Health is Wealth: Women’s Health and Pregnancies

  Healthy habits are the best way to avoid disease, prolong your life, and live more happily. But in the chaos of a woman’s daily life, healthy living may take back seat to chores, work, busy schedules, and more. Take these simple steps toward a longer, healthier life. Harjinder Thind talks with gynecologist Dr. Jagdeep Ubhi about issues women face and what can be done about the…

Health is Wealth: Bone Health

Our bones support us and allow us to move. They protect our brain, heart, and other organs from injury. Our bones also store minerals such as calcium and phosphorous, which help keep our bones strong, and release them into the body when we need them for other uses. There are many things we can do to keep our bones healthy and strong. Eating foods rich in calcium and vitamin D, getting ple…

Heath is Wealth: Hot Weather

  Too much heat can be harmful to your health. Heat-related illness is the result of your body gaining heat faster than it can cool itself down. Heat-related illnesses can almost always be prevented. Heat-related illness can lead to weakness, disorientation, and exhaustion. In severe cases, it can lead to heat stroke, also known as sunstroke. Heat stroke is a life-threaten…

Health is Wealth: How our Dental Health Affects our Body

  Type 2 diabetes is incredibly prevalent in the South Asian population. We have higher risk of insulin insensitivity as well as other diabetes-associated risk factors including increased visceral adiposity. Poor dental health increases the risk of a bacterial infection in the blood stream, which can affect the heart valves. Oral health may be particularly important if…

Health is Wealth: Heart in a Box

Doctors in Canada are preparing to restart the hearts of the recently declared dead, a move experts say will lead to a desperately needed new source of donor hearts. But that raises an ethically fraught question: How can you be dead if your heart is still beating? Dr. Pargat Singh Bhuji steps into RedFM studios to talk about this issue among other health news such as soda tax, and cance…

Health is Wealth: Foot and Ankle Issues

  At one time or another, everyone has had a minor toe, foot, or ankle injury that caused pain or swelling. Most of the time our body movements do not cause problems, but it’s not surprising that symptoms develop from everyday wear and tear, overuse, or an injury. Certain athletes, such as dancers, gymnasts, or soccer or basketball players, have an increased risk of toe,…

Health is Wealth: Liver Health

It's not something you probably think much about, but your liver is a key player in your body's digestive system. Everything you eat or drink, including medicine, passes through it. You need to treat it right so it can stay healthy and do its job.

Health Is Wealth: Health Trends

  Curious what health trends will be all of social media in 2019? One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions is to be healthier by exercising more and eating better and improve ourselves overall. Over the last few years, we have seen a vast range of diets and health products scattered across our social media and more than a few of them have caught our eyes. Nutritionist…

Health is Wealth: Autism

  Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 59 children in the United States today. Pediatrician Dr. Balbinder Gill specializes in kids with auti…

Health is Wealth: Dietary Vitamin Deficiencies: Are Supplements Needed?

  Nutrition and diet advice tends to focus a lot on macronutrients like fat, carbohydrates, and protein, but it is important to consider your daily dietary intake of micronutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids to be sure you are providing your body with essential nutrients. When you do not obtain enough of these nutrients over an extended period o…

Thyroid: Hormonal And Metabolic Disorders

  The thyroid is a small gland, measuring about 2 inches (5 centimeters) across, that lies just under the skin below the Adam’s apple in the neck. Dr. Supna Sandhu, an endocrinologist, talks with Harjinder Thind during Health is Wealth segment and answers some questions RedFM listeners have.…

Health is Wealth: Women’s Health

  A woman’s health affects many aspects of her life. Like many cultures, ethnicity, cultural background, and gender roles coincide to inform the ways that South Asian women think about their bodies and their health. Harjinder Thind talks with gynecologist Dr. Jagdeep Ubhi about common issues women face and what can be done about them.…

Health is Wealth: Laughing as a Medicine

  Sure, it’s fun to share a good laugh. But did you know it can actually improve your health? It’s true: laughter is strong medicine. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes pain, and protects you from the damaging effects of stress. Harjinder Thind tal…

Kids and their stomachs

  Keeping your child healthy is a big job! Harjinder Thind talks to Dr. Vishal Avinashi, BC Children’s Hospital, about the most common diseases and conditions that affect children, and how you can deal with them.…

Hot Tea and Cancer?

Harjinder Singh Thind talks with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji about several medical news which were being talked about this week including male birth control, epilepsy, one issue at a time, and the relation between hot tea and esophageal cancer.

Liver Health: Check Your Engine

  The liver is the largest internal and most metabolically complex organ in humans. This organ performs over 500 different functions including fighting off infection, neutralizing toxins, manufacturing proteins and hormones, controlling blood sugar and helping to clot the blood. The truth is that there are over 100 forms of liver disease that affect men, women and child…

Vaccination: The Myth and The Truth

  Vancouver’s measles outbreak — like most Canadian measles outbreaks — was started by a traveler bringing the virus from overseas. With just 17 confirmed cases as of Friday, this outbreak is relatively small. Other countries aren’t so lucky. According to the World Health Organization, around 110,000 people worldwide died from the vaccine-preventable disease in 2017. T…

Health is Wealth: Weight Training: the hows, the whys, and the whats

  Weight training is not the same as body building. Weight training is about improving muscle strength and muscle tone. For men, who have naturally higher levels of testosterone, it usually does mean an increase in muscle size, called hypertrophy. On the other hand, women tend to increase the tone without significantly increasing the muscle size. Personal Trainer Harman S…

Health is Wealth: Heart, Love, Emotions, Heartbreak

When you think of a broken heart, you may picture a cartoon drawing with a jagged line through it. But a real-life broken heart can actually lead to cardiac consequences. There are established ties between depression, mental health and heart disease. Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji talks about how to keep your heart healthy.

Health is Wealth with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji

The Canadian study tracked the early childhood development of 2,441 children and found that higher levels of screen time at ages 2 and 3 can affect development at 3 and 5