Tag: Health

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Serving Size Savvy

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Serving Size Savvy

    Most of us are aware of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide and its recommendations to eat a certain number of servings from each food group each day. But what makes up a serving? Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide advises Canadians to consume a certain number of servings per food group each day. This…

  • St. Patrick’s Day Protein-Packed Green Smoothie Muffins

    St. Patrick’s Day Protein-Packed Green Smoothie Muffins

    By Sheri Wetherell Getting a little tired of your regular morning green smoothie? Try turning that smoothie into a tasty, good-for-you muffin! These protein-rich muffins are packed with goodness that will make you hit the ground running, like Good Greens, a powder blend of multiple superfoods, and Vanilla Protein, 18 grams worth of plant-based proteins –…

  • Parachute teams up with Economical Insurance to educate ‘young brains’

    Parachute teams up with Economical Insurance to educate ‘young brains’

    TORONTO – Parachute, the national charity dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives, is pleased to announce its partnership with Economical Insurance as the first National Gold Sponsor of Brain Waves (formerly Brain Day). The interactive, hands-on program teaches students about concussion awareness, along with brain and spinal cord education. Preventable injuries kill more Canadian…

  • Alberta gets new Chief Medical Officer of Health

    Alberta gets new Chief Medical Officer of Health

      Dr. Karen Grimsrud has been appointed Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health following a national search to fill the position. “The health of all Albertans is my ministry’s top priority, and Dr. Grimsrud, as our Chief Medical Officer of Health, will be a tremendous asset in protecting and promoting public health. I’m looking forward…

  • A&W Announces Leadership Investment to Advance Better Cage-Free Egg Production in Canada

    A&W Announces Leadership Investment to Advance Better Cage-Free Egg Production in Canada

    A&W Commits $100,000 Research Grant to Farm & Food Care Canada to Help Set Canada at the Forefront of Global Best Practices for Egg Laying Hen Housing. VANCOUVER, March 10, 2016 /CNW/ – A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. announces today a major commitment to become the first national quick service restaurant in Canada to serve…

  • Canada: World Leader in Hockey, Maple Syrup and Multiple Sclerosis

    Canada: World Leader in Hockey, Maple Syrup and Multiple Sclerosis

      MS Society of Canada asks Canadians whether they will flee or fight when it comes to MS Toronto — A bold new awareness campaign led by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is asking Canadians whether they will flee or fight when presented with the fact that Canada has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Helping your Child Build a Healthy Body Image

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Helping your Child Build a Healthy Body Image

    Children of all ages are exposed to ideas about thinness by parents, peers, and other sources. Starting in grade school, children may become more aware of body image as they compare themselves to others. Adolescents often become extremely concerned about their bodies and their weight. This is understandable since dramatic physical changes are occurring. Unrealistic…

  • PSHSA Announces Major Donation to Health and Safety Charities

    PSHSA Announces Major Donation to Health and Safety Charities

    TORONTO – (At the end of February), Public Health Services and Safety Association (PSHSA) announces a charitable donation of $20,000 to support two charities focused on preventing injuries and helping those affected by workplace incidents, Parachute and Threads of Life. In recognition of the new Ministry of Labour (MOL) training standards beginning March 1, 2016…

  • 6 Tips to Deal with Daylight Saving Time

    6 Tips to Deal with Daylight Saving Time

    Time-Tested Ways to Cope with the Time Change It’s that time of year again, when we reset our clocks and try to readjust to the time change associated with Daylight Saving Time (DST). Some of us breeze through the change seamlessly, yet others feel out of sorts for days. If you have trouble dealing with…

  • New Partnership to Advance Research, Improve Outcomes for MS Patients

    New Partnership to Advance Research, Improve Outcomes for MS Patients

    The Alberta Multiple Sclerosis Collaboration, a partnership between the provincial government, Campus Alberta Neuroscience and Sanofi Genzyme Canada, will advance research and innovation to improve care and outcomes for MS patients. It also supports economic diversification and growth by further developing Alberta’s knowledge-based sectors and attracting investments from industry partners. “With the unusually high rates…

  • Turner Valley School News: March is Nutrition Month

    Turner Valley School News: March is Nutrition Month

    All of Turner Valley School will be participating in a variety of nutrition related activities during the month of March. Some of the things we will be doing this month are: making “Four Food Groups Placemats” and sorting our snacks into the appropriate groups daily making and tasting some delicious (new) healthy snacks in class participating in the school-wide Fruit…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: The Growing Obesity Epidemic

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: The Growing Obesity Epidemic

    Experts tell us that there is a global obesity epidemic and, troublingly, our children are also at risk. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that obesity is one of the world’s most neglected public health problems, and it affects both adults and children alike, in both developed and developing countries. In 2008, the WHO’s records…

  • Albertans Encouraged to Know their Care Options

    Albertans Encouraged to Know their Care Options

    EDMONTON – Winter is traditionally a busy time of year for health care services, and Emergency Departments (EDs) and hospitals across Alberta are again seeing this impact. Alberta Health Services’ (AHS’) capacity strategies continue to support efficient and quality delivery of care; however, Albertans are reminded that they also play a role in helping ensure…

  • A Click Can Save Your Life

    A Click Can Save Your Life

    About 200,000 Albertans risk their lives every day by not wearing proper occupant restraints. For the month of March, Alberta Transportation’s traffic safety focus is the use of occupant restraints for adults and children while travelling in vehicles. Seatbelts distribute the force of a collision evenly to the stronger parts of a person’s body and…

  • Zika Virus: What you need to know

    Zika Virus: What you need to know

    By Anna Teehan By now you have probably heard about the Zika virus, an infection which is spread mainly through mosquito bites, that is currently spreading in Central and South America, as well as Mexico.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Zika virus an international health emergency. Symptoms of a Zika virus infection can…