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Nov. 20, 2018
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Montreal researchers explain how your muscles form

In a recent article published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discovered two proteins essential to the development of skeletal muscle.


Lifting weights to reduce risk of heart attack

Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk for a heart attack or stroke by 40 to 70 per cent.


Joint mobilization plus exercise can effectively treat knee osteoarthritis

An intervention combining passive joint mobilization to realign the patellar (kneecap) position, along with exercise to maintain it, can reduce pain and improve function and quality in life in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
 
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In the Lymelight: Managing Lyme disease

For Ashley Short, a certified holistic nutritionist and clinical herbalist, exposure to ticks took her life in an unexpected direction. She was diagnosed with Lyme disease and put her energy into creating positive change for others. At Earth Kisses Sky, a massage and acupuncture clinic located in Stoney Creek, Ont., co-founder Short and founder, Tijen Yalchin (R. Ac., RMT), decided to put Lyme disease at the forefront, with 50 per cent of Short’s clientele seeking treatment for Lyme-related symptoms. » Learn more
 
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