Tag: Health

  • Blood Inventory in Critical Condition

    Blood Inventory in Critical Condition

    Canadian Blood Services launches urgent appeal for blood donors (CANADA) – Canadian Blood Services is appealing to all eligible donors to make a blood donation immediately to increase Canada’s critically low blood inventory. All blood donors are needed, in particular those with type O and A blood. “Without the help of Canadians we may have…

  • Pedalling On Dialysis Fuels Health Improvements: Study

    Pedalling On Dialysis Fuels Health Improvements: Study

    AHS boasts one of the largest renal exercise programs in Canada CALGARY — New research shows dialysis patients experience substantial health benefits if they exercise while undergoing dialysis. Patients who use a stationary bicycle for a portion of their regular dialysis sessions significantly improve leg strength and avoid some of the declines in health that…

  • Health Canada Expanded Recall: Linear recalls Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters

    Health Canada Expanded Recall: Linear recalls Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters

    The recalled Linear PERS transmitters are components of Linear PERS or personal emergency solutions products and allow users to push a button on the transmitter to summon assistance.  The transmitter may be worn as a pendant on a lanyard around the user’s neck, on a band around the user’s wrist or as a belt clip.…

  • Mental Health and Addiction Trailblazers Receive Lieutenant Governor’s Award

    Mental Health and Addiction Trailblazers Receive Lieutenant Governor’s Award

    Leaders on the mental health and addictions front are being honoured today with True Awards from the Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction. Lieutenant Governor Donald S. Ethell presented five awards for outstanding work to understand how mental illness and addiction develop, create approaches to help catch problems in early stages, offer supports…

  • Tap vs Bottled Water: What do you drink?

    Tap vs Bottled Water: What do you drink?

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] The bottled water industry is worth more than $170 billion, and North Americans are some of its most avid consumers, so much so that in the U.S., bottled water has surpassed milk and beer in terms of volume sold. In Canada, three out of 10 households drink bottled water at home, according to Statistics Canada. 1.…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness Tip: Youth head injuries during sport and recreation

    AHS Weekly Wellness Tip: Youth head injuries during sport and recreation

    According to the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, sport-related injury is the leading cause of emergency department visits in Alberta among teens aged 15-19 years. Concussion is a common sport related injury that often occurs during hockey, football, skiing and snowboarding. A concussion is a brain injury that occurs when the brain suddenly…

  • $12-million Boost for University of Calgary Institute for Public Health

    $12-million Boost for University of Calgary Institute for Public Health

    [break] Gail and David O’Brien, longstanding generous supporters of the University of Calgary, announced today a financial gift for the Institute for Public Health at the Cumming School of Medicine. The University of Calgary will continue to study ways of improving the health-care system and new ways to prevent disease, thanks to a $12-million donation from…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Bone-Building Buddy

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Bone-Building Buddy

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Our bodies need vitamin D to absorb calcium, the major building block of bone. It boosts the body’s ability to absorb calcium by up to 80%. Vitamin D becomes especially important as we get older, when calcium is less efficiently absorbed. Together, calcium and vitamin D can prevent osteoporosis, a condition where bones become…

  • Breakfast Equals Success in School

    Breakfast Equals Success in School

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] A recent study confirms that Canadians agree with the old adage “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” A recent poll revealed that 94 per cent of Canadian parents believe that having a nutritious breakfast is important in helping children succeed in school. Unfortunately, it appears that many children are not setup…

  • Healthy Tips From Pharmasave: Kids get Arthritis too

    Healthy Tips From Pharmasave: Kids get Arthritis too

    Juvenile arthritis affects 1 in 1,000 Canadian children under 16 years old. A child is generally diagnosed with juvenile arthritis if the signs and symptoms of arthritis (swelling, redness, stiffness, and warmth in the joints) last more than 6 weeks. Some children don’t feel any pain, but instead experience a very limited range of motion…

  • Government to Create Rural Health Care Action Plan

    Government to Create Rural Health Care Action Plan

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] A comprehensive review of health care in Alberta’s rural communities will ensure care is coordinated in an efficient and predictable manner. “I learned from my travels across Alberta this summer that many rural communities are seriously concerned about health care delivery. So I have tasked MLA Richard Starke to chair a review panel into…

  • How to Beat the Afternoon Slump

    How to Beat the Afternoon Slump

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Does afternoon slump, post-lunch dip, or midday crash sound familiar? Call it what you will, it’s a cycle that affects most of us to varying degrees. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. Researchers from the Work and Health Research Centre at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom found that during a typical work-week, office workers…

  • Prenatal Screening Test Could Limit Need for Amniocentesis

    Prenatal Screening Test Could Limit Need for Amniocentesis

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] CALGARY — Local researchers are evaluating a new prenatal screening test that assesses fetal DNA present in the mother’s blood to check for chromosomal disorders in the developing fetus. It is the first time the test, known as non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), is being evaluated on a large scale in Canada. The main benefit…

  • Watch For the 4 Symptoms Of Youth Depression

    Watch For the 4 Symptoms Of Youth Depression

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] The school year can be a stressful time for parents and youth alike. Adapting to new schedules, new teachers and new challenges can heighten existing mental health problems and illness. In Canada, data shows approximately 5% of male youth and 12% of female youth, age 12 to 19, have experienced a major depressive episode.…

  • Five Tips For Quick and Healthy School Lunches

    Five Tips For Quick and Healthy School Lunches

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] You’re out of bread, can’t find a water bottle and the school bus will arrive in four minutes. Is this a familiar scenario in your house? If making your child’s lunch seems stressful, here are five tips to ensure their lunchbox is filled with healthy, quick options. Think about balance: Use a lunch container…