Tag: Health

  • Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges for Its “Brain Training” Program

    Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges for Its “Brain Training” Program

    Company Claimed Program Would Sharpen Performance in Everyday Life and Protect Against Cognitive Decline January 2016 The creators and marketers of the Lumosity “brain training” program have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges alleging that they deceived consumers with unfounded claims that Lumosity games can help users perform better at work and in school,…

  • Cancer care in Alberta remains strong, focused on provincial care

    Cancer care in Alberta remains strong, focused on provincial care

      Alberta Health Services remains committed to a strong, provincial cancer program as we believe that provides the best possible care, support and services to cancer patients and families. A recent change to the leadership of the cancer program does not change this commitment. Our focus is on providing patients with great care. Cancer is…

  • Albertans Losing Under AHS 4-Tier Ambulance Scheme: Wildrose

      EDMONTON, AB: AHS has reduced ambulance delivery in the province to a four-tier scheme that will leave the majority of Alberta dark for timely access to emergency care, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. AHS recently announced new performance targets for four different Alberta regions with no regard for proximity to hospitals or emergency…

  • Good Tidings They Bring

    Good Tidings They Bring

    Youth volunteer Breagh Mason brings a gift for patient Ethel Stevenson as part of a Christmas Cheer event organized by young volunteers at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. Youth volunteers fill hospital halls with the sounds of the season Story by Heather Kipling The joys of the holiday season can be difficult to find…

  • Ensuring Our Housing Is Safe and Healthy

    Ensuring Our Housing Is Safe and Healthy

    Every day, Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) with Alberta Health Services are in the community, working to protect and promote the good health and well-being of Albertans. A large part of their work is focused on ensuring Albertans are living in safe, healthy and hospitable environments. This ranges from rental apartments, to condo buildings and basement…

  • Five Things You Should Know About Food Insecurity In Canada

    Five Things You Should Know About Food Insecurity In Canada

    Over four million Canadians, including 1.15 million children, will experience some level of food insecurity this year By Carolyn Shimmin Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca and Valerie Tarasuk Professor University of Toronto WINNIPEG, Man. and TORONTO, Ont./ Troy Media/ – This year, over four million Canadians, including 1.15 million children, will experience some level of food insecurity.…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Stress-Busting Tips

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Stress-Busting Tips

    Take control of stress with the following tips: Simplify Set priorities for yourself. Organize your time so that you do the things that are most important to you first. Let less important things go. Make decisions right away instead of putting them off. Worrying about what decision you have to make can cause unnecessary stress.…

  • Winter break means more time for student team to work on robotic arm

    Winter break means more time for student team to work on robotic arm

      (Edmonton) The winter break gives students the precious gift of time. Some head to the tropics or the ski slopes, others kick back and celebrate Christmas with families and friends. But odds are that you’ll find engineering students using that time to get together and work on major design projects. For one group of…

  • Why Canadians need to be have end of life conversations

      People who have end of life conversations with their doctors and family members are much more likely to be satisfied with their care By Michelle Howard Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca HAMILTON, Ont./ Troy Media/ – Canadians are likely to have many important conversations with their loved ones over the holidays, but probably most won’t talk…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Quitting Tobacco

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Quitting Tobacco

    For many people, giving up tobacco is easier said than done. Giving it up may be one the toughest challenges you face in life, but it will also be one of your most rewarding. Everyone who uses tobacco would benefit from quitting and can reap the health rewards that come with it. When you quit…

  • Children spread comfort and joy … and cuddly toys

    Children spread comfort and joy … and cuddly toys

    AHS long-term care unit visited by Santa’s little helpers Story and Photo by Lisa Sutherland Santa’s little helpers in Black Diamond have done their part this year to ‘make spirits bright’ for local and area seniors. Staff at Rising Sun Long-Term Care unit at Oilfields General Hospital recently made arrangements with a kindergarten class from…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Helping your Body Beat Stress

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Helping your Body Beat Stress

      Stress can result from major events, both negative and positive: marriage, divorce, the birth of a child, a death in the family, or job changes or pressures. Your body is naturally equipped to deal with a certain amount of stress. But if stress increases and your reserves are low, stress can have a bigger…

  • Safer Communities, Saving Lives: Wildrose Releases Recommendations To Combat The Fentanyl Crisis

    Safer Communities, Saving Lives: Wildrose Releases Recommendations To Combat The Fentanyl Crisis

    Today, Wildrose released 10 recommendations for the NDP government to implement immediately in order to address the rising fentanyl crisis taking place in Alberta, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. Alberta is at a critical stage of safeguarding our communities and improving the health of our citizens in the face of an unprecedented fentanyl crisis.…

  • Health care should be modernized, not privatized

    Health care should be modernized, not privatized

    Two-tier care and extra-billing being sold to the public as strategies for saving health care By Bryan Thomas Research Associate Centre for Health Law University of Ottawa and Colleen Flood Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca OTTAWA, Ont./ Troy Media/ – National Medicare Week has just passed, buoyed with optimism as a fresh-faced government takes the reins in…

  • Stroke Patient Grateful for ‘Miracle’ of Research

    Stroke Patient Grateful for ‘Miracle’ of Research

    Donna Sharman, who after her stroke spent time recovering in Room 1033 of the Foothills Hospital stroke unit, now regularly visits patients there as a volunteer peer supporter. AHS strategy integrates research, innovation in health system Story and photo by Greg Harris No one has to tell Donna Sharman how important it is to have…