September is Arthritis Awareness Month

September is Arthritis Awareness Month

by | Sep 25, 2023 | Health Hints

September is Arthritis Awareness Month. Arthritis is a serious and growing problem in Canada. Without action, the number of Canadians living with arthritis is expected to increase by 50% from six million today to nine million by 2040. According to Arthritis Society...
Mood and Food

Mood and Food

by | Sep 1, 2023 | Health Hints

Anyone who has ever cared for children can tell you a hungry child is a cranky child. While this is just as true for adults, the same person who would never think to send a child to school on an empty stomach probably doesn’t think twice about calling their morning...
The Little Campaign That Did

The Little Campaign That Did

by | Aug 25, 2023 | Health Hints

The Ontario Science Centre team’s goal for the 2023 Federated Health Charities campaign was to raise $9,000. Instead, they raised over $11,400 — more than 2.5 times the amount raised in 2022! This is the story of the little campaign that did. The Ontario Science...
Arthritis and Work

Arthritis and Work

by | Aug 14, 2023 | Health Hints

Arthritis is Canada’s most common chronic disease, affecting 1 in 5 adults, more than half of whom are working people under age 65. More than two million Ontarians and six million people across Canada are living with arthritis today, and millions more are at...
How to stay safe in the summer heat

How to stay safe in the summer heat

by | Jul 28, 2023 | Health Hints

So far Summer 2023 has been one for the record books, breaking temperature records worldwide, while in Ontario a record-breaking wildfire season has sent air quality plummeting across the province and much of eastern Canada and the US for much of June and July. ...