Your blood fills your blood vessels like air in a tire. Your blood pressure measurement uses two numbers to show how firmly the blood is filling them. Learn what the numbers are and what your target blood pressure should be. Click here for My Blood Pressure Guide.
Seniors' self-care
- 7 steps to help you deal with foot odour
- 9 ways to warm up this winter
- Aging well
- Andropause (male menopause)
- Climate change and your health
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Do you have bad breathing habits?
- Grapefruit juice and your medications
- Holiday survival guide
- How to prevent medication mishaps
- How to treat a foot blister
Brain & mental health
- 27 ways to ease up
- 8 things you should know about concussion
- Aging & the nervous system
- Alzheimer's disease
- Alzheimer's disease: Is a cure close at hand?
- Alzheimer's disease: diagnosis
- Alzheimer's disease: risk factors
- Alzheimer's disease: treatment
- Alzheimer's disease: what is it?
- Foods that improve brain power
- Tips for good sleep hygiene
Nutrition & fitness
- A healthy diet as we grow older
- Canada's new and improved food guide
- Do you get enough calcium?
- Exercise: it's never too late
- Nutrition guidelines for seniors
- Shoppercise
- Seniors and nutrition
- Should you be drinking wine?
- Simple ways to decrease your salt intake
- Study: Mercury in fish may not harm seniors' brain function
- Valentine's candy calorie counts