Colon Cancer Screening: When and How to Get Checked
Early Detection Saves Lives – Colon cancer is highly treatable when detected early, yet many cases are diagnosed at later stages due to lack of screening. Further, we have noticed an increase in colon cancer in younger populations.
Sleep and Longevity: Article Review
Sleep is important for health and longevity – this is something that is already well-established. Significant research has gone into determining how much sleep is optimal for your health, with recommendations settling around 7-8 hours for most people. However, a 2024 study by Windred et al. published in the journal Sleep draws attention to the fact that duration is not the only metric we can measure, and perhaps not even the most important.
What is biological aging and how do we measure it?
Aging involves the gradual deterioration of the physiological functions that are necessary for survival over time. A person’s chronological age is well-defined and easy to measure; it is the number of years that have passed since the day you were born. ‘Biological age’ refers to the speed at which your cells, tissues, and organs are aging, which can differ from chronological age.
Celiac Disease Awareness Month: Why Screening Matters for Long-Term Health
At Connect Health, we believe that longevity isn’t just about adding years to your life — it’s about optimizing your health so those years are vibrant, energetic, and disease-free. One often-overlooked condition that can silently undermine this goal is celiac disease.
The Season of Winter & Reflection
The power of winter is the power of emphasis: it emphasizes the essence of life. Without the external ornamentation of leaves, flowers, and fruits of the growing season, the plant is just bare essence: a seed, with its potential deep inside. For us, winter is a time of self-recollection, when we can go inside to that place where we are unadorned essence. We can use the energy of this season to more deeply discover the essence of our self.
The Top 5 Health Tips for Cold Weather Seasons
The crisp fall weather has arrived, hinting already at the coming winter. Known as the cold and flu season, the cold weather months are also linked to seasonal affective disorder (SAD), depression, and aggravation of skin problems like eczema and psoriasis.
Helping You Transform
Helping you Transform with Chew-Nyet Lee, Registered Counselling Therapist, Certified Hakomi Therapist, Certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher
Being Happy Just Being
Summer typically involves holidays that take us out of our routines, and into novelty and excitement. Holidays can be stimulating and often require lots of energy.
Biopuncture for Allergies
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been in practice for thousands of years, but is ever-evolving, encompassing new modalities to continue to grow our methods of treatment. One of the decades-old methods I use is called biopuncture or acupuncture injection therapy. Injections of small amounts of natural remedies can be done superficially under the skin or into muscles to stimulate the body to heal itself.
Spring Has Sprung
But with the beauty of this new season comes Pollen!
Pollen may trigger uncomfortable symptoms, but did you know there is much that can be done to help you enjoy the outdoors allergy-free this season?
Detox Diet
If you enter the words “Detox Diet” into a Google search, you will find at least 10 pages of sites promoting many different detox diets. Advertisements for detox diets make several exciting promises, ranging from weight loss and the elimination of cellulite to feeling healthier overall and having beautiful, glowing skin. Pretty inspiring but do they work? And how do you choose the right one?
Detoxification
There is no separation, really, between us and our environment. There is no separation between the quality of the air we breathe and the oxygen that flows through our lungs and into every cell of our body. There is no separation between the health of our water supply in our oceans and rivers, and the health of our blood and fluids that course through our arteries and veins. There is no separation between the food we eat and health of the soil, plants and animals that we share this planet with.