We take your health seriously, so we’re always looking for ways to help you learn more about modern medicine and your specific health concerns. We even have information for children in our Newspapers in Education section. Education is a good step towards prevention, so read on for good health.

About Your Health

A quarterly newsletter about you and your health.
(Files are in PDF format.)

• About Your Health Winter 2008 (PDF, 471k)
• About Your Health Fall 2007 (PDF, 559k)
• About Your Health Summer 2007 (PDF, 472k)
• About Your Health Spring 2007: Editor's note: The Spring 2007 About Your Health published a story stating that the DASH diet allows six servings of meat, fish or poultry per day. The DASH diet does allow this, but the article should have specified 1 ounce servings (for a total of 6 OUNCES per day). Since most of us eat larger portion sizes, we understand the confusion this may cause, and we do apologize. We will run a clarification in the next issue of About Your Health. Again, we apologize for the confusion. (PDF, 435k)
• About Your Health Winter 2007 (PDF, 451k)
• About Your Health Fall 2006 (PDF, 545k)
• About Your Health Summer 2006 (PDF, 474k)
• About Your Health Spring 2006 (PDF, 390k)

Investigate Health!

Durham Regional Hospital, in partnership with the Museum of Life and Science, is encouraging kids to investigate their health.

Below is health information for children and their care givers.

• Asthma (PDF, 121k)
• Germs (PDF, 92k)
• Stress (PDF, 103k)
• Sun Protection (PDF, 130k)
• Winter Safety (PDF, 128k)

Kids Calling the Shots

Through the weekly “Kids Calling the Shots” column, also part of The Herald Sun's Newspaper in Education program, Durham Regional healthcare professionals provide answers to youngsters questions about health and medicine.

Here are some links to recent “Kids Calling the Shots” columns:

• Blood Pressure: What is blood pressure?
• Blood Type: What do different blood types mean?
• Brain Freeze: Why does my head hurt when I eat ice cream?
• Bruises: What causes a bruise?
• Cold: Why does your face sting when you get real cold?
• Drowning: Can you really drown in a bathtub?
• Ears: What should you use to clean the inside of your ears?
• EMTs: Are ambulance drivers doctors?
• Eye Crossing: If I cross my eyes will I hurt them?
• Halloween: Why are my parents nervous when I trick-or-treat?
• Jammed Finger: What can you do for a jammed finger?
• Juice: The juice bottle I drink from has pictures of fruit on it, so it’s healthy for me, right?
• McDonalds: Will I gain weight if I eat at McDonalds?
• Moles: If I have a mole, do I have cancer?
• Parietal Lobe: Which part of your brain tells you whether something you touch is hot or cold?
• Poison Ivy: How can I make poison ivy stop itching?
• Potatoes: Are potato chips and French fries considered vegetables?
• Power Outage: What happens at the hospital when the electricity goes out because of a storm?
• Scar Tissue: Why do scars get bumpy?
• Scars: Will all my cuts turn into scars?
• Sleeping: Does my brain shut off when I am sleeping?
• Smoking: If you just try a cigarette will you smoke forever?
• Sneezing: Is there a cure to stop sneezing from pollen?
• Sunscreen: Why do my parents tell me to wear sunscreen?
• Tongue Depressors: Why do doctors always put a stick in your mouth and look in your throat?
• Video Games: There’s nothing to do at home but watch TV and play video games. Will this make me gain weight?

Maintaining Your Health

We are committed to helping you maintain your health and have provided the following consumer health articles, written by members of our staff, for your benefit:

• Blood Pressure - Just the Facts
• Coping with Menopause
• Fat Facts for Heart Health
• Prevention & Treatment of Osteoporosis
• Snow Removal Techniques to Avoid Back Injury