How Stress Affects Your Heart
According to the Heart and Stroke foundation, every 7 minutes someone dies from heart disease in Canada, and 30% of deaths in Canada are caused by heart disease (1). Although, cardiovascular disease can be attributed [...]
Direct Cell Lineage Conversion: A Potential Approach for Replacing Damaged Heart Muscles
The underlying pathology of ischaemic heart disease in adults is typically damage to and the loss of cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) that leads to heart failure (1). After embryonic development, cardiomyocytes have little to no [...]
Nutrition and Cardiac Health
When seeking to improve one’s cardiac health and well being, a primary avenue that many individuals initially consider undertaking is an increase in adherence to exercise programs focused on aerobic and/or circuit training. It has [...]
The Effect of Exercise on Sleep
One of the issues for people living in an urban environment is sleep deprivation. Due to the high stimuli of the city at all times of the day, sleep levels can decrease because of premature [...]
Bell Let’s Talk – An Incredible Initiative
By Daniel Lithwick, Facts (from Bell Let’s Talk website) - more can be seen at: Bell Let's Talk Website - 2 in 3 people suffer in silence fearing judgment and rejection – Canadian Medical Association [...]
Exercise and Cognitive Improvements
By Daniel Lithwick, Exercise is healthy. This is a simple and intuitive statement that has been supported by robust data and empirical evidence. This concept has generally been linked to longevity through improved musculoskeletal and [...]