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Marshall Melnychuk: Top 5 foods and supplements for your brain
Monday, March 1st, 2010 | 9:53 am
By Marshall Melnychuk
Part 2 – Supplements (continued from last week)
When you stop to think about the part of your body that gives you the ability to think, you will find it quite amazing. Consider this 3 pound mass of flesh,…
Marshall Melnychuk: The best 5 foods and supplements for your brain
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | 7:16 am
By Marshall Melnychuk
Part 1 – Foods
I’m not traumatized by the idea of getting old but what does scare me, and many others it seems, is the potential of losing my mental faculties as I age – my memories, my ability…
Paul Latimer: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | 1:53 pm
By Dr. Paul Latimer
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality (OCP) is one of the most common personality types I see in clinical practice. These people tend to appear preoccupied with orderliness, neatness and cleanliness. Generally, people with OCP are perfectionists, constricted and disciplined. Individuals with OCP tend to…
Marshall Melnychuk: A grapefruit a day is way better than an apple
Monday, February 15th, 2010 | 10:39 am
By Marshall Melnychuk
It’s grapefruit season, the juiciest, most delicious grapefruits all year are in stores right now. It may sound almost sacrilegious living in the Okanagan, but at the risk of being ostracized by some orchardist friends I must say,…
Arrivals Travel: Whistler has gold medal savings in 2010
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 | 5:00 am
Contributed by Arrivals Travel
As Whistler welcomes the world over the coming weeks, there is no better time for planning a winter getaway to the official alpine skiing venue of the 2010 Olympics. The excitement of the games will remain in…
Paul Latimer: Social anxiety disorder starts in childhood
Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | 6:20 am
By Dr. Paul Latimer
Social Anxiety Disorder is characterized by fear of social situations. It usually includes some if not all of the following; fear of criticism and disapproval, of authority figures, being the centre of attention, being watched working, eating…
Marshall Melnychuk: The curse of the yo-yo dieter
Monday, February 8th, 2010 | 7:29 am
By Marshall Melnychuk
There’s an old saying, everyone knows it, ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, and try again’. Good advice unless the task at hand happens to be going on a diet. When it comes to diets it should…
Dr. Paul Latimer: When to ignore unsolicited advice
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 | 5:00 am
By Dr. Paul Latimer
It is important to learn when to ignore unsolicited advice. Unfortunately, when it comes to psychiatry it seems everyone fancies themselves an amateur psychiatrist. Those who are most vulnerable, because they are depressed or otherwise lacking in…
Marshall Melnychuk: Weight loss programs don’t work, is surgery the answer?
Monday, February 1st, 2010 | 6:00 am
What is clear is that diets don’t work, not for the long term. Modern medicine to the rescue.


