Tag: Health

  • Government of Canada Partners with Provinces and Territories to Lower Cost of Pharmaceuticals

    Government of Canada Partners with Provinces and Territories to Lower Cost of Pharmaceuticals

    Joins pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance to help make drugs more affordable for Canadians Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, today announced that the Government of Canada’s federal drug plans will join the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA). The Alliance negotiates on behalf of provinces and territories to lower prices for Canadians on brand name drugs…

  • Estimated ED wait times in Red Deer now online

    Estimated ED wait times in Red Deer now online

    Online estimated emergency department wait times were first posted for hospitals and urgent care centres in the Calgary Zone in July 2011, and then in the Edmonton Zone in June 2012. RED DEER — Real-time estimated emergency department (ED) wait times for Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre are now available online, giving central Albertans another…

  • Key Facts about Canine Influenza (Dog Flu)

    Key Facts about Canine Influenza (Dog Flu)

    January 2016 Note: This virus is spreading west across the US with a confirmed case in Helena, Montana this month. Talk to your vet if you are concerned. Questions & Answers What is canine influenza (dog flu)? Canine influenza (also known as dog flu) is a contagious respiratory disease in dogs caused by specific Type…

  • Why it’s time for a National Autism Strategy

    Almost three quarters of parents of preschoolers in Canada with autism could not get the help they needed for their children By Kathleen O’Grady, Managing Editor, EvidenceNetwork.ca OTTAWA, Ont./ Troy Media/ – Over a year ago, I was invited to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day on Parliament Hill. It was attended by a dozen or more Senators…

  • FSD Employee Prepares for Calgary Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge

    FSD Employee Prepares for Calgary Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge

    Facility Services Grounds Keeper Ryan Kaiser, who is also a Squad Leader with the Okotoks fire department (see photo top right), is once again participating in this event to raise funds for Wellspring Calgary to support firefighters and other citizens living with cancer. On May 1st, Ryan, a 15-year community firefighter, will don full firefighting…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Shining Light on SAD

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Shining Light on SAD

      There are several forms of treatment currently available to help people with SAD. The most effective treatments include a combination of light therapy, medications, and complementary therapies. Light therapy Daily exposure to bright light (phototherapy) may help balance certain brain chemicals and reset body rhythms. Usually, light therapy involves sitting in front of a…

  • Foothills School Division: Healthy Active School Symposium

    Foothills School Division: Healthy Active School Symposium

      Employee Services Assistant Superintendent Allen Davidson congratulated Blackie Principal Fred Woods, FSD’s Comprehensive School Health Lead, and participating School Health Champions on a highly successful Healthy Active School Symposium (HASS) on January 8 at the Highwood Memorial Centre in High River. Organized in partnership with Ever Active Schools, these symposium was designed to inspire…

  • Bell Let’s Talk Day 2016 is January 27: Join the growing global conversation and support Canada’s mental health!

    Bell Let’s Talk Day 2016 is January 27: Join the growing global conversation and support Canada’s mental health!

      Bell Let’s Talk national spokesperson Clara Hughes welcomes everyone to the mental health conversation on the sixth annual Bell Let’s Talk Day On January 27, talk, text, tweet and share to fight the stigma and grow Bell’s funding for Canadian mental health – let’s beat the record Bell Let’s Talk Day participation in 2015!…

  • Moving to a New Level of Care

    Moving to a New Level of Care

    When it came time for 90-year-old Howard Osgood to move into a supportive living facility, his family got help from AHS Story by: Lisa Squires Seniors might worry about the prospect of moving from their own homes into supportive living or long-term care, but planning ahead can make the transition easier, as the Osgood family…

  • Learn how to play safe this winter at Avalanche Awareness Day

    Learn how to play safe this winter at Avalanche Awareness Day

      As the snowpack deepens in Kananaskis Country, Albertans are invited to experience hands-on winter safety demonstrations and displays at the fourth annual Avalanche Awareness Day on January 17. Organized by Alberta Parks, this free event is focused on all aspects of snow safety, for both experienced and inexperienced winter recreationalists. “Our government is committed…

  • Parachute Canada: Catch our New Concussion PSA at Your Local Theatre!

    Parachute Canada: Catch our New Concussion PSA at Your Local Theatre!

      Concussion, the new Will Smith movie that opened in theatres on Dec. 25, shines a light on the invisible injury. The biographical sports medical drama tells the real story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian forensic pathologist who was the first to publish his findings about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease that…

  • Meet Dr. Verna Yiu

    Meet Dr. Verna Yiu

      Dr. Verna Yiu is Interim President and CEO of AHS. Dr. Yiu’s previous role at AHS helped oversee the integration and coordination of a diverse, complex, end-to-end health delivery model for the province through accountabilities for five functional areas: Quality & Healthcare Improvement, Strategic Clinical Networks, Clinical Informatics and Clinical Information Systems, Medical Affairs,…

  • Five Ways we can Reduce Suicide in Canada

    Why a suicide prevention strategy needs to include personal injury prevention By Jitender Sareen, Expert Advisor, EvidenceNetwork.ca and Cara Katz, Junior researcher, Manitoba Population Mental Health Research Group WINNIPEG, Man./ Troy Media/ — Canadian rates of suicide and attempted suicide have remained largely unchanged over the last several decades. But we have seen increasing rates of suicide in the…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

      What is SAD? An estimated 2% to 3% of the general population suffers from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression that seems to be related to the amount of sunlight that you are exposed to. An extreme form of the “winter blues,” SAD is worst for most people in the fall and…

  • Healthier Albertans, Healthier Communities: Wildrose Releases Recommendations for Mental Health Review

    Healthier Albertans, Healthier Communities: Wildrose Releases Recommendations for Mental Health Review

      EDMONTON, AB: Increasing funding for addictions and detox programs, expanding mental health services through Primary Care Networks and expanding community and home based supports are a part of 10 common sense recommendations Wildrose is putting forward to improve mental health services across Alberta. The 10 recommendations were released in a new report titled, Healthier Albertans,…