We’re happy to announce the Well Woman Visit dates for this year. This unique service offers a warm, caring environment for annual visits that includes: A complete breast exam Self breast exam education Full gynecological exam with PAP test Dates filled up quickly in 2016, especially with the addition of online booking. Here are the dates for 2017:… Continue reading →
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Why 2016 Was Great
As 2016 came to a close, the overwhelming common message of inboxes, social feeds, newscasts, and late-night talk shows seemed to be, “Thank goodness this crazy, awful, negative year is over.” So many montages of the disasters, hardships and losses we sustained were played over and over again. But Canadians are not as easily ruffled as that!… Continue reading →
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy is Here!
One of our most popular blog posts from this year was Dr. Tara’s Best Menopause Advice. It’s a real-life account of our own Dr. Tara’s peri-menopausal adventures, ending in some solid naturopathic advice: eat right, exercise regularly and deal with your adrenal glands. Sometimes, however, the peri- and post-menopausal hormonal situations need more than the… Continue reading →
Holiday Hours
Hi All, A quick update on clinic hours for the next couple of weeks: This year, the clinic is closed from Friday, Dec 23rd through Monday, Dec 26th. We’ll also be closed Monday, Jan 2nd, 2017. Otherwise, clinic hours are the same as usual. All our docs are here, and there are IV’s available every day that we’re open…. Continue reading →
A New Year’s Call to Quit Smoking
Earlier this month Fortune reported that former New York mayor Micheal Bloomberg’s foundation is committing over $300 million to fight global tobacco use. The hope is that helping developing countries with anti-smoking campaigns may result in the same decline in tobacco use that we have experienced here in the northern hemisphere. In 2015, the Canadian… Continue reading →
It’s Official: Complaining is Bad For You
Sometimes there is nothing better then sitting down with a bunch of girlfriends and having a good vent. Your husband keeps leaving the toilet seat up. Your kids are driving you crazy. Your boss makes your life a misery. Endless housework and shopping and driving the kids everywhere. You feel tired, look haggard and you haven’t… Continue reading →
‘Tis the Season…To Worry About Carbs???
The holiday season is a tough one for many of our patients. After managing their sugar cravings, decreasing their alcohol consumption and eating more green things, they’ve finally got a handle on a huge part of the health equation. Enter Christmas. Yikes. Holiday drop-ins. Staff parties. Family traditions centered around egg nog and baking. It’s a time when… Continue reading →
Maximizing Your Extended Benefits
Most of our patients have chronic health problems that they’ve been suffering with for years–a long and slow process of symptoms showing up, then getting more frequent or becoming more intense. At some point, their MD has done all the tests and the story usually arrives at one of these endings: “There is nothing that… Continue reading →
Tonight’s Be The Change Film: Minimalism
Minimalism: A Documentary about Important Things – Tickets here. Some of the happiest times in my life have been while living out of a backpack, carrying my house, my kitchen, my bedroom and few good books from place to place. Those were times of travel as a young woman, before the responsibilities that I have… Continue reading →
The Nature-Mood Connection
The days are getting shorter, and the nights colder! We’re almost at that time of year when, unless you’re a skier, getting outside in nature can seem like a lot of work compared to putting on comfy clothes and curling up with Netflix. We’ve written a lot about getting outside in the winter. The fresh… Continue reading →