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Trans Fats: No Longer a Secret

If you have ever tried figuring out the fat grams on food labels, you may have realized they don't add up. That's because the trans fat content never had to be declared on labels...until now. Manufacturers have until the end of 2005 to apply new federal labeling regulations to food products, which includes listing 13 key nutrients, along with trans... >Full Story

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Work Out Your Stress

Stress is part of life. Caregiving, work and family demands, illness and financial pressures all can cause stress. So can special occasions like birthdays and holidays with their many demands and expectations. If you don't control stress it can lead to health problems. Stress can disrupt not only your concentration but also your sleeping and eating...... >Read More



A Whole New Perspective

My husband and I worked in ministry overseas for 25 years. Once we lived in a country where our house was robbed five times. I always felt anger, fear and insecurity because someone had been in my home without my permission and took many favorite things. Cancer came like that – without my permission. It introduced vulnerability and weakness...... >Read More



One Test That Can Save Your Life

Few people realize that colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death in North America. And, tragically, by the time it’s diagnosed, the malignancy has spread to other organs in 55 per cent of the cases. This doesn’t have to happen. About 95 per cent of colon cancers begin in existing polyps. If the polyps are removed, you won’t...... >Read More



Diabetes: Slowing the Epidemic

In 1995, 1.5 million Canadians were diagnosed with diabetes. Today, it’s up to 2 million and by 2010 it will rise to an alarming 3 million. While there are two major types of diabetes, 90% of diabetics have Type 2 or Adult Onset Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing yet preventable chronic diseases in Canada... >Read More



Starting Over: Facing the Future after Significant Loss

February 13th fell on a Tuesday that year, but it seemed like my unlucky day. My wife of twenty years was divorcing me; it would be final in two days. February 1, my employer had shown me the door—on the twenty-fifth anniversary of my employment. Now, on February 13, I was in my physician’s office getting test results. Unaware of... >Read More



SARS - Beyond Our Control, But Not Beyond God's

By now, nearly everyone has heard of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). If you’ve watched all-news channels like CNN or Fox News over the past month with their alternating images of people hurrying through airports wearing surgical masks and bombs exploding over Baghdad, you’d think there were only two news stories worth reporting: the...... >Read More



Choosing Abortion

When I met her at a media convention, she seemed so vibrant and alive, full of zest and eager to interact, an attractive woman with a bright smile and sparkling eyes. I would not have guessed the emotional anguish and physical torment that lay in her past. Gut wrenching stuff. As Luana Stoltenberg told me her story, I learned... >Read More


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