Heart Month awareness and Northern Hearts programs in Northwestern Ontario
February marks Heart Month with emphasis on heart health education and risk prevention. Northern Hearts offers Talk with Doc sessions, Healthy Heart Day, and Walk with Doc, plus a monthly newsletter and weekly social posts. Details at northernhearts.org or northernhearts tbaytel.net.
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North America
Canada
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Northern Hearts
Ontario
Northernhearts.org
Sionals
Northernhearts
Tbaytel
NorthernHeartsThunderBay
Heart Health
Facts and myths about kidney stones
A physician and author discuss causes, risks, and treatments for kidney stones. Heredity, high salt intake, obesity, diabetes, and infections raise risk while most stones are calcium based. Uric acid stones dissolve with bicarbonate and fluids. larger stones often require cystoscopy or surgery. Vitamin C does not cause stones. higher intake can aid urine flow and prevent calcium oxalate stones.
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Argaret Thatcher
William McCormick
Benjamin Disraeli
Canadians see thousands of unhealthy food ads yearly
A new INFORMAL Canada report finds Canadian children see about 4000 food ads annually, most for unhealthy products, across TV, digital devices, packaging, and school surroundings. Quebec bans ads to minors but still sees ad exposure. Researchers urge Ottawa to ban unhealthy food marketing across media and consider a sugary drink levy.
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Canada
Quebec
Lana Vanderlee
Université Laval
Quebec City
Monique Potvin Kent
University of Ottawa
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Toronto
McDonald’s
Montreal
Vanderlee
United Kingdom
Patvin Kent
Ottawa
Newfoundland
Health Canada
Manitoba
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Ken Walker
Docgiff.com
the Doctor
Manuel Arango
the Canadian Press
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