Walking may ease some burdens of menopause

Walking for 45 minutes a few times a week may help women in the “battle of the bulge” that often accompanies menopause, and at the same time improve overall well being, hints new research from Canada. Pointing out that the 45 minutes can be broken up into shorter jaunts, researcher Dr. Pascale Mauri�ge, of Quebec’s Laval University, told Reuters Health in an email it’s a program that could be …

In Fight Against Osteoporosis Pharmacists Can Play Key Role

University of Alberta researcher Nese Yuksel says pharmacists could be integral to the education and screening of people for osteoporosis, as pharmacists are easily accessible and are playing a greater role in health promotion and disease prevention. According to Osteoporosis Canada, after the age of 50 one in four women has the disease and at least one in eight men…

Next Summer's G-8 Summit To Focus On Maternal, Child Health, Canadian Prime Minister Says

“As president of the G-8 in 2010, Canada will champion a major initiative to improve the health of women and children in the world’s poorest regions,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper writes in a Toronto Star editorial…

Canada To 'Champion' Major G8 Initiative To Tackle Maternal, Child Mortality

As president of the G8 in 2010, “Canada will champion a new G8 identity focused on ending child mortality and other health woes in poorer countries when it hosts the club of industrialized nations in June, the government said Tuesday,” Agence France-Presse reports…

What is a Premarin Baby?

*warning…I am actually doing an informational post! Don’t get used to them* For those of you who do not know what a preamin baby it is the nick name given to horse foals that are orphaned after birth. They are also called PMU babies. These foals come from Canada and are the by products of drug companies. You read that right…drug companies are having horses breed and the foal produced is just a by product. What they are really after is the mares pee. Yup, premarin stands for Pregnant Mares’ Uri

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