Summer vacations are just around the corner! Whether it’s a road trip or heading off on an adventure tour, it’s a time to relax, have fun, soak up the sun and indulge in delicious food. But we all know tucking into...
Over the past 14 years, I have written about the virtues of Vitamin D and, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m once again shining some sunlight on this essential nutrient.
Nancy Clarke has been a lover of music and dance since she was a little girl, but little did she anticipate gliding along on the dance floor from a wheelchair.
The prevalence of concomitant traumatic brain injury (TBI) in people with spinal cord injury is estimated to be nearly 40 percent (Budisin et al 2016). So, for many of us, taking care of our cognitive health is equally...
We naturally tend to eat less during the hot summer months. When the temperature is very warm, heat loss is impeded and with that, our appetite decreases in an effort to regulate our body temperature and cool down.
At the start of the year, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario embarked on an exciting journey to bring open and frank conversations to our communities on cannabis and spinal cord injury.
Utiva is my “go-to” recommendation for patients who are motivated to break the pattern and avoid overuse of antibiotics.
- Lorraine Liang, Staff Urologist
Now years later living with the effects of aging and the strain on my body, if I could do it all over again, I would take into consideration what I could do that would still maintain my independence but in a manner that...
Spring is here and we’re all ready for a re-fresh! One of the best ways you can do this is to reset and support your sleep habits. Sleep is vital for overall health and people living with SCI have a much higher...
I consider myself a positive person. Positive…. but realistic. I know how things do not always go our way and, at times, bad things happen to good people, which can be distressing, but a part of life.
On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first nation to legalize cannabis, which followed the legalization of cannabis for medical use two decades earlier.
People often ask me, if there’s one vitamin I should take what would it be? Regardless of the age, gender or disability of the person asking, without hesitation, Vitamin D is always top of my list. Also known as the...
In this special 75th Anniversary Celebration edition, I’d like to congratulate the past and present SCIO staff, volunteers and board members who have dedicated themselves to providing vital services and essential...