HOCKEY AND THE CORONAVIRUS
We are Canadian. And so we think of things in Canadian terms. Even in this upside-down year with hockey season being played at the height of the summer. Some of us (like Mark) like to use hockey analogies. And the timeline of a hockey game is actually a pretty good analogy to use on […]
DOUBLING DOWN ON HEALTH
Perhaps you’re sitting at home, worried about how the next few months will turn out. Maybe you’ve been deemed an essential service worker (or are even one of today’s heroes, running around with a crazy first responder type job). In all situations, it’s easy to be devoured by the news and pressures of the day […]
THE PERSONALIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF HUMAN HEALTH
We’re entering the age of customized medicine and health which is tailored individually to us – not people ‘like’ us. For decades we’ve been subject to recommendations from health professionals suggesting things like people with certain blood types should eat certain foods. People with certain heretical backgrounds are in greater danger than others due to […]
BETTER HEALTH THROUGH BETTER BREATH
Here’s some practical advice that some of our team members have practiced over the years. It is even more practical and important today than ever. There are simple breathing techniques, which if done with some regularity have been proven to improve… Improve your lung function, lung size and strength. Energy levels. Calmness. Quality of […]
A CHANGE IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY?
DNA SEQUENCING – THE FOUNDATION OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE COMMODOTIZES
Right up near the top of the list of wise things your Grandmother used to tell you was something like “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Turns out, she had it absolutely right. Yet even in her wildest dreams, there is little possibility she would have realized, the extent that saying […]
THE INEVITABLE MARCH TOWARDS OUTSOURCED SELF CARE
American politicians may have done their best to try and kill Obamacare, and while the fate of 11 million Americans health care coverage may be tested once again after the 2016 U.S. election, one thing is becoming clearly unstoppable – there is an inevitable move afoot towards outsourced health diagnosis and self-care. Service industries, such as the […]
HOW THE GOOGLE PILL COULD USHER IN PROACTIVE HEALTHCARE
As we’ve been talking about on this blog for the last few years, health care is about to take a massive leap forward into its proactive future. Here is a great example. Google recently announced they’re working on a game changing nano health pill. Its invisible nano particles will float around in your body, then […]
GENETICS TESTING, THE CANADIAN LIFE AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION DECISION, AND YOUR KIDS
The Canadian Life and Health Association recently reiterated it’s existing guidelines with regards to sharing information on any genetic testing you may have had done. The move shows just how important genetic testing is going to be to the future of medicine and health in general. More specifically, it highlights why you need to be talking […]