Researchers are working hard to find cures for cancer. However, thinking of lung cancers, only two per cent are caused by environmental or genetic factors. The remainder, 98 per cent are caused by smoking tobacco. Lung cancer is a preventable form of cancer that only each individual who still smokes can affect by quitting smoking.
Depression occurs in about 10 per cent of women during pregnancy. It’s common to have women take no medication during pregnancy without checking with their doctor or pharmacist. Much study has gone into the association between antidepressants taken during pregnancy and autism and the results showed there is no direct link between the drugs and the disease.
All skin types are not created equally. Billions are spent yearly to keep our skin young and free of blemishes. The rates of the aging of our skin are governed by our genetic make-up and that includes our skin colour. People with dark skin have more built-in protection from the sun’s UV rays; in fact four times the protection than people with white skin. Dark-skinned people also don’t wrinkle as much as they age due to thicker skin and more collagen-making cells. Still, for all skin types, stopping smoking and using good sun protection will help slow the aging process.
Your body replaces your whole skeleton about every 10 years. Old bone is reabsorbed into the blood stream while new bone is created to take its place. When the loss of old bone is greater than the new bone being created, osteoporosis could result resulting in weaker bones and increased risk of fracture. Aging, smoking and too much alcohol can affect bone loss.
Be sure to visit Penny at Muskoka Medical Centre Pharmacy in the Home Health Care department for your compression stocking, mastectomy or ostomy needs.
Bill Coon, Pharmacist Muskoka Medical Centre Pharmacy
Bill Coon graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto in 1984, and was the Faculty’s Centennial Scholar that same year. Bill and his pharmacist wife, Barbara, along with Paul Whitehead, opened Muskoka Medical Centre Pharmacy in 1990. The understanding that medications are only part of the health solution has lead to Bill’s interest in fitness and health, both personally and professionally. Bill’s Capsule Comments provide a full range of up to date health information.
Muskoka Medical Centre Pharmacy is conveniently located in the Huntsville Professional Building ~ 348 Muskoka Road 3 North, Huntsville Phone:(705) 789-1785
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