Raising Health

Depression is now the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 29.

International Self-Care Day is July 24th. It is celebrated not only in Canada, but around the world, and is an opportunity for all of us to be reminded that we are our own best health advocates.

A big decision new parents must make for the little one’s nutrition is whether to breastfeed or give formula.

As parents we tend to think we know what’s good for our kids, but our knowledge is mostly of the general variety.

Pharmacists have historically been relied upon to provide information about medication, its use and safety, and, now more than ever, they are being recognized as the medication management experts within an individual’s health care team.

Today we live in the age of information.

Arthritis affects more than 4.6 million Canadian adults. But, did you know that more than 26,000 Canadian children and teens live with arthritis, too?

It goes without saying that we all want to have healthy kids. We want them to be full of energy, curious about the world, eager to make new friends and experience new things.

In small town Alberta, four girls, ages five to 15, lose their mom to metastatic breast cancer.

With Canadian childhood obesity rates tripling over the last 30 years, and Canada’s youth suicide rate being the third highest in the industrialized world, there’s clearly something amiss with our kids’ health, and we know that the repercussions will echo well into their adulthood.