Tag: Health

Avalanche Canada Warns Backcountry Users to Be Careful This Weekend

This winter is shaping up to be a pretty bad season in terms of avalanche fatalities. Thirteen people have died in avalanches this year, 12 of them were snowmobilers. Four were killed within 48 hours on March 13 and 14. March is the worst month for avalanche fatalities. It’s still a complex winter snowpack at…

March 25, 2016
Edmonton’s Royal Alex: the Difference Between Care and Caring

A weekend of big wins for Royal Alexandra Hospital video The Difference Between Care and Caring claims top honours at Edmonton’s ACE Awards and tops it off with DoGooder Video Award for Best NonProfit Video. The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) was honoured at the Advertising Club of Edmonton’s ACE Awards for its video The Difference Between…

March 24, 2016
Okotoks School Hosted Amazing Health and Wellness Conference

École Okotoks Junior High School organized an amazing full-day Health and Wellness Conference for all students on Friday, March 18th. The Conference was kicked off with a keynote presentation by Chris Cederstrand — a Dad, coach, volunteer firefighter, member of Team Canada’s sledge hockey team and motivational speaker. Following Chris’ presentation the students and staff…

March 24, 2016
Inaugural Donald Ethell Award presentation to Okotoks youth

Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell and Colonel [Ret’d] the Hon. Donald Ethell will be in Okotoks Wednesday, March 30 to present the inaugural Donald S. Ethell Youth Award from the Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction. The first recipient of the award is Okotoks resident Cole Whalley, who is being honoured for the dedication,…

March 24, 2016
Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: DASH for High Blood Pressure Relief

Experts say the DASH diet can help lower your blood pressure. Do you know what the DASH diet is? DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Simply stated, hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. This diet differs from most other traditional diets as it does not restrict the quantity of food…

March 24, 2016
How do Horses Help Kids with Emotional and Behavioral Issues?

Kids with emotional and behavioral issues can be difficult to work with. Most of them are slow to trust adults, and may be unwilling to trust anyone at all. In addition, if the emotional or behavioral issues are caused by abuse, the child could be angry and prone to emotional outbursts. Cognitive therapy…

March 23, 2016
Family Care Unit Enables Overnight Stays with NICU Babies

EDMONTON – Parents of newborns in the Stollery Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can now stay with their babies overnight thanks to a newly established Family Care Unit. Nine Stollery NICU beds have been transferred into the Family Care Unit, located in the Lois Hole Hospital for Women at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.…

March 22, 2016
Broken Model Hurting Midwifery Services in Alberta: Wildrose

EDMONTON, AB: Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) broken model for midwives in Alberta does not meet current demands and will result in some of the midwife centres having their doors closed, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The current lapse in funding, as revealed by the AHS funding allocation for the 2016-17 fiscal year, will force…

March 21, 2016
Statement from the Alberta Association of Midwives – March 18 2016

Alberta Health Services has released the allocation of 2,774 funded courses of care for 2016/17 to Alberta’s midwifery practices. In 2015/16, the relaxation of a restriction on the opening of new practices resulted in a number of midwives moving between practices and some opened new practices in order to serve rural and underserved Albertans to meet…

March 21, 2016
Research Could Help Young Cancer Survivors Sleep Easier

CALGARY — It’s a bitter irony that many kids with cancer who have overcome their illnesses are then challenged by an everyday function that most people take for granted: the ability to fall and stay asleep. Difficulties with sleeping that can develop in hospital can also stick with kids after they’ve returned home – and…

March 21, 2016
AHS Weekly Wellness News – Locked up Tight and Out of Sight: Safer Homes, Safer Kids

Every year in Alberta, more than 1600 children under the age of 10, visit emergency departments as a result of accidental poisoning. Most of these events involve the unintended ingestion of medications. Alberta’s Poison and Drug Information Service (PADIS) receives over 13,000 calls per year concerning accidental exposure to poisons by children in this age…

March 21, 2016
Struggling to Forget: Memory researcher studies PTSD causes and cure

Maria Morena is one of 24 University of Calgary postdoctoral scholars to earn a prestigious AIHS training fellowship By Andrea Kingwell Why is it that after a shocking or terrifying experience, some people can move on with life while others — unable to control or contain fear memories — suffer with the stultifying effects associated…

March 20, 2016
Samaritan Filters now in Schools in Five Countries, Protecting Children from Potentially Deadly Polluted Water

Samaritan’s Purse Canada’s water filters for schools & small communities adapted from its BioSand Filters for households; those filters are benefiting 1.5 million people in developing world What is the world’s water problem? 1) More than 600 million people are trying to survive each day while drinking unfiltered water. 2) Someone, often a child, dies every…

March 19, 2016
Novel Food Product Earns Students Trip to International Food Showcase

By Helen Metella Three Nutrition and Food Science students will take to a major international stage in July, showcasing their ingenious recipe for a gelato made from pulses. The team of Austen Neil, Chandre Van De Merwe and Nicolle Mah placed second at the national competition for Mission ImPULSEible in February, with a scrumptious yet…

March 17, 2016
Minister Hoffman Issues Statement on Passing of Leilani O’Malley

Health Minister Sarah Hoffman made this statement on the passing of human rights activist Leilani O’Malley. “Our province has lost a tireless advocate for people with disabilities, and a champion for those who are unable to fight for themselves.” “The passing of Leilani is a sad day for those she was close to, as…

March 17, 2016