tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60502254692346557042024-02-18T22:49:15.538-08:00Keep it healthy.A blog written through the lenses of a Canadian health professional and consumer with a passion for physical and mental health promotion and disease prevention.iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-84628865809280389732010-05-04T11:54:00.000-07:002010-05-04T12:02:47.075-07:002010 Walk for Hope Schizophrenia Society<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijLFD9nOFbPiJTvBQKPIDUqMz83lY73NCTnIIrz-VAB-U-p15FM45yMN5h4Jzy4NcNC29JD5ItnMPOp2_Hl_bGfmXyEKZlRTuK8crxXFWPSHc_A0ZACxMwFtZ8bs0fu0C3LMzXS5gBDTY/s1600/rose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijLFD9nOFbPiJTvBQKPIDUqMz83lY73NCTnIIrz-VAB-U-p15FM45yMN5h4Jzy4NcNC29JD5ItnMPOp2_Hl_bGfmXyEKZlRTuK8crxXFWPSHc_A0ZACxMwFtZ8bs0fu0C3LMzXS5gBDTY/s400/rose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467491448549991122" /></a><br />This spring the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario will host its annual Walk of Hope in 11 communities across Ontario. Families, friends, and supporters will come together at the Shortest Walk for the Biggest Cause to show their support, and raise funds for SSO's programs, services and research. <br /><br />Since its inception the Walk of Hope has raised nearly a million dollars. This year, help us raise $165,000 to improve the quality of life for those affected by schizophrenia. <br /><br />I hope that you will support myself and my colleagues with a donation to help us reach our fundraising goal! <br /><br />Secure online donations can be made with your credit card and an electronic tax receipt will be sent to you by email. You can make an online donation now! Click the link below:<br /><br /><a href="http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=2576168 ">http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=2576168 </a><br /><br />For more information about the 2010 Walk of Hope, or to join us on May 16, 2010 11:30 AM, please visit <a href="www.walkofhope.ca">www.walkofhope.ca</a>.<br /><br />To learn more about the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, please visit <a href="www.schizophrenia.on.ca">www.schizophrenia.on.ca</a>.iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-43802290473575306642010-04-09T20:50:00.000-07:002010-04-09T20:53:27.593-07:00PR: Smiley Faces Foundation To Present Inaugural Event At Red Bull Space On Tuesday, April 27th<em>Photography exhibition featuring work by Peter Lindberg, Markus Klinko & Indrani, Cliff Watts, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Nigel Barker, Timothy White and other renowned photographers.</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwtBx3mJKjvzk9ZPezDyIai0L3TReLe-3x2y5Cjtiyey-HJExMMXbcb1S8urdOpywvk6L_s4ayUV3TNcF5jN_RlPmIczlnGs9b3aj5mTUA2u0DjwlbybvoRmPm9AUhg6GDljCDLlixhbV/s1600/smiley.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwtBx3mJKjvzk9ZPezDyIai0L3TReLe-3x2y5Cjtiyey-HJExMMXbcb1S8urdOpywvk6L_s4ayUV3TNcF5jN_RlPmIczlnGs9b3aj5mTUA2u0DjwlbybvoRmPm9AUhg6GDljCDLlixhbV/s400/smiley.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458351762106122194" /></a><br /><br />WHO: Adam Bell to present the Smiley Faces Foundation inaugural event on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The evening will be sponsored by Red Bull, Kiehl’s, TyKu and Todd English’s Juliet with music by DJ Mick Boogie and Locksley. <br /> <br />WHAT: Smiley Faces Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery’s Cleft Lip & Palate Team located at NYU Langone Medical Center. Formed in 2009 by Adam Bell, the Foundation raises awareness as well as funds to assist the Institute in providing proper treatment for all children in need of cleft lip and palate repair throughout the United States. The inaugural Smiley Faces Foundation event will showcase portraits from children’s photo shoots with world-renowned photographers. Through their images of children who have undergone cleft repair at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, these creative icons will present their unique interpretations of what a Smiley Face means to them. Tickets to the event are $150 and are available for purchase by visiting http://www.smileyfacesny.com/gala. To participate in the online auction visit charitybuzz.com/smileyfaces. For more information on Smiley Faces Foundation visit http://smileyfacesny.com/. <br /> <br />WHEN: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 <br />9pm-midnight <br />6-8pm pre-event reception with children featured in the portraits and their families. <br />Press check-in 5:45pm, RSVP required. <br /> <br />WHERE: Red Bull Space <br /> 40 Thompson Street & Watts Street <br /><br />Available for select interviews-- "America's Next Top Model" Star Nigel Barker and the Bravo "Double Exposure" stars Markus, Indrani, GK Reid all participating <br />Founder and Seventeen Exec Editor Adam Bell(previously Vogue/Harpers and Men's Journal Editor) <br />NYU Top Docs/Families/Kids <br /><br />For interviews call: <br />Donnetta Campbell <br />203 434 3548 <br />dc@campbellpublicity.comiwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-48507744110736702402010-02-06T10:45:00.000-08:002010-02-06T10:47:45.468-08:00Keep it Trendy - My generation is AWESOME!GLOBAL YOUTH STUDY REVEALS A GENERATION TRANSFORMED<br />The World’s 20-Somethings Are Marching Toward Change <br /><br /><br />NEW YORK—Feb. 4, 2010—For the first time in modern history, a generation of young people has been not born, but reborn. The once-labeled Millennial Generation of people now in their 20s were lamented as pampered, unfocused and even solipsistic. But the launch of a historic global leadership summit called One Young World is emerging as a generational hinge: The 20-somethings who were once mocked for their self-focus have revealed themselves as the Real-Time Generation, engaged in the world, armed with the power of social media and narrowcast communications, and defiantly marching toward change. <br /><br />Although the One Young World Inaugural Summit on Feb. 8-10, 2010, might be the flashpoint of this transformation, the millennials’ emergence as a modern-day iteration of the Great Generation has been developing for years. But only the lead-up to the February summit—which called for the organization of thousands of young people from all the world’s 192 counties, in addition to coordinating assistance from Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, among other such leaders—has revealed the true extent of the transformation.<br /><br />In preparation for One Young World, Euro RSCG Worldwide, the global communications firm behind the summit, worked with market research agency YouGovStone to produce one of the most far-reaching and comprehensive studies of global youth opinion ever undertaken. The results uncovered the existence of an astonishing consensus among young people from regions as disparate as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North America and Australasia.<br /><br />Two-thirds of the world’s young people agree, according to the One Young World Global Youth Study, that climate change will seriously affect their lives, and 82 percent of them see warming as a threat to future generations. This kind of game-changing consensus among young people extends to the corporate world, which two-thirds of young people think has too much power, and to the role of the media in promoting political freedom.<br /><br />Leading trendspotter and Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, North America, President Marian Salzman interprets the stereotype-shattering results as defining facets of a generational personality. Salzman recent explained to PRWeek that the Millennial Generation has in fact emerged as the Un-Millennial Generation, or, in her more positive coinage, the Real-Time Generation.<br /><br />It’s this conception of a generation that has never known life without the unbounded access of the Internet, and has never been muzzled by the high threshold of traditional media communication, that explains both the unexpected consensus found by the One Young World Global Youth Study as well as the worldwide buzz of initiative drawing young people from around the world to the One Young World summit.<br /><br />Salzman has isolated 10 trends that mark the Real-Time Generation and provide a user’s manual to understanding the effect they will have—and are already having—on the world:<br /><br />• The Real-Time Generation has real-time expectations. If information or communication is not happening in real time, it’s not considered relevant or even interesting.<br /><br />• Life is lived locally by the Real-Time Generation. In a strange twist, the universality of social media lets 20-somethings locally configure their social networks and online information.<br /><br />• Radical transparency is an assumed part of their lives. Reality TV and the openness of the Internet means that for the Real-Time Generation, if it exists or occurred, it can be found online.<br /><br />• The world is free, or at least cheap. The Real-Time Generation came up in the age of inexpensive manufacturing and free Web service. To them, rock-bottom prices are simply expected.<br /><br />• Luxury is the norm. The steep rise in standards of living and the proliferation of what once were considered luxury goods got the Real-Times used to the good life.<br /><br />• Entertainment is a must. Whether it’s to learn a new language, make a phone call or even pump gas into their car, entertainment is an ever-present reality that Real-Times won’t go without. <br /><br />• Global concern underpins their lives. Even as they insist on entertainment, they’re ardent about the environment, economic justice, world health and poverty.<br /><br />• Pro-business, but anti-multinational, the Real-Time Generation sees global business as a potential for positive change but is well aware of its tendency toward excess and abuse.<br /><br />• Media bias is understood as a constant, and, thus, regulation is required, according to Real-Times, to ensure that the media maintains its independence from government and business.<br /><br />• Naturally focused on “me,” but aspiring to “we,” the Real-Time Generation learned from boomer parents about the primacy of individuality but still believes that no individual is truly happy while others suffer.iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-91356734658243427192010-02-04T19:23:00.000-08:002010-02-04T19:28:51.464-08:00The Global Health Agenda<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4JAp3H9DAm98rhEq01EvXhq6SC0EPc2WRl-UHbZITKUX8w4YYTW-gCVfLpRie_4h5fG49GufVTXWw88uwMeEsDriUhLoP_f54jb7Ss9pSdYUKp9uO4xgTsqrJtkdG5s0rCQskFISE6mn/s1600-h/one.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4JAp3H9DAm98rhEq01EvXhq6SC0EPc2WRl-UHbZITKUX8w4YYTW-gCVfLpRie_4h5fG49GufVTXWw88uwMeEsDriUhLoP_f54jb7Ss9pSdYUKp9uO4xgTsqrJtkdG5s0rCQskFISE6mn/s400/one.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434596128981207122" /></a><br /><br />U.S. Contact:<br />Donnetta Campbell<br />203 434 3548<br />donnettacc@yahoo.com <br /><br /><br />Topic: The Global Health Agenda ~ Wednesday February 10th 12:15-13:30<br />Resolution:<br />In the belief that all humans have the right to healthcare and nutrition, we call upon: businesses, governments and civil society to work together more effectively to prioritise spreading information about and providing access to good healthcare and nutrition.<br />Stage Speakers:<br />Bada Ajarat - Nigeria<br />Topic:<br />• Role of Businesses, the Government and Civil Society to ensure the spread information about and providing access to good healthcare and nutrition<br />Bio: NA<br />Pierre Roca – French<br /> Topic:<br />• Detailed range from prevention and education to the role of organizations in ensuring good global health<br />Bio: NA<br />Ruth Zlochevsky – Brazil<br /> Topic:<br />• Food fortification to combat malnutrition<br />• Childhood Obesity<br />Bio:<br />• Student of Economics from the University of São Paulo<br />• Current exchange student at the University of Manchester, in the UK<br />• Provided education to children in slums and worked with an indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon<br />Karl Benson Molina – Philippines<br /> Topic:<br />• Pagkaing Pag-pag: A look into a glaring illustration of hunger and malnutrition in the Philippines<br />Bio:<br />• 21 year old student at the University of the Philippines Diliman earning a BS Family Life and Child Development<br />• Lived in Malaysia for two months as an Exchange Participant with AIESEC where I taught in an orphanage<br />Floor Speakers:<br />Wen Yu Weng - Thailand<br />Topic:<br />• Collaboration with the local is essential in solving many of the world health problems<br />Benjamin Graueb – Switzerland<br /> Topic:<br />• Hunger and malnutrition are still the most widespread global health challenges with almost one billion people living without adequate nutrition<br />Ilgun Byukba – Turkey<br />• Sexual and reproductive health<br />- Hide quoted text -<br /><br />www.oneyoungworld.com UPDATE<br /> <br />With less than 7 days to go before the One Young World Inaugural Summit<br />kicks off in London on Feb. 8, 657 delegates from 107 countries are<br />confirmed, with another 47 delegates awaiting visas. The expected<br />attendance will make the summit the largest global youth leadership<br />gathering ever held.<br />The world’s largest emerging nations lead the delegate pack. China is to be<br />represented with 35 delegates, India with 32 and Brazil with 27, while host<br />country the United Kingdom will be represented with 16 delegates and the<br />United States with 22.<br />Just as exciting as the strong presence of youth from emerging nations is<br />the remarkably deep field of delegates from smaller countries—Bangladesh<br />(11), Ethiopia (6), Guyana (2), Nepal (4) and Vietnam (4), to name just a<br />handful—guaranteeing a truly global summit and environment for young<br />leaders to meet and address the most challenging issues of today.<br />All these hundreds of young people from 107 countries (and counting) will<br />be guided in plenary sessions on topics ranging from climate change to<br />global health to interfaith dialogue by a group of international luminaries<br />including Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Bob Geldof. The inaugural<br />London summit on Feb. 8-10, 2010, will be open to the entire globe and<br />people of all ages through online streaming and real-time updatesiwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-50594900958347394502010-01-12T19:47:00.000-08:002010-01-12T20:13:22.034-08:00POOF!! Your lower back injury is healed..The Canadian Physiotherapy has responded to outrageous and uninformed claims by two top newspapers in North America. This is a regulated health profession that uses evidence-based research to guide their practise - as ALL health professions. Equating physiotherapy with "voodoo" and essentially belittling the profession.<br /><a href="http://www.physiotherapy.ca"><center><img src=http://www.physiotherapy.ca/images/CPA-Icons_02.gif></center></a><br />'The articles, titled "Some physical therapy may be a stretch" and "Treat me, but no tricks please" suggest that ice, heat, ultrasound and other modalities are "voodoo" treatments. CPA wants Canadians to know that there is scientific evidence for the use of these modalities as part of a comprehensive treatment plan which would also include education, exercise, and manual therapy as prescribed by physiotherapists.' <br />-CNW Group<br /><br />This is quite unfortunate as I suffer with chronic lower back pain from a car accident mixed in with occupation-related hazards (note: one of the challenges with nursing is caring for patients with mobility issues). I treat this problem with chiropractic, physiotherapy, massage therapy, yoga and exercise together. All of these therapies combined are extremely important for my recovery and overall wellness. I do admit that I will use analgesics (pain relief medications) such as ibuprofen (aka Advil) or acetaminophen (aka Tyelenol) only with onset of acute pain. <br /><br />For more information on this profession visit www.physiotherapy.ca<br /><br />Thoughts about physiotherapy? Complementary therapy?iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-75451232575967807662009-12-08T09:22:00.000-08:002009-12-08T09:32:39.255-08:00Media advisory: Acai weight-loss gimmicks circulating in Canada<a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/images/media/advisories-avis/2009/2009_197.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 540px; height: 581px;" src="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/images/media/advisories-avis/2009/2009_197.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />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! <br />A truckload of Acia berry were stopped at the US-Canadian border. Health Canada is advising against the following products: <strong>Anti-Aging Acai Berry, Guarana Blast, Brazillian Pure, Anti-aging Vital Rez V, Weight Loss VitalAcai, Dietary Supplement Acai Power Blast and Muscle Mass</strong>.<br /><br />For more information call toll-free: 1-866-234-2345<br />via Health CanadaiwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-64383509859431707702009-12-08T08:47:00.000-08:002010-05-04T11:54:20.525-07:00Social 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 <strong>alleviate stress, isolation and loneliness for children in medical care in order to help children heal faster and better to overcome traumatic medical experiences</strong>.iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-68065255061875042842009-12-03T19:41:00.000-08:002009-12-03T19:49:57.525-08:00Canada to begin steps to creating a strategy for mental health<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj34DkkoJ5Sk7BzeeS_VscBYsWdPOFv_34KGDKOcA3CdeuLU3KtwbkAXzf_lmojtklDBilP5rbHJjhd5oMee4QeIVLb9Tw-w9MS-TCgzY-A-NFeOFcv4P3SWljinHoJDjo1DDWeHvuuXcs/s1600-h/mhcc_logo.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 173px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj34DkkoJ5Sk7BzeeS_VscBYsWdPOFv_34KGDKOcA3CdeuLU3KtwbkAXzf_lmojtklDBilP5rbHJjhd5oMee4QeIVLb9Tw-w9MS-TCgzY-A-NFeOFcv4P3SWljinHoJDjo1DDWeHvuuXcs/s320/mhcc_logo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411223071550404946" /></a><br />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. <br /><br />For more information please visit the <a href="http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/english/pages/default.aspx">Mental Health Commision of Canada's </a>official websiteiwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-41143656520334613732009-12-01T07:02:00.000-08:002009-12-01T07:20:49.255-08:00Dec 1, 2009 World Aids Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQoTCotTF6P4HJJAUfeQaqXbbybac7l2wESeY_7MCSsaCHA9Jf9qS1jPh51S5qjY8peYGC81_RaqhGmy7pvC6OH1wsot5CGBwqnjd26RGeooOAcjrqgSA_9JHJetkoGTpmCMSoWA9QKMH/s1600/well.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQoTCotTF6P4HJJAUfeQaqXbbybac7l2wESeY_7MCSsaCHA9Jf9qS1jPh51S5qjY8peYGC81_RaqhGmy7pvC6OH1wsot5CGBwqnjd26RGeooOAcjrqgSA_9JHJetkoGTpmCMSoWA9QKMH/s320/well.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287767778732338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5yDgF9QfTNHHAIUDY7OoP8V-HL0vju3E8k2G4oWO_MDJHBClQ6h80MovEx0HkgFBN4JxXbb8aJz9StQE7WseQ_Hj1itTQgoXGF_CWQK1YO2CLuvFwxg_33qEYvfYdluqqPKTn8vfRAjn/s1600/treatment.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5yDgF9QfTNHHAIUDY7OoP8V-HL0vju3E8k2G4oWO_MDJHBClQ6h80MovEx0HkgFBN4JxXbb8aJz9StQE7WseQ_Hj1itTQgoXGF_CWQK1YO2CLuvFwxg_33qEYvfYdluqqPKTn8vfRAjn/s320/treatment.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287763947421826" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/WAC">What is the World AIDS Campaign?</a><br /><br />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 <strong><font color=red>Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise. </font></strong> 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.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGMekHDJphQoNbBdzqtktWdQ5DDyBGZKjaFQafjMiuL6fXMtYJdBnWCV2ZNpFWOatM9xVgK1h5i5f1LpCm21w-fnQtgCGL4RDXO81dtCRwZ2NmD2gJA5vnzL8ZJpA8H8VtqS_n_OcEICo/s1600/accepted.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGMekHDJphQoNbBdzqtktWdQ5DDyBGZKjaFQafjMiuL6fXMtYJdBnWCV2ZNpFWOatM9xVgK1h5i5f1LpCm21w-fnQtgCGL4RDXO81dtCRwZ2NmD2gJA5vnzL8ZJpA8H8VtqS_n_OcEICo/s320/accepted.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410286747436425250" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_rm_bfPnr99WaU2lv9rixGPIyazr5qvoMUGUtsdp-AtTvv8p5CpNdghUX33oOXwOVx6IUb0lhAtk6-s7jZE0zOrYmRqBYZbWFfmJ36o0CsIy3JR_ISgRhh8TfGMoVC4J9Ve_qZcU8g0x/s1600/safe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_rm_bfPnr99WaU2lv9rixGPIyazr5qvoMUGUtsdp-AtTvv8p5CpNdghUX33oOXwOVx6IUb0lhAtk6-s7jZE0zOrYmRqBYZbWFfmJ36o0CsIy3JR_ISgRhh8TfGMoVC4J9Ve_qZcU8g0x/s320/safe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410287758923086258" /></a>iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-17198623809875549532009-11-26T10:23:00.000-08:002009-11-26T11:00:22.603-08:00Health care workers, patients and experts have their say on the impact of the medical isotope shortage<a href="http://smr.newswire.ca/en/united-for-secure-stable-supply-of-medical-isotopes/health-care-workers-patients-and-experts-have-their">Health care workers, patients and experts have their say on the impact of the medical isotope shortage</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0t8zFkeQ-HKO1nOrDfATTnB1PX9iwkOfQ8DN6juOpWalO6CA_aM-BKTWhLElJGlHTy5VVJwu3KVSlY_3vSLyMoJA0pW1yHRvitkj7Qxm0x0Rle0aTa60_HjCirNQMSUJFzNm-g-XGVcX/s1600/tc99.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0t8zFkeQ-HKO1nOrDfATTnB1PX9iwkOfQ8DN6juOpWalO6CA_aM-BKTWhLElJGlHTy5VVJwu3KVSlY_3vSLyMoJA0pW1yHRvitkj7Qxm0x0Rle0aTa60_HjCirNQMSUJFzNm-g-XGVcX/s320/tc99.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408487745640432786" /></a><br />Click on the above link for the full update on this shut down of the Chalk River nuclear medicine reactor. I was not aware until this story that CANADA has an enormous impact in the exportation of medical isotopes. Unfortunately there is no explanation as to WHY? (maintenance? sick workers? finances?) Ummmmm... what are medical isotopes? In a nutshell they are "safe radioactive substance used to diagnose ilness". They essentially help pick out the small details of our organs and vessels that doctors cannot pick-up just looking at an image alone. The main isotope is called Tc-99 it can be used for bone, brain scans etc - often times for cancer patients. <br /><br /><br />Is it just me or whenever people think words like "nuclear" and "radiation" a picture like this comes to mind...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_jAHnNpNvz5D6N-YJUetUinUwXb_q3v2yxBzjn69k1W1bGo-6ufp-67r9F228VI593RNGT1dTDvl_qVWFzpLgOn_k7oRi_bFLJlJQlk3VpwRY412lQ2lT9Wv1Kuejxqhrg9eZssZY_zh/s1600/nuclear.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_jAHnNpNvz5D6N-YJUetUinUwXb_q3v2yxBzjn69k1W1bGo-6ufp-67r9F228VI593RNGT1dTDvl_qVWFzpLgOn_k7oRi_bFLJlJQlk3VpwRY412lQ2lT9Wv1Kuejxqhrg9eZssZY_zh/s320/nuclear.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408488415932133922" /></a>iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-67367064616216768072009-11-25T22:24:00.001-08:002009-11-25T22:27:31.158-08:00Fleishman-Hillard Proud to Sponsor Mental Illness Awareness Week and the Champions of Mental Health Awards.<a href=http://www.fleishman.ca/2009/10/fleishman-hillard-proud-to-sponsor-mental-illness-awareness-week-and-the-champions-of-mental-health-awards/>Fleishman-Hillard Proud to Sponsor Mental Illness Awareness Week and the Champions of Mental Health Awards.</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><br /><br />This is great! But as a mental health professional working in a large urban hospital in Toronto. We did not catch wind of this! We are so passionate and would have loved to attend/participate.. perhaps next year.iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-30947142406782959242009-11-25T21:57:00.001-08:002009-11-25T21:59:10.462-08:00ER rooms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIO7aHzpdb84gRvRzMUIGBgJSC5JZ2iWgev7p_4cpQcUzbbbKRNbqFXODjnxDuWEv30K6Y3Cyl19yUHQFDhjhr13t3aF7Gq7tqQD8QHQdmnB4FFlYHRYLEGHRbqU1sxm7yhJMDJXS9otO/s1600/health_cartoon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIO7aHzpdb84gRvRzMUIGBgJSC5JZ2iWgev7p_4cpQcUzbbbKRNbqFXODjnxDuWEv30K6Y3Cyl19yUHQFDhjhr13t3aF7Gq7tqQD8QHQdmnB4FFlYHRYLEGHRbqU1sxm7yhJMDJXS9otO/s320/health_cartoon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408287603242388898" /></a>iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-57167904597930468422009-11-25T21:34:00.000-08:002009-11-25T21:47:51.254-08:00H1N1 Assessment Clinics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPka4GfBrYfSRbhbdFLhqW-JbJCZE7LMGCyFbtfr8g3OkRLKSP0cK2UiYPsdzmTlZ-GLBX13bhYVH90ya9DRcFQT2HOfHuaPIfd5Qi6lYDnZYjFuCydlmlJZqWBmKexOjvNiUM0-E8-ggO/s1600/logo_city.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPka4GfBrYfSRbhbdFLhqW-JbJCZE7LMGCyFbtfr8g3OkRLKSP0cK2UiYPsdzmTlZ-GLBX13bhYVH90ya9DRcFQT2HOfHuaPIfd5Qi6lYDnZYjFuCydlmlJZqWBmKexOjvNiUM0-E8-ggO/s320/logo_city.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408284858669908274" /></a><br /><br />Nov 19, 2009 Toronto - To help ease the burden on ER departments in the city of Toronto. Toronto Public Health as opened Flu ASsessment Centres (better late than never!) alongside hospitals and community health centres. If you live near to one, and are experiencing possible symptoms I highly recommend to try it out.. the wait will be much shorter!<br /><br />• The Scarborough Hospital - Monday - Friday, 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 3000 Lawrence Ave. E., Building A, 2nd Floor<br />• South East Toronto Family Health Team - Monday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. 840 Coxwell Ave., Suite 105<br />• York Community Services - Monday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 1651 Keele St., Main Floor<br />• Humber River Regional Hospital - Monday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Finch Professional Building, 2115 Finch Ave. W., Main Floor<br />• Sherbourne Health Centre - Monday - Friday, 1:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. , Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 333 Sherbourne St.<br /><br />For more info visit: http://www.toronto.ca/health/cdc/h1n1/assessment.htm <br /><br /><em>via Toronto Public Health</em>iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-84785474395752111802009-11-25T20:51:00.000-08:002009-11-25T21:03:29.382-08:00H1N1 - Conspiracy theory, extreme rare side effects, vitamin D the flu-killer?Below are a compilation of three videos I found on YouTUBE. I lent an ear to conspiracy theory as a possible perspective, took a peak at the abnormal rare side effect of the flu vaccine, but I did not finish the Vitamin D killer.. he bore me and his point is impractical. If we could all move to tropical climates we need not fear the flu! Sounds great, but ain't gonna happen.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDR-UJYms6w&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDR-UJYms6w&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QG5pj_TWJ6o&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QG5pj_TWJ6o&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rCadkv_8_5Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rCadkv_8_5Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I don't let these one-sided videos steer my decision of the vaccine. Much more to come on this topiciwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050225469234655704.post-15219821743072413052009-11-25T19:56:00.000-08:002009-11-25T21:56:06.252-08:00WeLCoMe To HeaLTHYThis blog aims to address your concerns related to health, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals in CANADA in the most user-friendly way. It will be a compilation breaking news, health information, and my own opinions and ideas both from a public consumer and a healthcare professional perspective. <strong>Whether we like it or not health is THE #1 factor in affecting our quality of life. </strong>I'll try my damn HARDEST to make it fun, informative and hopefully thought provoking.<br />Questions, information, ideas such as....<br />Should I or my loved one get the H1N1 vaccine? Mental illnesses are untreated as unnoticed because we view them as unattractive and frightening - we fear the unknown. *ALL BABY CRIBS MADE BY _______ MANUFACTURED FROM 1996-2005 ARE BEING RECALLED* Why does health insurance only cover certain prescription drugs? Where can I find a family doctor? Where does all the governments health care expenditures go? Why doesn't the government hire more nurses? What are the names of the top pharmaceutical companies? How will the government support me when I age? PREVENTABLE diseases such as diabetes II, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol cost the the public millions and dollars due to damage control and "patching up" their victims *NEW DRUG _____ HAS BEEN GETTING REPORT OF ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS OF SKIN RASHES* .... oh, and that's just the tip of the iceberg!iwantHLTHYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944062490115984370noreply@blogger.com1