Tag: Health

  • New Website Helps Calgary-Area Patients Find a Doctor

    New Website Helps Calgary-Area Patients Find a Doctor

    More than 239 family doctors taking patients in Calgary area CALGARY – Patients looking for a family doctor in the Calgary area can now find one at the click of a mouse, thanks to the launch of an interactive new website. Developed by seven local Primary Care Networks and doctors in partnership with Alberta Health…

  • Air Canada Foundation Golf Tournament nets over $1,000,000 in Support of Children’s Charities Across Canada

    Air Canada Foundation Golf Tournament nets over $1,000,000 in Support of Children’s Charities Across Canada

      MONTREAL /CNW Telbec/ – This year’s Air Canada Foundation golf tournament netted $1,072,000 in support of organizations focused on health and wellbeing of children in Canada.  Now in its fourth year, the tournament was held Monday, July 13th, at the Saint Raphaël Golf Club, Québec. The event featured 73 teams totaling 292 golfers from across…

  • Thank You Safeway, for helping us fund raise $272,281 to #HelpFeedAbility!

    Thank You Safeway, for helping us fund raise $272,281 to #HelpFeedAbility!

      Easter Seals Canada Easter Seals Canada would like to extend a huge thank you to all those who participated in this year’s Help Feed Ability campaign at Safeway stores from June 12 -28, 2015 in support of our Easter Seals kids. As a result of the incredible effort from Easter Seals’ volunteers and Safeway…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Touring and Travelling Tips

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Touring and Travelling Tips

    One of the best parts of summer is having the time to do some of the things you really enjoy. This can mean long bike rides, playing football, golfing, camping, hiking, and all kinds of fun activities. Whichever ones you and your family are involved in, you’ll have more fun and be safer if you…

  • Canadian Space Technology Helps Breast Cancer Patients

    Canadian Space Technology Helps Breast Cancer Patients

      The technology and expertise developed to build the first Canadarm not only paved the way for its descendants, Canadarm2 and Dextre, that are in great part responsible for the successful assembly and operating of the International Space Station, it also translated into new technology for the operating room. The Centre for Surgical Innovation and…

  • The Downside of Gluten-Free

    The Downside of Gluten-Free

    New study suggests young people with celiac disease may be eating too much processed gluten-free food, putting bone health at risk. By Helen Metella (Edmonton) Children and teens who have celiac disease and are treating it with a gluten-free diet are courting extra problems if much of the gluten-free food they’re eating is processed. So,…

  • 3D-Printed Feet Allow Foghorn the Rooster to Walk Again

    3D-Printed Feet Allow Foghorn the Rooster to Walk Again

    Researchers in veterinary medicine and biomedical engineering create prosthetic feet for frostbitten rooster By Collene Ferguson Thanks to the collaborative efforts of some creative minds at the University of Calgary, Foghorn the rooster is strutting his stuff again. Earlier this year, the plucky rooster was removed from a city property by Calgary Animal and Bylaw Services.…

  • Regionalization of High River Alert Takes Place Today

    Regionalization of High River Alert Takes Place Today

      HIGH RIVER, AB: On July 15 subscribers to the High River Alert system will now be able to receive additional alerts from seven other municipalities in the Foothills region. “This is a really exciting development for our region and a step that provides significant value to High River residents,” says Mayor Craig Snodgrass. Through…

  • New Report on Wait Times Shows Urgent Need for Reform and Innovation: Barnes

      EDMONTON, AB (July 14, 2015): A new report shows the true cost to Albertans of having among the longest wait times in the country, Wildrose Health Shadow Minister Drew Barnes said today. According to the Fraser Institute, Alberta’s long wait times mean an average personal cost of $1,848 for every patient. Compared to all…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Playing Outside Fuels a Child’s Curiosity

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Playing Outside Fuels a Child’s Curiosity

      For generations, parents have been telling their children to “go outside and play.” It’s good advice: playing outside is a big part of healthy childhood development. And it’s fun. “Children are eager to understand how the world works and they do this through play,” says Laura Crawford, provincial lead for Play and Physical Literacy for…

  • Room 217 Brings Music Care Certificate Program to Calgary

    Room 217 Brings Music Care Certificate Program to Calgary

    Room 217 is expanding the Music Care learning community in Western Canada by offering its two-day Music Care Certificate Program (MCCP) in Calgary July 20-21, 2015. The Room 217 Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation and registered Canadian charity dedicated to caring for the whole person with music. The Foundation is a leader in the field…

  • Heat Advisory issued for the Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services

    Heat Advisory issued for the Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services

      CALGARY – Due to elevated temperatures forecast for the Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services (AHS), AHS has issued a heat advisory for the whole Calgary Zone. Effective immediately, residents of and visitors to the Calgary Zone are advised to take the following precautions to protect themselves, their families and their neighbours from the…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Fun in the Sun

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Fun in the Sun

    It’s important to know your skin and the signs of skin cancer. If you notice any unusual moles or marks on your skin, watch them closely. The most common skin cancers (basal and squamous cell) can look like a small, skin-coloured or red knob. The more dangerous melanoma usually begins as a mole that seems…

  • Further Delays and Lack of Information on Calgary Cancer Centre: Wildrose

    Further Delays and Lack of Information on Calgary Cancer Centre: Wildrose

      CALGARY, AB: The NDP announcement on a Calgary Cancer Centre was packaged with few details on the timing and cost of building the facility at the Foothills Medical Centre site, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. A timeline and budget will not be released until the fall, with the government still to determine a…

  • Equine Infectious Anemia Warning: 7 Cases Reported in Pincher Creek

    Equine Infectious Anemia Warning: 7 Cases Reported in Pincher Creek

      Shared by Alberta Veterinary Medical Association The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has reported seven newly confirmed cases of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) in the municipal district of Pincher Creek.  These incidences bring the total number of EIA cases in Alberta to ten for 2015. EIA is considered a sporadic disease in Canadian horses,…