Benefits of Walking
5 Reasons why Walking is good for your overall health.
HPV Vaccine can eliminate cervical cancer as a public health issue
Protect your children, yourself & your partner October 1-7, 2018 marked the second annual HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) Prevention Week in Canada. As Chair of this educational week, initiated by the Federation of Medical Women of Canada, we focused on the need for both education and awareness of this common virus and how we…
Skin Cancer–Summertime and the Living is Easy. But Not for Skin Cancer
Don’t be fooled looking at celebrity photos of stars walking the beach in Malibu all bronzed and healthy. It gives the wrong impression that looking good means getting a good tan in the summer. The truth. Sun and skin cancer go hand in hand triggered by exposure to ultraviolet rays and artificial tanning beds. One…
Is it the end of red meat?
When weighing the cancer risk of some meats to colorectal cancer moderation is the new normal. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) a subsidiary of the World Health Organization, (WHO) ruled that processed meat causes colorectal cancer and red meat e.g. pork, lamb, beef probably does. The finding was reached by a group…
PAP TESTS HELP ELIMINATE CERVICAL CANCER IN CANADA
Every year there are 400,000 Canadian women who receive news that their Pap test results are not normal. The voice of women physicians, The Federation of Medical Women of Canada (www.fmwc.ca) wants to change that. This month they are launching an awareness campaign aimed at physicians to urge their female patients to have a PAP…
Top ways to protect prevent skin cancer
Skin Cancer in Canada is on the rise While the rate of new cancer cases and death rates for many types of cancers are going down, Melanoma or –skin cancer- is on the rise. It is the most common cancer in Canada affecting one in five people today. A tan especially among young people is…
HPV- Not just for girls & women. HPV can also cause cancer in boys & men
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is among the most common sexually transmitted viruses in the world with some strains leading to various cancers as well as external genital warts. What this really means is that we now understand what is causing cancer in these regions. It’s very exciting, because if we understand what causes a cancer,…