

Tiny Bites Equal Big Calories

Travelling with Diabetes

Tips for a Better You

Tobacco Use and Diabetes

Top 10 Reasons to Exercise

Treating Low Blood Glucose

Treating Hypoglycemia - Role of Glucagon

Tune up Your Diet

Type 1.5 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes

Understanding Diabetes

Understanding Diabetes Medications

Urinary Incontinence

Vacationing with Diabetes

Vegetarian Eating for Diabetes

Wonderful Water

World Diabetes Day

Working Toward a Cure

Your Medicine Cupboard

Zimbabwe Hand Jive

Family Medicine

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ADHD in Children

Allergic Rhinitis

Aspirin Every Day?

Back Pain Myths

Back Pain - Lower

Bladder Problems

Blood Transfusions

Breaast and Prostate Cancer Screening

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Colon Cancer Screening

Diabetes Management

Diagnostic Tests

Dealing with Dry Eyes

Electronic Medical Records

Floaters and Flashes

5 Ways to Stay Healthy

Healthcare Teams

Human Papilloma Virus

High Blood Pressure

How to Talk to Your Doctor

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Joint Replacement Surgery

Lazy Eye Blindness (Amblyopia)

Medical Digital Technology

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Myeloma

Primary Healthcare Reform

Prostate Problems

Quitting Smoking

Respiratory Tract Infections

Screening Tests

Special Diagnostic Tests

Sports Eye Injuries

Stopping Stroke

Urinary Incontinence

Urinary Tract Infections

Vision Flickers

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Bites and Stings

Cuts and Scrapes

Emergency Care Guidelines

Fainting and Convulsions

First Aid Travel Kit

Hypothermia and Frostbite

Poisoning - Household

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Advance Care Plans

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Alzheimer Disease

Avoiding Memory Loss

Building Strength

Caring for the Caregiver

Can I see Well Enough to Drive?

Congestive Heart Failure

Coping with Dementia

Controlling Medications

Diagnosing Dementia

Dementia and Agitation

Dizziness (Vertigo)

Exercise Benefits

Erectile Dysfunction

Eyesight and Driving

Fungal Nail Infections

Have Health, Will Travel

Health Tips for Seniors

Joint Replacement

Living Longer With Diabetes

Macular Degeneration

Male Menopause (Andropause)

Maintaining Quality of Life as You Age

New Corneal Treatments

Nutrition for Seniors

Parkinson Disease

Problem Gambling

Prostate Health

Seniors and Medications

Senior Sexuality

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Screening Tests

Seniors and Driving

Skin Protection

Solving Sleep Issues

Staying Healthy

Stroke Prevention

Travel Tips for Snowbirds

Wills and Personal Directives

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Aging and Memory

Alcohol and Your Health

Anger Management

Antidepressants

Barbecue Basics

Canada's New Blood System

Caring for a Loved One Dying at Home

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Computer Stress

Coping With Change

Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic Pesticides

Diabetes Epidemic

Diseases from Pets

Erectile Dysfunction New Treatments

Fertility Issues

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Foodborne Illness

Healing Through Music

Healthy Computing

Indoor Air Quality

Melamine in Food

Middle Age Health

Mind-Body Connection

Outdoor Workers and Sun Safety

Patient Safety in the Hospital

Pets and Health Benefits

Physiotherapy Visit

Planning for End of LIfe

Reproductive Freedom

Safe Drinking Water

Smokeless Tobacco

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Stigma of Mental Illness

Stressed or Depressed?

Stress in the Workplace

Swim to Survive

Time Management

Travel Health Protection

Travel Comfort Tips

Travel Immunization

Understanding Change

Wind Chill Index

Workplace Drug Testing

Workplace Health

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5 Myths about Nutrition and Diabetes

5 Tips to Manage Weight

10 Ways to Cut Down on Fat

Battle the Bulge

Boost Your Bone Strength

Breakfast is Important

Building Your Bones

Challenging the Milk Myth

Diet Reality Check

Eating Smarter and Cheaper

Food for Active Kids

Giving Up Gluten

Healthy Diet, Healthy Smile

Healthy Eating for Boomers and Zoomers

Healthy Eating for Seniors

Healthy Eating on Business Travel

Healthy Ethnic Meals

Fruits and Veggies - 5-10 a Day

Fats and Cholesterol

Feeding Your Kids

Food Chemistry 101

Getting Kids to MOVE

Healthy Eating for Teens

Herbal Medicine and Nutrition

New Ingredients for Your Shopping Cart

Meal Planning with Planned Overs

Meal Planning for Busy Families

Mercury Levels in Fish

Night Shift Eating

Nutrition on the Net

Nutrition Myths Busted

Nutrition Questions Top 5

Nutrition for Menopause

Essential Omega-3

Preventing Cancer Through Nutrition

Power of Fruits and Veggies

Portion Control

PMS and Nutrition

Preparing for Surgery

Reducing High Blood Pressure

Replacement Meals

Sensible Snacking

Sodium and Blood Pressure

Sports-Minded Nutrition

Sugar Substitutes

Survive and Thrive

Tips for a SuperDiet

Understanding Food Biotechnology

Vacation Eating

Vitamins and Minerals

Vegetarian Diet

Weight Loss Wisdom

Weight Wise Tips

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After a Heart Attack

Adverse Drug Reactions

Adult Vaccinations

Antibiotic Overuse

New Anticoagulant Medications

Inhaled Asthma medications

Arthritis Medications

Biological Response Modifiers

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Calcium and Iron Supplements

Changing Role of the Pharmacist

Children's Cold Remedies

Choosing Sunscreens

Constipation and Haemorrhoids

Diuretics and Potassium Supplements

Drug Recalls and Withdrawals

Drug Interactions

Emergency Contraception

Erectile Dysfunction

Expanding Role of Pharmacies

Eye Protection - Sunglasses

Feminine Hygiene

Generic or Name Brand?

Kids and Cold Medications

Medication Questions?

Metabolic Syndrome

Natural Medicines

New Blood Thinners

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Obesity Medication

Over-the-Counter Drugs

Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers

Over-the-Counter Drugs and Pregnancy

OTC Pain Relief

Packing Medications for Travel

Pharmaceutical Studies

Preventing Summer Hazards

Research Studies

Skin and Cosmeceuticals

Sports and Nutrition Supplements

Taking Medication

Take as Directed

Using Antibiotics Wisely

Yeast Infections

Your Medicine Cupboard

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Accident Prevention

Antibiotic Resistance

Bacteria Fight Back

Disaster Planning

Diseases from Pets

Cell Phones and Driving

Childhood Obesity

Cancer Prevention Tips

Chronic Disease Prevention

Cold and Flu Season

Disaster Planning

Diseases from Pets

Distracted Driving

Farm Safety for City Kids

Foodborne Illness

The Flu and You

Heading Home for a Visit

Health Tips for Snowbirds

Hearing Loss and Music Players

H1N1 Virus - Plan Ahead

Household Mould

Infection Control

Injury Prevention

Insect Repellant

Keys to Preventing Cancer

Kids' Mental Health

Low Birth Weight

Are Pesticides Safe?

Preventing Burns and Scalds

Preventing Cancer through Nutrition

Quit Smoking 101

Respiratory Infections

Seniors and STIs

Should You Immunize?

Surviving Disaster

Sushi Preparation

Teens, Drugs and Driving

Travel Health Considerations

Travel Medicine 101

Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

West Nile Disease

Workplace Alcohol Abuse

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15 Great Reasons to Breastfeed

Approaching Menopause

Breast Cancer Screening

Breast Cancer - Genetic Risks

Breast Cancer Self-Exam

Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Changes

Breastfeeding Myths

Cervical Cancer Screening

Contraception for Mature Women

Cosmetic Procedures

Estrogen's Effect on the Brain

Fear of Fracture

Hirsutism - Unwanted Hair

Hormone Replacement Therapy

Menopause - What Men Should Know

Menopause and Your Moods

Menstrual Bleeding - Abnormal

Menstrual Bleeding - Heavy

Menstruation Myths

Third Generation Birth Control Pills

Oral Contraction (The Pill)

Premenstrual Syndrome

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Urinary Incontinence

Viagra for Women

Yeast Infections

Your Pelvic Floor

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