Tag: Health

  • Encapsulated Stem Cells Could Accelerate Wound Healing in Horses

    Encapsulated Stem Cells Could Accelerate Wound Healing in Horses

    By Cornell University Baker Institute for Animal Health A team of Cornell University scientists has shown that equine stem cells confined inside tiny capsules secrete substances that help heal simulated wounds in cell cultures, opening up new ways of delivering these substances to the locations in the body where they can hasten healing. The capsules…

  • Millarville Parent Council – Did You Know: Pinterest, New School Sites and more

    Millarville Parent Council – Did You Know: Pinterest, New School Sites and more

    From the April 14, 2015 meeting Did you know? • New Learning Coach at MCS! Please welcome Karli Alm. She will be invaluable in helping to meet the needs of all students in their specific needs for learning. She is filling Pam Irving’s position. • Pinterest can help you help your child?! – Check out Team…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: What are you Doing for your Mental Health?

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: What are you Doing for your Mental Health?

    Mental Health Week, May 4-10, 2015 Each year, more than 500,000 Albertans visit a doctor about their mental health. Taking care of your health means taking care of your mind too. Engaging in physical activity, eating healthy foods, practicing gratitude and having fun are all small steps that can improve your mental health and help…

  • Greener Medical Research: Pediatrics Laboratory Honoured With Sustainability Leadership Award

    Greener Medical Research: Pediatrics Laboratory Honoured With Sustainability Leadership Award

      By Amy Hewko Jason Dyck’s laboratory is a campus leader: it is the first laboratory on campus to receive a Campus Sustainability Leadership Award for its efforts to maintain environmentally friendly research practices. In November 2014, the laboratory also became the first in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry to receive Green Spaces Certification…

  • “Healthy Development” Group Schedule Walks

    “Healthy Development” Group Schedule Walks

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Submitted by Chris Weingarth This is the first of the walks scheduled as follow up to the April 7 “Healthy Development” meeting where we continued the conversation about “Pathways & Trails” development in Black Diamond and Turner Valley. At that last meeting we heard presentations by Gary Taylor, General Manager at the Turner Valley…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Considering Contacts?

    Many Canadians opt to wear contact lenses instead of glasses. Contacts offer many benefits: they don’t slide down your nose or fog up in winter, they don’t bounce up and down while you play sports, and they’re less obvious than glasses. Just remember to remove your contacts and wear glasses if you suffer from any…

  • Alberta Party: Make Strategic Investments in Healthcare to Improve Service and Reduce Costs

    Alberta Party: Make Strategic Investments in Healthcare to Improve Service and Reduce Costs

    By Greg Clark, leader of the Alberta Party The PCs have made us too dependent on oil… Now they want to raise your taxes and introduce healthcare premiums (which don’t go to healthcare) while they cut healthcare services by $1 billion.  The PCs’ latest budget cuts health spending, while ignoring inflation and the 80,000 people…

  • Thalidomide Victims Gravely Concerned by Health Canada’s Silence

    Thalidomide Victims Gravely Concerned by Health Canada’s Silence

    Despite unanimous vote of Parliament in December, Health Canada officials refuse to provide any details of their proposed support for the living victims of Canada’s worst-ever drug tragedy. OTTAWA /CNW/ – The group representing the living victims of Canada’s worst-ever drug tragedy left a two-hour meeting with Health Canada officials in a state of shock and…

  • Equine Dental Health

    Equine Dental Health

      A Guide To Equine Dental Care Like humans, horses get two sets of teeth in their lifetime. The baby teeth (also called deciduous teeth) are only temporary. Normally, a horse will have a full set of baby teeth by the age of 9 months. These teeth will start to be replaced around the age…

  • Community spirit helps Parkinson SuperWalk hit the 25-year mark

    Community spirit helps Parkinson SuperWalk hit the 25-year mark

      TORONTO, ON – Back in 1990 when seven members of the Toronto (Ontario) Chapter held the first SuperWalk, it’s likely that they dreamed about bigger success in the future. Twenty-five years later, after steady growth, Parkinson SuperWalk inspires participation by more than 14,000 walkers and volunteers in more than 115 communities from coast to…

  • Researchers get under the skin to develop new transplant technique

    Researchers get under the skin to develop new transplant technique

    Research reveals new possibilities for islet and stem cell transplantation to treat diabetes and other diseases. (Edmonton) James Shapiro, one of the world’s leading experts in emerging treatments of diabetes, can’t help but be excited about his latest research. The results, he says, could soon mark a new standard for treatment—not only for diabetes, but…

  • The Tooth Fairy Children’s Foundation launches ‘3’s for These’ campaign

    The Tooth Fairy Children’s Foundation launches ‘3’s for These’ campaign

      Just $33.33 puts 100 toothbrushes into the hands of children who don’t have any! (Calgary, Alberta) – April is National Oral Health Awareness Month and in support, the Calgary-based Tooth Fairy Children’s Foundation has launched its new 3’s for These fundraising campaign aimed at placing toothbrushes into the hands of children (who don’t have…

  • New safety information for prescription-strength ibuprofen: Risk of heart attack and stroke at high doses

    New safety information for prescription-strength ibuprofen: Risk of heart attack and stroke at high doses

      Health Canada is working with the Canadian manufacturers of prescription oral ibuprofen products to update the safety information regarding the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects (e.g., heart attack and stroke) when these products are used at high doses (at 2400 mg/day). This risk increases with dose and duration of use. Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal…

  • Longview Legacy Walking/Jogging Path Being Planned

      The Longview Arts, Recreation and Community (ARC) Society is planning to construct a one-kilometre pathway along the top of the ridge overlooking the Highwood River west of Longview. The total cost is estimated to be about $162,000, of which $81,550 has been raised already: $1,550 in community fundraisers, $35,000 from the Legacy Oil and…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week

      National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week (NOTDAW) April 19 – 25, 2015 is a week to honour organ and tissue donors and their families who have so graciously given the precious gift of life and improved health to many individuals who require a transplant. This is also a week to heighten awareness around…