4 Seasons of Asthma
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that carry air in and out of the lungs. Asthma symptoms often vary over time, due to different environmental triggers such as mould or pollen spores. Just like the leaves on a tree change, these triggers can be different throughout the four seasons of the year.
Source: Asthma Society of Canada

Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
Together heart disease and stroke are the main causes of adult deaths in Canada. You can lower your risk by making healthy choices.
Source: Canadian Health Network

Eye and Vision Disorders
Offers resources on eye and vision disorders including signs and symptoms, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, support, and treatment for eye diseases or vision disorders such as amblyopia, astigmatism, cataracts, farsightedness, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and nearsightedness.
Source: Canada Health Portal

General Health Advice for Travellers
Provides links to information on health and security issues for Canadian travellers including travel advisories, travel clinics and immunizations recommended for travel abroad.
Source: Canada Health Portal

Healthy Lifestyles
Offers information on how to maintain a healthy lifestyles through fitness, nutrition, and body image.
Source: Canada Health Portal

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
The Heart and Stroke Foundation provides information about heart, stroke and healthy living in Canada.
Source: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

How can I help my friend who has an eating disorder?
Let's face it, being an adolescent can be very stressful. You may have your schedule packed with school, sports, job, and still have to find time to hang out with your friends. Many adolescents have the additional stress of not liking the way their body looks. They may feel too fat or too skinny. So on top of all the other things that they have going on in their lives, they are also trying to change the way that their body looks. Is it an eating disorder?
Source: Canadian Health Network

Immunizations Recommended for Travel Abroad
If you are planning to travel outside of Canada, you may require immunizations. You should consult a travel health clinic or your family physician 2 to 3 months before your trip in order to allow enough time for the vaccines or immunizing agent to take effect.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada

It's Your Health - Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
For most Canadians, the risk of getting avian influenza (bird flu) is extremely low. However, it is important to know how to minimize your risks, especially if you are traveling to an area affected by avian flu.
Source: Health Canada

Layer up against the chill
This winter, make sure you're dressed when you step outside.Wearing at least a few layers of the proper kind of fabrics is essential to your comfort and well-being. That's especially true for farmers, construction workers, outdoor enthusiasts and anyone else who spends a lot of time outside in the cold months. They're at risk for hypothermia, a condition in which your body temperature drops because it's losing more heat than it can replace.
Source: HealthyOntario.com

Pandemic Influenza
People are exposed to different strains of the influenza virus many times during their lives. Even though the virus changes, their previous bouts of influenza may offer some protection against infection caused by a similar strain of the virus. However, three to four times each century, for unknown reasons, a radical change takes place in the influenza A virus causing a new strain to emerge.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada

Risk of an Influenza Pandemic
What is Pandemic Influenza?
Source: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness and Promotion

Safe Winter Fun
Winter sports and pastimes give us a chance to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends, get involved with others in the community, and maintain our health. And if we keep a few basic things in mind, we'll all be able to "slide" safely through winter.
Source: Health Canada

Seasonal Affective Disorder
Winter Blues… Cabin Fever… Winter Doldrums… Holiday Depression… Winter Depression… Many different names are used to describe this disorder of depression that worsens in the winter months. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) usually begins in late autumn and/or early winter and goes away in the summer months.
Source: Canadian Women's Health Network

What are the health effects of exposure to cold?
Information on the health effects of exposure to cold; 'nonfreezing' cold injuries such as chilblains, immersion foot and trenchfoot; and on 'freezing' injuries such as frost nip and frostbite. Also, information on what is hypothermia, the signs and first aid treatment.
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety