Health Insight
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How Lived Experience Underpins Hope + Me – MDAO’s Peer Support
Whether you’re going through mental health challenges or physical illness or injury, peer support can be a powerful adjunct to treatment. For people struggling with mental or physical illness, the ability to share their lived experience with someone who “gets it” can be a vital aid in healing and recovery. This is the core...
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Shining a Light on Brain Injury
Brain injury happens in an instant – a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke – changing a person’s life forever. Brain injury happens in an instant — a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke — changing a person’s life forever. Acquired brain injury (ABI) is...
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Employee Mental Health is More Than an Individual Problem
According to the latest round of research from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and the University of British Columbia, pandemic fatigue has set in, and Canadians are emotionally overwhelmed and exhausted. That includes workplaces. We have been hearing from organizations across the country that employees are struggling with their mental health, and burnout is...
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Gut Health and Your Immune System
Canadian Digestive Health Foundation shares different ways to support gut health and defend your immune system against unwanted infections. When you get an infection or become sick, a healthy immune system helps you fight infections and heal wounds. Did you know having a healthy gut plays an important role in having a strong immune system?...
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Improve Your Gut Health to Better Your Overall Well-Being
Did you know that good gut health can serve as a gateway to our overall well-being? A healthy gut microbiome contributes to a strong immune system, heart and brain health, improved mood, effective digestion, and many other benefits Our body is home to nearly 40 million living microbes, mostly in our digestive tract. These microbes...
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Collaboration Is Key to Help Manage Migraines in the Workplace
Employers and employees can work together to find accommodations that help employees continue to work and be successful.
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Living with IBD: An Invisible Illness
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represents a group of intestinal disorders that cause inflammation and ulceration of the small and large intestines.
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Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness
Advancing understanding and support for people with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Spreading Awareness for Colorectal Cancer
For over 25 years, Colorectal Cancer Canada (CCC) has been supporting patients and caregivers, through the provision of important information on prevention, disease, treatments and after care.
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Heartburn Keeping You Up at Night? Try Sleeping on Your Left Side
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) occurs when the upper portion of the digestive tract is not functioning properly, causing stomach contents to flow back into the esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube linking the mouth to the stomach. In normal digestion, a specialized ring of muscle at the bottom of the esophagus called the lower esophageal...