A word from Kevin

Kevin Goldthorp, CEO of Sinai Health Foundation, shares exciting updates on the progress of the Campaign to Renew Sinai and how donors are making an impact on health care across Canada.

How social factors influence health

Meet Janet. She is 68 and suffers from multiple health issues, including diabetes, heart disease and depression, and lives in a low-income neighborhood. Janet is a lot like thousands of other Ontarians, and research shows that social and economic factors — more than medical care or lifestyle choices — determine how healthy we will be throughout our lives.

5 tips for a healthy mouth

Oral health is more important to our overall health than we may realize. After all, if your mouth isn't healthy, you're not healthy! Symptoms such as bleeding or tender gums are warning signs for oral disease, which is associated with heart disease, stroke and other health conditions.