America’s overall homeless population is smaller today than it was a decade ago, but many of them are more people choosing the streets over public…
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The Health Alliance announces plans for a new long-term care home in Stratford, demolition of Avon Crest
The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) has announced plans for a new long-term care home beside Stratford General Hospital. On Monday, the HPHA said it…
Continue Reading....Guelph, Ont. researchers link nitrate to heart health
Preventing heart failure and managing diabetes are the potential benefits of a new discovery by University of Guelph researchers. In a study using mice, the…
Continue Reading....1 cup of walnuts a day may boost heart health via the gut
Share on PinterestOne cup of walnuts a day may help keep the heart healthy, but why? Image credit: Ingrid Bertens/Stocksy. Since walnuts have heart health…
Continue Reading....Can a Mediterranean diet help keep heart disease, dementia, and cancer at bay?
For some time researchers have suggested that a Mediterranean diet — high in fresh fruit and vegetables, beans, nuts, whole grains, and fish — may…
Continue Reading....‘Dad jokes’ help kids develop into healthy adults: study
A recent study says that despite the embarrassment that “dad jokes” can cause, it might do some kids good in the future. Humor researcher Marc…
Continue Reading....Graduate student creates mental health app for FGCU students; aim is launch this fall
Jack Hellmer could not have imagined three years ago as he headed into his sophomore year at Florida Gulf Coast University what he would be…
Continue Reading....Improve the health of Indigenous people and culture by decolonizing tobacco, says Cree doctor
High rates of smoking among Indigenous people not only pose serious risks to personal health, but also culture, according to a Cree (nehiyô) doctor in…
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