Hot spring sunlight is beginning to appear in Vancouver. As the Earth spins 15 degrees per hour into early April, panels of fierce daylight are beginning to strafe across buildings and intersections, illuminating odd angles and skewing city lines. Increasingly, our inlets and mountaintops are awash in hot sun. Like many Vancouverites at this time […]
Many of us have woken up drunk as least once in their lives. You leap nimbly from your bed, blissfully unaware of the chemical mallet poised above your woozy brain. “Wow, I actually feel pretty good right now!” you say, unaware that you are drunk. For many, this utterance is the beginning of the end. […]
Estrogen imbues women with the ability to conceive and foster the spark of life, and the capacity to withstand the pain of childbirth. Does the pain protection offered by estrogen give all women a higher general threshold of pain? Estrogen is a actually a trio of hormones: estradiol, estriol, and estrone. They perform a variety of important functions for […]
Vancouverites engage in a lot of dangerous activities. People are always skiing and hiking and and paddleboarding and slacklining and doubles-kayaking to and fro. Our active lifestyle means that along with tiny dogs and multi-prefix coffee drinks, slings and crutches are common accessories for many West Coasters. Though the science of healing has always fascinated me, […]