Jeannie Collins Beaudin
A Taste of Living With Dementia
Hola! I'm back after a wonderful 3 months in Costa del Sol, Spain this winter. I'm over the jetlag and busy setting up an apartment for...
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Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Feb 4, 20226 min read
How to travel safely during COVID… all about planning!
We know now that COVID is here for the long haul. Moving toward our “new normal” is a gradual process that we need to do carefully....
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Jan 15, 20226 min read
Considering a COVID vacation?
Well, we're doing it... we’re flying to Spain next week. Or, perhaps I should say, we have tickets paid for and accommodations booked...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Dec 10, 20215 min read
Holiday planning... COVID and goodies
I don’t know about all of you, but I've started planning for the holidays. This year, not only do we have the usual (and wonderful!)...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Dec 3, 20215 min read
So awesome!
How many times have you said (or heard someone say) something was awesome? But was it really? What is awe anyway? Centuries ago, awe was...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 26, 20214 min read
On being a happiness guinea pig…
A week or so ago, I received an interesting letter from Statistics Canada, inviting me to participate in a pilot research study about...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 19, 20215 min read
Curiouser and curiouser…
We start out in life being curious about everything… a child’s favourite question is often “why?” But over time many of us lose our...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 12, 20216 min read
Cause of death: Fast food
I’m sure you’ve learned that fast food isn’t the healthiest diet for us, but new results from the world’s largest nutrition study...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 5, 20216 min read
Gout—a pain in the butt!
If you’ve had gout, or know anyone who’s had it, you know it’s a pain in the butt… I mean the toe! This week’s blog is about what gout...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 29, 20215 min read
PFAS… “Forever” chemicals
Do you use water/stain-resistant products and clothing? You could be exposing yourself and others to persistent, harmful chemicals... And...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 22, 20218 min read
Long Neuro-COVID…
Understanding how COVID could affect your brain Now that we have vaccines and better treatments for COVID, researchers are finding time...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 15, 20215 min read
Breast cancer… sometimes misunderstood!
Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I thought I’d dedicate a blog to this terrible disease that affects 1 in 8 women in North...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 8, 20216 min read
Self-hypnosis… not what you think
For most of us, “hypnosis” brings to mind a stage show where people are made to do silly things by a hypnotist. But any hypnotist will...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Avoiding "cracks" in the system…
After my “Falling through the cracks” blog a couple of weeks ago, I received a lot of comments and notes from people who have experienced...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Sep 24, 20214 min read
A nail-biter week…
It was a long week, waiting for my appointment day to arrive, but my hubby was coaching me to not get overly anxious about what my biopsy...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Sep 17, 20216 min read
Environmental links to cancer
I used to give a presentation on breast cancer prevention some years ago, and I just realized I’ve never blogged about this subject. ...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Sep 10, 20215 min read
Staying positive... taking control
As you can imagine, waiting (not always so patiently!) for test results has made me even more interested in reading articles about...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Sep 3, 20215 min read
Falling through the cracks…
Some patients have always fallen through the cracks of our medical system, with unnecessary delays in diagnosis. We’re all human… a...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Jul 9, 20215 min read
Afraid of needles?
This article is about how to have less fear and pain when getting an injection, so I decided to be kind and use a photo of a different...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Jul 2, 20215 min read
Revealing your COVID vaccine status ...Privacy vs safety
Privacy is important these days, and nothing is more private than our medical information. But when it comes to being safe in a pandemic,...
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