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

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.

Health care workers, patients and experts have their say on the impact of the medical isotope shortage

Health care workers, patients and experts have their say on the impact of the medical isotope shortage


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.


Is it just me or whenever people think words like "nuclear" and "radiation" a picture like this comes to mind...

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.

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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.

ER rooms

H1N1 Assessment Clinics

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!

• 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
• South East Toronto Family Health Team - Monday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. 840 Coxwell Ave., Suite 105
• 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
• Humber River Regional Hospital - Monday - Sunday, 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Finch Professional Building, 2115 Finch Ave. W., Main Floor
• 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.

For more info visit: http://www.toronto.ca/health/cdc/h1n1/assessment.htm

via Toronto Public Health

H1N1 - 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.







I don't let these one-sided videos steer my decision of the vaccine. Much more to come on this topic