Improve the world and your health At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, AnnMarie Aase heard of a “caremongering” movement happening, with volunteers helping seniors and people at risk. She created the Facebook page, which grew to thousands of members. “Through team effort, we now have a website to address individual needs and offerings, a..
Lifestyle strategies to help stay balanced Goldilocks and the immune system have something in common! The immune system is responsible for many checks and balances in a day: it scans the body for abnormal or precancerous cells, maintains tolerance to food and environmental antigens, quells pro-inflammatory states that drive conditions such as eczema and atherosclerosis,..
How to ward off cancer or catch it early No one likes to think about cancer. But being proactive about cancer prevention and early detection could be lifesaving, no matter your age. Here’s how to know the symptoms to watch for and precautionary actions to take. Youth You know your child best, so you may..
What’s the connection? Over the past 10 years, a new class of drugs has revolutionized cancer care. These medications, known as checkpoint inhibitors, unleash an individual’s own immune system on malignant cells, offering new hope to people with cancer. Before these treatments hit the mainstream, it’s helpful to learn more about the immune/cancer connection. Immunosurveillance..
3 recipes that will surprise you As a flavor, bitter often gets a bad rap. Evolutionarily, this is understandable: As a natural defence system, our taste buds adapted to detect bitterness since many poisons are, well, bitter. But while most people historically have been ardent avoiders of bitterness, foods such as arugula, frisée, rapini, and..