Tag: Health

  • Health Canada: Food Safety Tips for Thanksgiving

    Health Canada: Food Safety Tips for Thanksgiving

    It is a tradition in many Canadian homes to serve poultry (turkey, chicken and duck) at Thanksgiving. However, if poultry isn’t prepared, cooked or stored properly, you and your family could be in danger of getting food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness). While cooking poultry to the proper internal temperature kills harmful bacteria in…

  • Fire Prevention Week: Fire Safety for Seniors

    Fire Prevention Week: Fire Safety for Seniors

    The two leading causes of fire deaths and injuries among older adults are smoking materials and the misuse of portable space heaters. TIPS TO REMEMBER: Smokers should have a designated area away from upholstered materials, such as the kitchen table. Never smoke in bed while reading – it is too easy to fall asleep and…

  • Kidde Recalls Residential Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms

    Kidde Recalls Residential Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms

    Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Kidde Affected products This recall involves Kidde branded AC/DC powered residential smoke alarms and combination smoke/CO alarms, models KN-COSM-IBACA, i12010S-CO-CA and i12010S-CA. AC/DC Combination Alarm 120v with front load battery backup Model #: KN-COSM-IBACA Kidde part #: 900-0119 UPC code:…

  • Fire Prevention Week: Farm Safety

    Fire Prevention Week: Farm Safety

    LIFE-SAVING TIPS: Install smoke alarms inside and outside all bedrooms and in all principal buildings. Install the appropriate fire extinguishers in key areas. Work with the local fire department to develop and practice a fire escape plan with family and employees, and determine a meeting place. Identify who may require special assistance (the elderly and…

  • AHS: Secret of our ‘Access’

    AHS: Secret of our ‘Access’

    Mental health info in Calgary just a phone call away Story and photo by Janet Mezzarobba Dheny Rivas has struggled with depression since she was seven years old. By the time Rivas was a teenager; she was desperate for help and decided to take action. “I went through a period of being completely housebound and…

  • Fire Prevention Week: Smoke Kills

    Fire Prevention Week: Smoke Kills

    Hundreds of people die in residential fires in Canada every year. In many fires that have been extinguished in their early stages, people have been found dead of smoke inhalation without having suffered burns. It has been conservatively estimated that many of these lives could have been saved by the installation of properly functioning smoke…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness Tip: Stop Stigma, Learn More About Mental Illness

    AHS Weekly Wellness Tip: Stop Stigma, Learn More About Mental Illness

    Each year, more than 500,000 Albertans visit a doctor about their mental health. Although there are many types of mental health problems, the most common ones are clinical depression and anxiety disorders. Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 5 – 11, gives Alberta Health Services an opportunity to provide information designed to help Albertans be more…

  • Government of Canada announces a second mobile lab and team to be deployed to West Africa to assist in the Ebola outbreak

    Government of Canada announces a second mobile lab and team to be deployed to West Africa to assist in the Ebola outbreak

    Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, with Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Gregory Taylor, announced the deployment of a second mobile lab team to West Africa. (On Saturday), the Public Health Agency of Canada deployed a second mobile laboratory and two additional Agency scientists to Sierra Leone to join the…

  • Fire Prevention Week: Smoke Alarms in Your Home

    Fire Prevention Week: Smoke Alarms in Your Home

    LOCATING/INSTALLING SMOKE ALARMS: Read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions carefully. For best performance, an alarm should be mounted on the ceiling in or near the centre of the room, hall or stairway, and at the head of each stairway leading to an occupied area. Optimum location for wall mounts is at least 15 cm (6…

  • Home Smoke Alarm Basics

    Home Smoke Alarm Basics

    This NFPA video provides the latest information on types of smoke alarms you need, their placement and special features. Working smoke alarms give you early warning to help you escape a fire.

  • Auditor General Report on Chronic Disease Management

    Auditor General Report on Chronic Disease Management

    Merwan Saher, Auditor General of Alberta, released his office’s audit into how the Department of Health and Alberta Health Services manage healthcare delivery for individuals with chronic disease—a long-lasting condition that usually becomes worse and often cannot be cured. The purpose of chronic disease management is to provide care that helps people with chronic disease…

  • New Clinic Helps Heart Patients Who Can’t Stand To Stand Up

    New Clinic Helps Heart Patients Who Can’t Stand To Stand Up

    Libin Institute backs new clinic and research for sufferers of orthostatic intolerance Dr. Satish Raj is a cardiac electrophysiologist with big plans to help patients with a hard-to-treat condition called orthostatic intolerance. “Basically these patients do not deal well with gravity,” says Dr. Raj,  an alumnus from the clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship program at the…

  • Ebola outbreak is nearing possible end in Nigeria and Senegal

    Ebola outbreak is nearing possible end in Nigeria and Senegal

    Strong emergency operations center, polio eradication experience keys to success The Ebola outbreak in Nigeria appears to be nearing a possible end due to a rapid response coordinated by Nigeria’s Emergency Operations Center with assistance from international partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The official end to an Ebola outbreak comes when…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Food, fitness, and fun for the whole family

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Food, fitness, and fun for the whole family

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] The dietary goals for children and their families are well-balanced, healthy meals and a healthy approach to eating. These changes should be considered permanent rather than a temporary eating plan for rapid weight loss. Here are some tips for eating a healthy, well-balanced diet: Avoid skipping meals (especially breakfast). Try to include foods from…

  • Animal Health Week emphasizes responsible use of antibiotics

    Animal Health Week emphasizes responsible use of antibiotics

    Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) would like to recognize Animal Health Week by drawing attention to the important role played by veterinarians in keeping animals, and, in turn, humans, healthy through the appropriate use of antibiotics. This year’s Animal Health Week theme is “Our…