Conditions and illnesses

Camping is a great activity to get the family outdoors and enjoy nature. However, we must share this space with other critters, including pesky mosquitoes, black flies and ticks. Insect repellant will go a long way in discouraging these insects from dining on your children.

The car is packed and you’re ready to embark on a great family adventure. As you see the city buildings getting smaller in your rear-view mirror, the stress ebbs away. Then you hear the dreaded words, “my tummy doesn’t feel well”.

Breastfeeding support is not only a health professional issue, it is a societal effort”, argues Sonia Semenic, Nurse Scientist at the McGill University Health Centre and co-principal investigator of a research project assessing breastfeeding policy guidelines in Quebec.

Our immune system, a network of cells, tissues and organs, plays an important role in keeping us well.

My Mom used to warn me as a child that sitting too close to the television is bad for the eyes. Is this true, or is it just an old wives’ tale?

Whether it involves setting the clocks an hour forward to welcome spring, or getting an extra hour of sleep to transition to the darker winter months, daylight savings time can impact your entire family’s routine.

If there’s one visitor nobody wants around during the holidays, it’s gastroenteritis a.k.a. ‘the stomach flu’.