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CTV Your Morning: Is it a cold or seasonal allergies?

Watch this CTV Your Morning segment where I give insights on the allergy season. It’s in full force, with sneezing, puffy eyes and all, but you may also be experiencing symptoms that feel like a spring cold. So, how can you tell the difference?

CP24 Wellness Wednesdays: Colon cancer

Wellness Wednesdays: March is the national colorectal cancer awareness month. Overall cancer rates continue to decline, and survival rates continue to improve. We used to think of colorectal cancer as an older person’s disease. Not anymore. New alarming statistics.

CP24 Wellness Wednesdays: Is andropause the male menopause?

Wellness Wednesdays: Previously I talked about the fact that one billion women around the world will experience menopause by 2025. Now, I want to give equal attention to a similar condition that affects 1 billion men who will experience andropause, some call this condition male menopause. Is there such a thing?

CTV Your Morning: Spring break medicine kit

Watch this CTV Your Morning segment where I give insights on what to pack before you head out on a March getaway.

Menopause and the glass ceiling: Impact on women’s careers

Dr. Elaine Chin. The average age for menopause is 51, since menopause generally lasts between seven and 14 years, millions of postmenopausal women are coming into management and top leadership roles at age 54, while experiencing mild to severe symptoms such as depression, anxiety, sleep deprivation, and cognitive impairment, to name a few. If you are menopausal – do not suffer in silence. You get no medals for it.

CP24 Wellness Wednesdays: International Women’s Day – Impact of menopause on our lives and a woman’s career

Wellness Wednesdays: Today is International Women’s Day. In this week’s segment, I bring some insights about the impact of menopause on our lives and a woman’s career. If you are menopausal – do not suffer in silence. You get no medals for it.

CP24 Wellness Wednesdays: Break out the sunblock for March break

Wellness Wednesdays: It’s finally back – the migration of parents and kids travelling to many destinations. Whether it’s a warm or colder place, watch this week’s segment to determine what you need to bring along to protect you from the sun and the risk of sunburn and skin cancer.

The risk of BBQ foods: Grilling can create cancer-causing chemicals

Dr. Elaine Chin. Going ‘viral’ with over half a million accounts reached is an abstract concept for many of us who have healthcare careers and post for the purpose of getting important evidence-based information out to people. Recently I posted a Cancer Awareness Series. The risk of BBQ foods went ‘viral’. I’m ‘at risk’ for colon cancer because of my family history.

CP24 Wellness Wednesdays: Results of the longest happiness study

Wellness Wednesdays: Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development has just written a new book to share the “Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness”. It is an 85-year journey of over 2000 people going through their entire adult lives beginning in 1938. So what is contributing to happiness? Watch the segment to find out!

Why am I plucking my hair follicles?

Dr. Elaine Chin. Have you heard of freezing hair follicles for a more youthful appearance?