Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Media advisory: Acai weight-loss gimmicks circulating in Canada


Most weight-loss and anti-aging products where you see overprocessed, unrealistic looking people on the label, or near impossible "facts" about the product "Lose 10 lbs in less then ONE week!".. are usually completely untrue or contain a dangerous additive with many health risks. It is never a good idea to buy any products that are unregulated because you never know what's in them!
A truckload of Acia berry were stopped at the US-Canadian border. Health Canada is advising against the following products: Anti-Aging Acai Berry, Guarana Blast, Brazillian Pure, Anti-aging Vital Rez V, Weight Loss VitalAcai, Dietary Supplement Acai Power Blast and Muscle Mass.

For more information call toll-free: 1-866-234-2345
via Health Canada

Social networking for KIDS! Brought to you by Sick Kids.

Just in time for the holidays Sick Kids alongside Telus Communications has launched a social networking site for children. Kids' Health Links was founded in 2004 by Basile Papaevangelou and his daughter Christina to connect, through technology, children in health care facilities across Canada with friends and family, their teachers and schoolwork. Kids' Health Links technology solutions helps to alleviate stress, isolation and loneliness for children in medical care in order to help children heal faster and better to overcome traumatic medical experiences.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Canada to begin steps to creating a strategy for mental health


Out of the G8 countries, Canada is the only country missing a mental health strategy. Over the next two years the commission will gather ideas from all stakeholders within mental health to help create the strategy to address the mental health needs of Canadians.

For more information please visit the Mental Health Commision of Canada's official website

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Dec 1, 2009 World Aids Day




What is the World AIDS Campaign?

The World AIDS Campaign is a global coalition of national, regional and international civil society groups united by the call for governments to honour their AIDS commitments under the slogan Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise. The campaign is governed by a steering committee of global constituency-based networks and supported by a team of support staff based primarily in Cape Town, South Africa and partially in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.