Project Big Life

Project Big Life algorithms are developed using Canadian big health data that is routinely-collected by Statistics Canada and provincial health agencies. The 'big data' approach enables an effective ability to develop precision health algorithms. Algorithms at Project Big Life can accurately assess risk for groups of people with distinct characteristics or health profiles—including situations where a health profile represents only a fraction of the overall population.

  Your Disease Risk

To estimate your risk of lung cancer and learn about ways to lower that risk, take a few minutes to answer some questions about your health, background, and lifestyle.

  The Longevity Game

How long can you expect to live? We developed the Longevity Game to give you a peek into your future by identifying the factors that can lead to a healthier, more productive life.

  X-RayRisk.com

While the need for education in this area has clearly been established, there are no widely available resources that provide information to both patients and health care providers about the increased risk of cancer from medical imaging. X-RayRisk.com is an educational website that focuses on estimating this risk

Environmental Toxins and Poisons

Exposure to small doses of toxic chemicals may not kill you or make you sick immediately, but the damaging effects of environmental toxins and poisons can accumulate over time and eventually ruin your health.

Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

The Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ will help you determine which fruits and vegetables have the most pesticide residues and are the most important to buy organic. You can lower your pesticide intake substantially by avoiding the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated produce.

BPA is Everywhere - Are We Safe?

Plastics are everywhere and so is BPA. Is it a real environmental hazard or just another scare?

Exercise Tied to Lower Risk for 13 Types of Cancer

Anyone who still needs motivation to move more may find it in a new study showing that, in addition to its other health benefits, exercise appears to substantially reduce the risk of developing 13 different varieties of cancer. That is far more types than scientists previously thought might be impacted by exercise. The comprehensive study also suggests that the potential cancer-fighting benefits of exercise seem to hold true even if someone is overweight.

GeoMedicine - OK, Maybe We Should Move!

GeoMedicine will probably serve as a catalyst for future human migration from one part of the globe to another in the quest for minimizing personal health risks. And, it may be sooner than you think!

How Health and Lifestyle Choices Can Change Your Genetic Make-Up

Making healthy decisions may not be foolproof, but it could mean the difference between having a significant health issue and avoiding one.

How to avoid the 10 most common toxins

Environmental toxins are chemicals and other materials created largely from industry and carelessness. These chemicals have saturated our water, food and the very air we breathe. You can't see, feel, or smell many toxins--at least, not right away. We don't realize their affects until we come down with a chronic disease after years of exposure.

Inactivity Linked To More Deaths Than Obesity

There’s been a fast growing body of evidence in the last several years that lack of exercise – or sedentariness – is a major risk factor in health. It’s been linked to heart disease, cancer, and to an early death.

Lifestyle Habits: What We Don’t Know Might Still Harm Us

The point is that science is constantly unearthing how our lifestyle can influence our health. Even many decades after we first learned that smoking is harmful, scientists are still discovering new diseases that it can bring on. This means that we have all the more reason to make healthy choices, such as eating right, exercising, sleeping well and managing our stress levels.

One Solution to America’s Health Care Crisis

The vast majority of the extraordinary health care expenditures today are on the treatment and management of existing and chronic disease. The critical importance of public health and preventive medicine, with an emphasis on healthy lifestyle choices and disease avoidance, has been severely underfunded.

Radiation Dose in X-Ray and CT Exams

Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose with background radiation exposure for several radiological procedures described within this website.

Radon

Radon is estimated to cause many thousands of deaths each year. That's because when you breathe air containing radon, you can get lung cancer. In fact, the Surgeon General has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today.

RADON - The Hidden Environmental Hazard

Radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Instead of being worried about airport scanners and pat-downs, perhaps we ought to be paying more attention to ensuring that our homes are as safe as possible!

Reducing Lifestyle Diseases Means Changing Our Environment

For better population health, moving forward may mean looking back. We must recognize that we don’t just pass on genes; we pass on environments. The greatest advances in 20th century life expectancy came from public health and environmental changes—mostly outside the walls of a hospital, and often outside the domain of medicine altogether. The greatest strides in reducing illness in the 21st century—allowing people to live longer, disease and disability-free lives—will require the same.

Secondhand Smoke: Avoid Dangers in the Air you Breathe

Breathing the toxins in secondhand smoke can literally make you sick. Find out how to avoid secondhand smoke, which can cause cancer, asthma and more.

The Limits of Personalized Medicine

A new study suggests that knowing their genetic risk of disease doesn’t motivate people to change their behavior.

The Risks in Hoverboards and Other Lithium-Ion Gadgets

There could be a bomb in your house, and you put it there. In recent years, we have brought home a slew of new battery-powered devices, including smartphones, laptops, tablets, electronic cigarettes, electric cars, drones, hand-held vacuums and toys.

The Risks of a Sedentary Lifestyle: Stand Up for Your Health

Spending hours on end in a chair isn't just murder on your back—it can literally kill you. And if you're like the average person, you clock almost 55 hours a week on your duff. Shockingly, working out isn't an antidote. Here, what is.

VOCs and Indoor Air Quality

VOCs are a major concern for indoor air pollution. The EPA estimates levels of some common pollutants to be 2-5 times higher inside homes than out. If you've ever shopped for an air purifier, you've probably heard of these chemicals. But do you know what they are?

Water Fluoridation, Has It Outlived Its Usefulness?

Tap water fluoridation has been around for over 65 years. But is it more harmful than beneficial? Many countries have already banned its use, so why hasn't the United States?

What Science Actually Tells Us Can Affect Our Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease

The biggest risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease are aging and genetic predisposition. That is, all of our risks go up as we get older, and those with certain genetic variants, like APOE e4, are also at heightened risk. But aside from these factors that we can’t control, there are some things that we do in the way of activities and lifestyle, which seem to affect our risk, both for better and for worse.