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Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis Is an infection with a parasite called Toxoplasma Gondii. People often get the infection from eating undercooked meat. You can also get it from contact with cat feces. The parasite can pass to a baby during pregnancy. Most people infected with the parasite do not have symptoms. Cats are known to be amongst the […]
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Men’s Health Month

Throughout June, Men’s Health Month aims to encourage boys and men to take charge of their overall health by implementing healthy living decisions. When we consider men and their health very few take it seriously enough to take the necessary steps to protect themselves and treat the systemic spread of disease. With heart disease, Parkinson’s […]
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

What is Mental Health? Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act, and helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Over the course of your life, […]
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March is Kidney Health Awareness Month

What is Kidney Health? This measures how well the kidneys are filtering the blood. Doctors measure blood creatinine levels and perform a calculation to find out your glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Good Score: Over 90 is good. 60-89 should be monitored. Less than 60 for 3 months indicates kidney disease.   Signs of kidney disease A […]
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Causes of Erectile Dysfunction in young males

Erection issues affect all men at some point, they just don’t usually talk about it. By 2025, the number of ED cases worldwide is expected to reach 322 million. What is Erectile dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as a consistent or recurrent inability to attain and/or maintain penile erection sufficient for sexual satisfaction. Can […]
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Can drinking too much alcohol affect my menstrual cycle?

It’s the festive season, people are gathering, friends and family are visiting and celebration is at an all-time high! Drinking has been engrafted into our culture for ages and has become the norm and expectations at many gatherings and celebrations. So much so, that if one avoids drinking, they can appear different and strange, so […]
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Endometriosis Awareness Month

Endometriosis is an inflammatory condition where endometrial tissue (tissue similar to the lining of the uterus) grows outside of the uterus. Signs and Symptoms include: Painful periods Pain during sexual intercourse Chronic pelvic or abdominal pain Endometriosis can cause infertility and for women with subfertility the prevalence rate ranges from 25% to 40%.     […]
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There’s a Crime Scene in my pants! (A closer look at PCOS)

Many women suffer with having heavy, irregular periods. Periods that sometimes disrupt one’s daily activities, which is indeed need for concern. We will focus on one of the reasons that may cause this, which is PCOS. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Women with PCOS may have infrequent or […]
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What is Period poverty?

Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints; this can be caused by a wide range of life events that negatively impact on a girl or woman’s ability to access sanitary products to manage a most intimate and regular occurrence in her life.” It’s baffling that many women in […]
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Healthy Habits for Good Gynecological Health

The relationship that we have with our doctors is one of the most important ones, especially the one we have with our Gynecologist. As our reproductive health can be listed as our top health areas to always keep check of, as it is from our reproductive area that life is literally birthed. While I’m on […]
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