One organ donor can save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of as many as 75 others through tissue donation.     A beating heart, strong lungs, a healthy liver or functioning kidneys can save the life of so
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March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. To kick things off, Colon Cancer Canada is launching its 2012 campaign with the help of some high-profile Canadians through a hard-hitting public service announcement (PSA) campaign in the ho
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Three weeks ago, I interviewed Tony Hope, who shared with us his rather alarming discovery and diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes and how it has changed his life. This week, another courageous man from the community, Simon Samuel, has a
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How are those New Year's Resolutions going? Did any involve exercising more? If they did (or didn't) keep reading. Last week, a patient of mine told me she just took her exercise regiment to a new level - it now involves two resis
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November is increasingly becoming known as Movember. If you have noticed thicker, longer, perhaps more scruffy-looking moustaches and goatees on the faces of the men around you, they may be participating in Movember, a month dedic
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