THIS MONTH'S FEATURE
Stroke
Stroke is the third largest killer of Canadian adults, after heart disease and cancer. It's also the primary cause of physical disabilities and is second only to Alzheimer's disease as a cause of mental disability. In Canada, there are more than 50,000 strokes a year. Learn how to prevent a stroke, how to tell if you're having a stroke, and what treatment options are available.
Diabetes: Managing risks
- Diabetes and your digestion
- Diabetes and your nerves
- Complications of diabetes
- The importance of weight management in diabetes
- Diabetes and the risks of smoking
- Keeping your kidneys healthy
- Your heart and diabetes
- Heart disease: risk factors
- Planning pregnancy with diabetes
- Diabetes and your sex life
Diabetes self-care
- Overview of self-management and diabetes
- Caring for your feet when you have diabetes
- Diabetes and your skin
- Diabetes: caring for your eyes
- Tips for people of Aboriginal descent
- Tips for people of African or Caribbean descent
- Tips for people of East Asian descent
- Tips for people of Hispanic descent
- Tips for people of South Asian descent
- Diabetes: when to call my health care provider
- How to give yourself an insulin injection
Nutrition and diabetes
- The glycemic index and carb confusion
- Why fibre is a friend to people with diabetes
- Got diabetes? Be portion size savvy
- Eating out with diabetes
- Easy ways to make diabetes-friendly food choices
- Healthy eating with diabetes
- Make your favourite recipes diabetes-friendly
- The importance of eating healthy
- How to start eating healthier
