Tag: Health

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Fight the Bite this Summer

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Fight the Bite this Summer

    Warm summer weather brings mosquitoes… and with them, the risk of West Nile virus. Alberta Health Services (AHS) reminds you to make a summer habit of protecting yourself and your loved ones from mosquito bites, and their potentially severe health consequences. “With exposure to mosquitoes comes risk of West Nile virus,” says Dr. Gerry Predy,…

  • Alberta Seniors Have a New Advocate to Voice their Concerns

    Alberta Seniors Have a New Advocate to Voice their Concerns

    Alberta’s new Seniors Advocate, Sheree Kwong See, will help bring the issues and concerns of seniors to government. Kwong See has worked on behalf of seniors as an educator, researcher and policy expert for more than 25 years. She is a psychology professor at the University of Alberta and holds a PhD in experimental psychology…

  • Drowsy Driving and Car Crashes: How Night-Shift Work Contributes to Traffic Dangers

    Drowsy Driving and Car Crashes: How Night-Shift Work Contributes to Traffic Dangers

    By Denise-Marie Ordway Drowsy driving has caused or contributed to hundreds of thousands of motor vehicle crashes and thousands of deaths in recent years. Estimates of drowsy driving-related accidents, injuries and deaths vary, however. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), sleep-deprived and fatigued drivers caused 846 deaths in 2014. The NHTSA reports…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Know Your Numbers

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Know Your Numbers

    What are the signs and symptoms? People with imparied glucose tolerance (IGT) often have no symptoms. In fact, millions of people have diabetes and don’t know it because symptoms develop so gradually, people often don’t recognize them. Symptoms of diabetes include the following: frequent urination constant thirst always being tired blurred vision cuts and bruises…

  • NDP Government Dragging its Feet on Lowering Dental Fees for Everyday Albertans: Wildrose

    NDP Government Dragging its Feet on Lowering Dental Fees for Everyday Albertans: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: As Albertans have seen the cost for dental procedures skyrocket to levels 20 to 30 per cent higher than other Canadian jurisdictions, now is the time for the NDP government to implement common sense solutions proposed by Wildrose to increase competitiveness in Alberta’s dental system and encourage lower prices, the Wildrose Official Opposition…

  • Alberta Health Services: Water Advisories in Calgary and Area

    Alberta Health Services: Water Advisories in Calgary and Area

    Contaminated water advisory issued for Elbow River (within the city of Calgary) CALGARY – Due to elevated levels of fecal coliforms detected in the water of Elbow River (within the city of Calgary, between 25 Ave. S.W. and 9 Ave. S.E.), Alberta Health Services (AHS) is advising the public not to swim or wade in…

  • Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $175,000 to PTSD Service Dog Program

    Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $175,000 to PTSD Service Dog Program

    Partnership with Paws Fur Thought will see 40 Veterans receive a Service Dog OTTAWA, July 5, 2016 /CNW/ – Wounded Warriors Canada is proud to announce a $175,000 investment in PTSD service dogs through a partnership with Paws Fur Thought. This investment ensures stable funding to Paws Fur Thought allowing them, in turn, to pair…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Safe Summer Weekends

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Safe Summer Weekends

    Many Albertans like to take advantage of the long summer evenings and warmer weather to get outdoors, go traveling or visit with family and friends. Weekends and celebrations can be fun for Albertans of all ages.  If you, your friends or family are planning on using alcohol as part of your celebratory gatherings, there are…

  • Health Minister Announces Funding for First Nations Health Facilities in Alberta

    Health Minister Announces Funding for First Nations Health Facilities in Alberta

    Maskwacis, AB – Health Canada The Government of Canada is committed to supporting Alberta First Nations communities overcome the difficulties they are facing with respect to social conditions and health. Prior to a series of meetings with First Nations leadership in Alberta this week, Federal Minister of Health Jane Philpott announced the Government of Canada…

  • Motorcycle Safety – Do Your Part

    Motorcycle Safety – Do Your Part

    Motorcycle riders are extremely vulnerable. Other drivers need to be aware and give motorcyclists the space they need. Between 2010 and 2014, 3,323 motorcycles were involved in casualty collisions. These collisions resulted in 153 deaths and 3,440 injuries. “Road users can all play a part in motorcycle safety, by knowing the rules and being aware.…

  • RCMP – Olds Detachment – Caught you wearing you helmet!

    RCMP – Olds Detachment – Caught you wearing you helmet!

    Olds Detachment RCMP are pleased to announce an initiative to encourage bicycle helmet compliance for youth.  In Alberta a cyclist must wear a helmet until they reach the age of 18 years old.  In June members of the detachment and the Mountain Bike Unit delivered bike rodeo’s to Grade 4 students in area schools.  The rodeos focus on…

  • Government Improving Primary Care Networks for Albertans

    Government Improving Primary Care Networks for Albertans

    The government is acting on the findings of a Primary Care Network review aimed at improving services for Alberta patients. “This review showed primary care networks are delivering patient-focused health care in most cases, but it also showed there are some inconsistencies. We will work with our partners to strengthen governance and accountability, set clearer…

  • Low-Interest Home Equity Loans Will Help Seniors Age in Community

    Low-Interest Home Equity Loans Will Help Seniors Age in Community

    Application forms are now available for senior homeowners looking to repair or modify their homes under the Seniors Home Adaptation and Repair Program. The program provides a low-interest, home-equity loan to eligible senior homeowners to finance needed repairs or adaptations that will help them remain independent in their own homes. Seniors could use the loan…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Dangerous Sugar High

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Dangerous Sugar High

    What is impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)? IGT means that the body has become less sensitive to the effects of insulin, and has to work harder to control blood glucose levels. A person with IGT has blood sugar (glucose) levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to say they have diabetes. As in…

  • Bonnyville Seniors Lodge to be Modernized and Expanded

    Bonnyville Seniors Lodge to be Modernized and Expanded

    More Bonnyville and area seniors will have a place to call home as the final expansion of the Bonnylodge gets the green light. Construction is expected to start this summer to replace units built in 1958. There will be 46 new units and the kitchen and core services area will undergo a major renovation. Once…