The article underscores the importance of exposure to germs for a healthy immune system, noting the consequences of reduced immunity due to pandemic measures. With fewer encounters with common viruses, respiratory infections like influenza and RSV have surged, especially affecting vulnerable groups like infants. However, it suggests maintaining a healthy lifestyle and using natural remedies like andrographis, elderberry, echinacea, and oral zinc to support immunity and combat infections effectively.

There is a tidal wave of post‑COVID conditions hitting us. According to Health Canada, if you are still experiencing physical or psychological symptoms more than 12 weeks after getting COVID‑19, you suffer from a post–COVID‑19 condition (also known as “long COVID”).

Diabetes will be one of the most challenging health problems in the 21st century. Currently, 8.8% of Canadians live with diabetes and six million Canadians have prediabetes. One in three Canadians is living with diabetes or prediabetes. Since 2000, the rate has increased by an average of 3.3% per year. Estimates suggest that, unless we intervene, one in three children born in 2000 will eventually develop diabetes.

It’s a serious disease shrouded in controversy that captivates our attention. A disease transmitted by a blood-feeding bug that already bit an animal, such as a mouse or other mammal, infected with the spirochaete bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It is this pathogen, which has profound effects throughout the body, which is the cause of Lyme disease.

According to Tolstoy, patience and time are the most powerful warriors. When it comes to the pandemic, they certainly seem to have been important allies. The time for vaccines has finally arrived. However, we have also been told to not let our guard down. Vaccines are not the only secure gateway, and encompassing a healthy lifestyle is still needed for effective herd immunity and to protect ourselves and our loved ones

There are still hard days ahead for some of us. The good news is that you can increase your inner resilience. You can learn skills and develop the capacity to handle stress and change. We all face adversity; the key is to emerge stronger than before.

Our family has not been sick since the spring. With two young kids, one starting preschool and the other in kindergarten, we would usually expect quite a few colds to roll through the household, especially at this time of the year. The statistics show that young children can get as many as eight to ten colds each year.[1]