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Feb 09
Due to an extremely rare genetic disorder, a small number of people in the world are unable to feel pain. For the rest of us, pain is a universal experience in different degrees from mild to severe to unbearable.
Pain is produced by the brain in response to a perceived threat; pain is how the...
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Feb 09
The phone rings. Did you receive my email? are the first words after hello. On this day, you're already behind and your inbox is full of messages. The next week is the same except you're away on business for a couple of days and when you get back the number of messages appears more like a mountain...
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Feb 07
Wiarton Willie predicted spring is coming early to Toronto this year.
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Feb 07
ETOBICOKE - A local teen has been awarded the 2011 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award.
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Feb 02
All too frequently I hear stories or receive emails similar to the one below. Early morning wakers are a hard lot, but they can learn to sleep later if given the right tools.
Help Sleep Doula,
My two year old starts his day at 4:30 a.m. No matter what I do, he won't go back to sleep...
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Jan 31
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Super Bowl 46 is Sunday, which means men and women throughout the city will be tuning in to watch some commercials, eat lots food and enjoy a little football.
Life |
Jan 27
They arrive solo or with friends, eagerly anticipating the weekly social – and health – benefits the walking club offered by Downsview Services for Seniors provides.
On this particular Wednesday morning in January, some 25 older adults gather inside the gymnasium at Northwood...
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Jan 26
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Feeling a little rundown during the winter months? Most people experience changes in their mood, sleep, eating habits or energy levels this time of the year.
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Jan 26
How about two for one's? I know, you're thinking pizza right?
Think again, two for one's are what my clients have come to know and love as movements or exercises that combine two movements into one.
The major benefit of this type of movement is threefold. First, you save time because...
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Jan 26
While the holiday seasons seems like a long time ago, the excessive sugary and fatty foods and the alcoholic drinks you consumed have impaired your digestion and allowed toxins into your blood.
Your gut is a major source of toxins coming into the system, and you cannot successfully support the...
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Jan 24
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CULTURE - While the main day for ringing in the new year was yesterday, celebrations continue for 15 days with singing, dancing, arts and crafts, lion dances and dragon parades.
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Jan 19
I recently spoke to a father whose child received treatment at a children's mental health centre in Toronto.
He said he had always thought kids who were "acting out" aggressively had "bad parents" who failed to discipline them. He continued to believe that until his 12...
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