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Your Good Health: Treatment for peanut allergies work in progress

Your Good Health: Treatment for peanut allergies work in progress

Immunotherapy not perfect, so it isn't used often
Kim Pemberton: Getting away from it all, close to home

Kim Pemberton: Getting away from it all, close to home

When you live in Greater Victoria, you don’t have to go far for adventure, new experiences and indulgences.
Rick Steves: Nice, laid-back capital of the French Riviera

Rick Steves: Nice, laid-back capital of the French Riviera

Classy resort town is a popular fun-in-the-sun destination
Your Good Health: Use reliable sources for info about vitamins

Your Good Health: Use reliable sources for info about vitamins

The first literature source that I recommend is MedlinePlus.gov, which is curated by the National Library of Medicine.
John Ducker: Don't be blind to the dangers of night driving

John Ducker: Don't be blind to the dangers of night driving

When it’s hard to see, risk for accidents increases because road hazards are harder to spot, signs harder to read and overall judgment starts to fail.
11 Island-area authors on shortlist for BC and Yukon Book Prizes

11 Island-area authors on shortlist for BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Eleven authors from the Vancouver Island area up for BC and Yukon Book Prizes, including Darrel J. McLeod of Sooke and Chelsea Wakelyn of Nanaimo.
Explore: Container garden workshop; Grocery Wars tour; Earth Day

Explore: Container garden workshop; Grocery Wars tour; Earth Day

Upcoming events: Container garden workshop on April 13; walking tour; Earth Day on April 14; Earth Day events on April 17 and now until April 30.
Ask Lisi: Response to letter-writer sent wrong message

Ask Lisi: Response to letter-writer sent wrong message

To those who felt I had wrongly judged letter writers — and to the letter writers themselves — I apologize. I do not judge. I only try to help people who ask me for advice.
Your Good Health: Use ibuprofen with caution after hernia operation

Your Good Health: Use ibuprofen with caution after hernia operation

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen need to be used with caution in a person who has something wrong with their platelets or a person who is postoperative.
Broken Rhythms explores chronic pain in new production, Knotted

Broken Rhythms explores chronic pain in new production, Knotted

Knotted looks at those among us who live life in chronic pain — from those who may have a painful knot in their back, to those who tie their stomach in knots due to stress.