Tag: Health

AHS: Over-Capacity Triggers

On any given day, hundreds of Albertans are admitted to hospital due to illness or injury. Their expectation – and rightly so – is that if they need a hospital bed, a hospital bed will be available to them. For the vast majority of patients, in the vast majority of occasions, this is the reality.…

March 10, 2015
Harper Government Moves Forward in Restricting Flavoured Cigars That Appeal to Youth

Amendments would close the loophole that allowed the marketing of certain flavoured cigars Delivering on a commitment made by the Prime Minister, the Government of Canada today announced proposed regulatory amendments to the Tobacco Act to further restrict flavours used to market cigars that appeal to youth. Despite success in reducing smoking rates among youth…

March 9, 2015
Statement by the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, on an announcement of a support package for Canadian survivors of Thalidomide

More than fifty years ago, Thalidomide was approved by Health Canada and prescribed to treat morning sickness in expectant mothers. Tragically, Thalidomide caused serious and permanent physical and emotional damage to mothers, children and families. On behalf of the Government of Canada, I would like to express heartfelt sympathy and great regret for the decades…

March 9, 2015
AHS Wellness Weekly News: Shift to Healthy Eating at Work

March is Nutrition Month Did you know that employees spend about 60 per cent of their waking hours at work and eat at least one meal while on shift? This means that making healthy food and drink choices at work can have an impact on our health and energy levels. March is Nutrition Month!…

March 9, 2015
High River’s Cancer Care…..close to home: We’re Almost There!

The Cancer Care…close to home campaign was launched in the spring of 2013 with the goal of the High River District Health Care Foundation and the Rotary Club of High River partnering to each raise $500,000 to support the expansion and enhancement of the High River Community Cancer Centre at the High River Hospital and…

March 8, 2015
A Technical Briefing Provided an Update on BSE Case in Alberta in February

This briefing took place in Ottawa on February 27, 2015. Paul Mayers, Vice President – Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency: We would like to provide an update on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s investigation into Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE, in a cow from Alberta. I would like to remind you that…

March 7, 2015
Forsyth Statement on Increasing ER Wait Times

CALGARY, AB – (Wednesday), Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth released the following statement on reports of dangerous conditions facing patients staring at increasing wait times. “This PC government continues to fail to take the pressure off our emergency system, and this neglect is taking a serious toll on patient care with new information showing patients…

March 6, 2015
Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Benefit from Yoga

Body and mind Yoga. The word may bring to mind pictures of people holding seemingly impossible poses. But it’s about more than just flexibility. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yog, meaning “union” (it’s related to English yoke). The practice of yoga is meant to be a union of the body and…

March 5, 2015
Rowan House: We Rose, We Marched, We Danced!

Rowan House would like to thank everyone who came out for our inaugural One Billion Rising event. We had a great turn-out for the march to raise awareness about violence against women, and we feel there was quite a positive response from people we passed through town. We’d also like to extend our gratitude…

March 5, 2015
Epoch Times: Unique Equine Program Helps Veterans Battle PTSD

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March 4, 2015
Healthy Development March Conversation Meeting

Just a reminder that the next regularly scheduled “Healthy Development” conversation meeting this coming Tuesday, March 3, 7:00pm at the Griffiths Centre. They had originally hoped that Gary Taylor from the Turner Valley Golf Course might be able to speak to the group about some of the thinking that has gone into the possibility…

March 2, 2015
When “Forever” Fades but the Ink Stays

PhD student develops new tattoo removal technology By Alana Milner It’s an all-too-familiar story: You meet someone. You fall in love. You show your love by getting your partner’s name tattooed on your arm. A few months or years later, your partner leaves — but your broken love remains forever inked on your bicep. Tattoos…

February 28, 2015
PM Harper and Bill Gates renew call to advance global Maternal, Newborn and Child health priority

Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with Bill Gates (Wednesday) in Ottawa to discuss how to further leverage the strong leadership that Canada has demonstrated in promoting maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in order to ensure that it remains a global development priority and a prominent feature of the global post-2015 development agenda. They were…

February 27, 2015
University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing Announces New Chair Targeting Heart Health

DIL Walk Foundation partners on a research initiative led by Kathryn King-Shier focused on the South Asian community The Faculty of Nursing and the DIL Walk Foundation announced (Tuesday) the creation of the Guru Nanak Dev Ji DIL (Heart) Research Chair to benefit the study of cardiovascular health in the South Asian population. As chairholder, cardiovascular…

February 27, 2015
Consumer Product Update: Health Canada warns of potential risks of tattoo removal products

In Fall 2014, Health Canada received four separate incident reports concerning adverse reactions related to the use of tattoo removal products. Reported adverse reactions have included skin irritation and scarring. Tattoo removal products can include gels, creams or solutions applied topically or injected through the skin using a tattoo needle. These types of products are…

February 26, 2015