Vaccines save millions of lives every year. Chances are good you’ve gotten a vaccine sometime in your life. Maybe it was the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine back when you were a child. Or maybe it was the flu shot during last year’s flu season.
But do you know how vaccines work?
COVID-19 (short for coronavirus disease 2019) is a new disease not previously seen in humans. In rare cases, animal coronaviruses can infect people. Even rarer are cases where these viruses can then spread from person to person through close contact.
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, or type 2 diabetes, is one of the more common forms of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, a problem with insulin prevents a body’s cells from using sugar (glucose) in food.
Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disorder that prevents one’s body from getting energy from food. Most cases of type 1 diabetes start in children 12 to 13 years old.
February is Heart Month. Heart disease affects more than 2.4 million Canadian adults and is the second most common cause of death in Canada. And heart disease often begins with high blood pressure.