By Shawna Culleton Perhaps you didn’t realize how far you’d let things slide until you started having to haul each foot up onto a knee to tie your shoes. (Was that a grunt of effort, or agreement, that just escaped your lips?) Or perhaps you’re the middle-aged child who watches this scene with a fearful nagging thought, Please, never let …
Things you may not know about the human body according to Health.com. Rinsing your nose with salt water can help keep you healthy and ward off allergy symptoms. Dogs can smell cancer and low blood sugar. People who enter their home through a door near the kitchen tend to eat 15% more than those who use the front door. You’re …
By Victoria Beechum Balanced nutrition is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and making nutritious food choices can affect your health today, tomorrow and for the rest of your life. Along with physical activity, eating well can help you reduce your risk of chronic diseases and promote overall wellbeing in mind, body and spirit. Whatever food choices you are …
As Deer Lodge Centre wraps up its 100th anniversary year, Manitoba’s leading geriatric healthcare and research facility is looking ahead to the future of chronic care. “Most people associate Deer Lodge with veteran and senior care,” says Daryl Dyck, clinical nurse specialist at Deer Lodge. “Fully a third of our facility is dedicated to people of all ages who need …
In this CTV News segment, find out how Dave Fost inspired his family to make lives better for Deer Lodge residents living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. [maxbutton id=”27″ ]
Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the nervous system affecting movement. It can start gradually and worsen over time. Tremors and shaking — for example, of the hands — might be one of the first symptoms you think of when you hear the words “Parkinson’s disease” — but other important signs and symptoms include: TREMOR A tremor, or shaking, usually begins in a limb, …