My gosh the flurry around Ozempic and its weight loss sister drugs has reached blizzardy proportions. And with it, the judgement around who qualifies and deserves to get this kind of support is swirling.
Excuse me while I weigh in Read More
1 in 4 women are iron deficient. So what?
Itâs a problem that too many women donât know they have and donât know how to effectively treat. When you say youâre tired, cold, suffer from brain fog, are losing hair, feel weak and are short of breath youâre likely iron deficient. Get tested. We can do that. Read More
Make eczema eat your dust. Literally.
If your eczema is hard to control, always consider treating with SLIT after testing for environmental allergens. Read More
Why is Mint adding HPV screening to our Pap tests?
Currently when you get a Pap itâs identifying changes to the cervix that with time can turn into cancer. What weâre now trying to do is not only identify if there are these changes but also test for the virus that causes these changes. The virus is HPV and it causes cervical cancer. Read More
Picture this. A woman, maybe like you, in her 40s enters my baltic office (youâre welcome) says I canât sleep, feel anxious, am gaining weight I donât want, and umm, outside of this room, am quite the sweaty Betty. And my skin! Donât even get me started.
Ok. Ok.
That allll has a name. Sure, youâre 41ish but Betty, youâre in perimenopause. Read More
In joining the Mint team, Dr. Janice Wright MD, adds invaluable much needed care to our community. She brings over 20 years of providing exceptional medical care guiding people through their cancer diagnosis, treatments, and life challenges. We are proud to now include comprehensive and thoughtful cancer care at Mint to help you navigate what are often unclear waters. Read More
Microbiome – youâve heard of this. Itâs all the bugs in our guts plus the stuff they produce. Itâs that stuff thatâs so important to our health. It can be the difference between being anxious or not, being bloated and gassy or not, gaining weight or not. Every week we discover more about why these critters are so key to our health and longevity.
80k cases of skin cancer are diagnosed yearly in Canada. If you were born after the 90s youâre 3x more likely to get it (1 in 6). Whatâs a Gen Z, and everyone else, to do?
