If the words you associate with the winter months are “red,” “cracked” and “peeling,” you probably suffer from seriously dry skin on your hands. Cracks on your fingers can make even the simplest tasks — like typing, turning a page, or doing up a button — very painful. For advice on how to cope […]
Toronto Health Posts
Diabetes and hypertension often go hand in hand
Dear Dr. Roach: My 72-year-old aunt has hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. She is not on any medications yet. If she took medication to correct her hypertension only, would her blood sugar levels normalize? Or, if she took medication to correct Type 2 diabetes only, would her hypertension be eliminated? I need to know […]
No more Alzheimer’s Metformin, diabetes drug, could let you live more than 120 years in good health
Metformin, the world’s first anti-aging drug will be tested on humans next year in trials that could result in people being able to live healthily well into their 120s. Scientists now believe it is possible to stop people growing old as quickly and consign diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to history. Although it […]
Ontario medical marijuana exemption under review just 1 day after it was announced
Ontario’s Liberal government says it will re-examine its recent move to allow medical marijuana users to smoke and vape the drug anywhere in the province, just one day after announcing the change. “We’ve heard the concerns around this regulation, and we’re going to take this feedback and see if this regulation is the best way to […]
Diabetes Experts advise healthy eating and physical activity on World Diabetes Day
Health experts say eating healthily and increasing exercise can dramatically reduce diabetes risk. There are two main forms of diabetes: type 1, in which the body is unable to produce the hormone insulin, and type 2, in which the body is unable to use insulin effectively. Type 2 is the most common form, accounting […]