“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die.  And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Lack of sleep and chronic pain can be so closely related that it is hard to say which happens first.  Lack of sleep can bring on stress and fatigue, which can develop [...]

Put on your flannels and get cozy, because the first step to weight loss is a good night’s sleep. This is what a recent study at the University of Chicago has shown. When 10 healthy, but overweight, subjects had eight hours of sleep (consuming 90% of what they normally needed to maintain their weight without [...]

Chronic sleep loss due to the combination of voluntary bedtime restriction and poor quality of sleep is an endemic condition in modern society.  It is not just the amount of time in bed that’s important; difficulty getting to sleep or disturbed, restless sleep can also create a significant sleep debt. Sleep has a huge role [...]

Those are words that have probably come out of your mouth at least once in your working life. But do you take that vacation that even you say you need? If you’re like most of us, you probably don’t. In our workaholic, go-go-go culture, many people don’t take all their vacation days every year, and [...]

Wiser, Wealthier, Healthier? Every year people make resolutions on January 1st. And every year, the majority of people have forgotten about these resolutions by January 21st. Why? Unfortunately for us, the big plans made with a glass of champagne in hand aren’t usually the sorts of plans that lend themselves to actual visible change. It [...]

“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.” – Oren Arnold The December holiday season is meant to be a time of love and joy, family togetherness, and happiness. But sometimes [...]

The immune system is a set of biological structures and processes that prevent against disease by identifying and killing pathogens and tumor cells. Humans have a very sophisticated immune system which will adapt over time to recognize and kill specific pathogens more efficiently. This process is called acquired immunity, and will work to create an [...]

It’s Flu Season – Stay Healthy!   Different strains of Influenza kill between 2000 – 8000 Canadians every year. ‘Swine Flu’, or novel H1N1 flu virus, is a new strain of flu that emerged in Canada in April of this year, and is currently the cause of a global flu pandemic. The World Health Organization [...]

Choosing the right mattress for back support, good posture, and sleep comfort has a significant effect on back pain relief. Although many doctors have traditionally recommended a hard (firm) mattress to people with back pain, a recent study conducted in Spain found that a medium-firm mattress may provide better back support and help alleviate more [...]

Sleep your way to good health and a better quality of life Before Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb, people slept an average of 10 hours a night. Today, we average just 6.9 hours of sleep on weeknights and 7.5 hours per night on weekends—a far cry from our pre-light bulb days! Sleep experts [...]

We hope you are enjoying your summer so far! Whether you have taken an exotic vacation or are simply taking a relaxing break from school or work, we hope these summer months have left you feeling rejuvenated! As summer is rapidly coming to an end and the majority of us are preparing to return to [...]