Opinion: Equity needed in Quebec’s distribution of family doctors
(Mark Roper/ The Montreal Gazette) — Every year the government releases its figures for family doctors. The latest figures date from Dec. 31, 2020, and show very uneven access to primary care.
Province-wide, 79 per cent of Quebecers were registered with a family doctor, far from the government’s target of 85 per cent. This …
ParticipACTION and YMCA offer free workout videos to get Canadians moving
(Sydney Morton/ Global News) — Working out from home just got easier and more affordable thanks to a partnership between the YMCA and ParticipACTION to boost Canadians’ mental and physical health in an approachable online platform.
“ParticipACTION is just something that really is there to help people to get moving,” …
This Valentine’s Day, keep your heart healthy!
(Margaret Coates/ North Shore News) — February is Heart Month in Canada.
This month is also when we celebrate Valentine’s Day, which is a day to celebrate romantic love with heart symbols, cupids, and yummy chocolate. But the month is also about raising awareness about heart disease and encouraging people to look after …
How to tell the difference between a panic attack and a heart attack
(Stephanie Dolgoff/ Good Housekeeping) — I hope you’ve never had a heart attack. I also hope you’ve never had a panic attack. That’s because they both feel awful — and have some of the same or very similar symptoms. But only one is imminently dangerous, and that’s a heart attack.
A panic attack, on the other hand, may make you …
A link between gut microbiota and chronic inflammatory diseases like arthritis
(Jean-Francois Huppe/ Neuro Science News) — An international research team has established a link between gut microbiota and chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis. The team led by Éric Boilard of Université Laval has discovered that a protein naturally present in the gut acts on the microbiota and causes the …
The symptoms of a heart attack look different for men and women
(Dr. Payal Kohli/ Healthline) — A heart attack happens when the flow of blood to the heart is blocked. This can cause a variety of symptoms, which may develop suddenly or gradually over hours, days, or weeks.
According to The Heart Foundation, while chest pain or discomfort is the most common symptom of a heart attack, …
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