Dr. Andrew Affleck, CCFP(EM) FIFEM and Board Member of Northern Hearts offered an informative presentation on aging and the impact it can have on the heart during a lunch and learn presentation at the Thunder Bay 55Plus Centre on Thursday, October 24, 2024....
Did you know that according to the American Heart Association, having poor social relationships can increase your risk of developing heart disease by up to 29%? Believe it or not, staying social and maintaining good relationships can have a positive effect on heart...
Northern Hearts board member, Cathy Eady , talks about the upcoming Dine with Doc event with Fiona Gardiner during a taping of the TBnewsWatch Program, “Around Town. To hear all about the event and see the interview, please click on the following link:...
When many of us hear the word “diet” we immediately think of restrictive eating habits to cut out calories and lose weight fast. However the term diet is typically used to refer to the types of food a person regularly eats. The type of diets we are used to seeing in...
The World Health Organization states that at least 80 percent of all heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, and up to 40 percent of cancer could be prevented if people ate better, engaged in more physical activity and quit using tobacco. This means that we have...
