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Yearly Archives: 2003
Power to Change
Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others. -H. Jackson Brown Jr. Its been six months since some of us made New Years resolutions. Most resolutions reflect our desire to be a better and … Continue reading
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Restless Leg Syndrome
Dear Dr. B: My mother-in-law is 60 years old. She is quite healthy. But she is having cramps in her legs. From the toes to the side of her legs, inside and up to her hips. What can she do … Continue reading
Skin Cancer
This column is about skin cancer about prevention and about early detection. I am bold (and bald) enough to tell you that I have not picked this subject because my shiny scalp is devoid of bicolored locks, hence increased … Continue reading
Baldness and My Head Shave
There is one thing about baldness its neat. -Don Herold Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s most anxious of us all? Probably, yours truly! Yes, tomorrow night I will be bald. As I said in my last column, I … Continue reading
Docs for Cancer
I am getting my head shaved, for a good cause! Debbie Bullman from Hair Palace and Colleen Wilson from the Canadian Cancer Society are going to help me do this on Friday May 30th, 2003 at the Kin Coulee Park. … Continue reading
Treatment of Warts
Warts are ugly and sometimes painful. They are contagious. Most people who get warts are otherwise healthy. People whose immunity is poor have a tendency to get more warts than others. Warts are a type of infection caused by viruses … Continue reading
War is not the Answer
Letter to Editor The Alberta Doctors’ Digest May/June 2003 : Volume 28 : Number 3 Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears, Waste of youths most precious years, Waste of ways the saints have trod, Waste of Glory, waste of … Continue reading
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SARS
What can I write about SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) that has not been reported already in the media? From my research, I found that SARS has been reported to WHO since 1999 but it did not make big … Continue reading
Aspirin
Recently, I saw a 36 year old man in my office with bowel problems. His first question was: Doc, should I take an aspirin a day to prevent colon cancer? First, let us look back in history. Hippocrates and the … Continue reading
Sugar, the Sweet Poison
I call sugar a sweet slow poison, a weapon of mass destruction. The difference is, we use it on our friends and families, not on our enemies. It is reported that the North American diet contains about 20 per cent … Continue reading
Hearing Loss
A reader writes: I am a 62 year old male. I was recently diagnosed with a condition I had never heard before sudden idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss in my left ear involving the facial nerve that goes through … Continue reading
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War is Not the Answer
Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears, Waste of youths most precious years, Waste of ways the saints have trod, Waste of Glory, waste of God, War! Studdert Kennedy G.A. (1883-1929) The war in Iraq is underway. It is generating … Continue reading
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Healthy Diet
Experts estimate that, in Canada, poor diets and physical inactivity together are responsible for $6 billion to $10 billion in health care costs and lost productivity due to premature death and disability annually, says the Centre for Science in the … Continue reading