New Year, new food guide

New Year, new food guide

🕔13:27, 22.Jan 2019

Canada’s Food Guide changes recommendations for to how eat healthy. Canada’s Food Guide released a long-awaited updated version on January 22. The last version of the guide was released in 2007. The new Canada’s Food Guide recommends eating plenty of

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Festive celebration for male cancer survivors

Festive celebration for male cancer survivors

🕔11:53, 15.Dec 2018

By Yasmina Elasfar Prostate cancer survivors in Windsor and Essex County gather for Christmas dinner every year to celebrate their victory against the disease — the third leading cause of death for men in Canada. “The purpose of this event

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Crisis and Mental Wellness Centre a one-stop shop for mental health help

Crisis and Mental Wellness Centre a one-stop shop for mental health help

🕔23:35, 11.Dec 2018

The Crisis and Mental Wellness Centre, which offers a range of services under one roof,  is helping people with depression and helping to reduce emergency room visits. The walk-in facility is a partnership between Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and the Canadian

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Influenza on the rise in Windsor-Essex

Influenza on the rise in Windsor-Essex

🕔16:38, 10.Dec 2018

By Yasmina Elasfar Influenza cases are on the rise in Windsor-Essex and health officials are urging residents to get their flu shot. The health unit didn’t provide specific numbers but said the number of incidents involving young children and infants

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Are earworms harmless

Are earworms harmless

🕔11:43, 16.Nov 2018

By Joyce St. Antoine You know that tune that’s been crawling through your head all day? That’s called an earworm. The dictionary definition of an earworm is a catchy song or tune that runs continually through a person’s mind. It

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Windsor testing its first overdose prevention site

Windsor testing its first overdose prevention site

🕔16:54, 9.Nov 2018

By Eleanor Dhillon Windsor has launched a mock overdose prevention site to help raise awareness about the rising number of opioid related deaths in the city. The site was launched at the beginning of August 2018, and was originally set

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Resources for the homeless in Windsor

Resources for the homeless in Windsor

🕔15:58, 9.Nov 2018

There are 30,000 Canadians who are homeless every night according to a new homelessness report. In the study, done by Canadian Homelessness Research Network 200,000 Canadians experience homelessness, 150,000 use a homeless shelter, 30,000 are homeless on any given night

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Art prescriptions

Art prescriptions

🕔13:02, 2.Nov 2018

By Joyce St. Antoine Doctors are prescribing a trip to the museum as a way to counter chronic illnesses. Described as a first in Canada, Montreal will have a year-long program issuing up to 50 prescriptions to patients, grant free

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Windsor doctor makes adolescent mental health a priority

Windsor doctor makes adolescent mental health a priority

🕔12:53, 2.Nov 2018

By Kamryn Cusumano     A Windsor doctor is on a mission to improve mental health services in the community. Dr. Patrick Smith, a family physician in Windsor, was inspired to create a non-profit organization called Stigma Enigma in 2013

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Miss Tecumseh Raises $400 for Canadian Mental Health Association

Miss Tecumseh Raises $400 for Canadian Mental Health Association

🕔12:08, 2.Nov 2018

A group of young pageant winners are raising money for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Miss Tecumseh 2018, Suzie Sawicki, 18, and her team of pageant girls held a halloween themed masquerade for mental health at the Tecumseh Arena on

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Windsor Spitfire fans blast new smoking rules

Windsor Spitfire fans blast new smoking rules

🕔09:30, 1.Nov 2018

By Yasmina Elasfar Windsor Spitfire fans aren’t happy with new provincial rules preventing them from smoking near the WFCU Centre. “I find it a little bit absurd because you’re taking away somebody’s free will to do something that is legal,”

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World wildlife population down more than fifty per cent

World wildlife population down more than fifty per cent

🕔11:49, 30.Oct 2018

By Alyssa Leonard In just over 40 years, more than half of the world’s wildlife population has seen an “astonishing” decline, according to the World Wildlife Fund in a new report. The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018 released the findings

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Is rbST just a really big scary term?

Is rbST just a really big scary term?

🕔12:56, 26.Oct 2018

By Ryan Percy Canadians are being told to relax and have a glass of milk, whether it comes from Canada or the United States. The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement is expected to give the United States access to up to 3.6

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The gift of life

The gift of life

🕔12:06, 19.Oct 2018

By Abdulraheem Alhusami   Studies show fewer than four per cent of eligible Canadians donate blood.      Around one in two Canadians were eligible to donate blood last year, but only one in 60 Canadians did. Officials said the

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Flu shots: are they really important?

Flu shots: are they really important?

🕔11:42, 19.Oct 2018

By Suraj Sasi Experts emphasize the importance of the seasonal vaccine, but some people do not feel the need to get them. Stacy Manzerolle, program manager at Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, said Influenza can affect anyone and  spread quickly and

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Windsor refugees line up to donate blood

Windsor refugees line up to donate blood

🕔12:27, 26.Sep 2018

By Reem Kodmany More than 50 refugees and newcomers to Windsor donated blood last Monday in what is being called a “phenomenal” act of generosity. “Canada helped me a lot so I try to give as much as possible to

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No More Shelf Life

No More Shelf Life

🕔15:19, 21.Sep 2018

  By Suraj Sasi Retailers have two years to get rid of trans fat in food, as Canada institutes a ban on the preservative. Health care workers and consumers are applauding the governments action. Jeff Bunde, 41, is a parent

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Hurricane Florence: North Carolina’s contaminated flood waters

🕔14:36, 21.Sep 2018

by Kacie Cooper Flooded rivers from Hurricane Florence’s record-breaking rains are continuing to strain North Carolina’s hog lagoons and coal ash dumps. According to PBS, North Carolina environmental regulators say several open-air manure pits at hog farms have failed, spilling

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People in pain but no coverage

People in pain but no coverage

🕔13:49, 21.Sep 2018

Almost one in four people in Windsor-Essex County have reported having no dental coverage, according to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.   Officials of WECHU created a survey to be completed by Windsor-Essex residents based on a previous community assessment

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Alternative health is growing in Windsor

Alternative health is growing in Windsor

🕔07:13, 14.Apr 2018

A unique store in Windsor offering “healing” to its customers is celebrating its fifth anniversary. White Feather Holistic Arts offers workshops and products like crystals and incense to its growing community of customers. “This is unbelievable. The business here has

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