Webinar aimed at cholesterol and heart disease coming up this month SHARE ON:
Your chance to learn more about high cholesterol and heart disease comes up later this month, as part of a study focusing partly on our region.
Researchers from a group funded by the Ontario health ministry and the Canadian Institute for Health Research are staging a free webinar on Zoom on Friday, February 26th at noon.
It’s called “CHOICES”, for Community Heart Outcomes Improvement and Cholesterol Education Study”.
Research project manager Laura Ferreira-Legere says the COVID-19 pandemic could be heightening your risk of heart disease, because you’re staying home more and not getting as much exercise.
Long-haulers is the name coined to describe those who had COVID-19, have largely recovered and are no longer testing positive, but who are still experiencing a myriad of symptoms. For some, it s months later and they are still feeling the effects, said Susie Goulding, creator of the Facebook group, COVID Long-Haulers Support Group Canada. The list of common long-hauler symptoms includes chronic fatigue, joint pain, persistent chest pain, shortness of breath and more, according to a variety of studies, including ones from the U.S. Centre for Disease Control released this summer, and several from universities and institutions around the world.