Heart healthy holiday tips from Northern Hearts group
Health guidance urges balance in meals and activity during holidays. Officials stress moderating alcohol, managing stress, and resting well to reduce heart attack risk. Northern Hearts promotes Healthy Heart Day in Thunder Bay for February 22, 2025, and thanks supporters of 2024 events.
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American Heart Association
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Northern Hearts
Ontario
Northernhearts
Thunder Bay
River Street
Facebook
Prescription for terrible loneliness during the holidays
In this column a Toronto physician notes loneliness rises across ages during Christmas and studies show wives influence spouses social circles. He cites Harvard findings on tech and isolation, urges practical steps: call someone alone, share a meal, donate to food banks, and teach children real voices over screens. The piece closes with the Doctor Game note and contact details.
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Laurie Marciano
Harvard
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Marciano
Chopin
Epilepsy drug shortage leaves patients wary of seizures
The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance says Teva clobazam shortages since last May may extend to next April, forcing patients to seek doses at different pharmacies and risking breakthrough seizures if they switch to Apotex versions. Doctors warn sensitivities vary and some cannot safely switch medications.
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Toronto
Canadian
Eduard Bercovici
Teva Canada
Bercovici
Apotex
John Dickinson
Kitchener
Ont
Rebecca Roland
Dickinson
Roland
Ontario
St. Catharines
Bracebridge
Dickson
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