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Seniors: Hooked on Drugs
About 75 -per -cent of seniors 65 and older living in private households take prescription or non-prescription drugs on a daily basis. For institutionalized seniors, this jumps to a whopping 96 -per -cent.
Home Remedy Chest
Many over-the-counter medications contain dangerous substances. Although they treat symptoms, they also suppress the body’s natural healing mechanism. They effectively drive disease further into the body until it surfaces again when the body is weakened due to illness, stress or improper living habits.
The Curse That ain’t
By the time you read this magazine, the birth control pill Seasonale will have Health Canada’s approval and be available to consumers. So what’s the big deal about another birth control pill?