Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting people living in Canada and diagnoses continue to be on the rise. In Alberta, an expert panel is now working on ways to lower the risk of severe outcomes and the strain on the health-care system in the years ahead.
Like many people, Grace Oben started working from home during the pandemic. The Calgary life coach gained more than 60 pounds.
On her doctor’s advice, Oben dropped the pops and processed food from her diet and started exercising every day.
“It was difficult because it was something that I wasn’t…
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Alberta wildfires: Experts address long-term mental, physical impacts of smoke
Summer in Alberta: another day, another smoke-filled sky.
A shift in wind direction pushed smoke from the wildfires in northern Alberta — near High Level and Fort Chipewyan — and the Northwest Territories south into central and southern Alberta.
“The bulk of the ongoing wildfire activity in our region is in the northern extreme of the province,” said Justin Shelley, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
He said there’s been quite a bit of fire activity and the wind shift transported the smoke south.
“It’s widespread across the province as of today,” Shelley said Friday.
He said wind…
Southlake Regional Health Center facing a $9.55M deficit
The hospital reflects positively on year of achievements in the annual report, but says the funding gap remains an ongoing issue
Southlake Regional Health Center remains optimistic about its past year despite ongoing fiscal challenges that include an approximately $9.55-million deficit.
The fiscal numbers were released as part of its 2022-23 annual report July 13. The report highlighted many of the hospital’s successes but showed a gap between expenses and funding in the hospital’s $555-million budget for the year.
After having a slight surplus in 2021-22, treasurer Diana Brouwer reported that the loss of one-time funding put the hospital back…
Read Metropolitan Police statement in full as presenter named by wife
As the wife of Huw Edwards revealed on Wednesday evening that he was the BBC presenter at the center of allegations of over payment for sexually explicit images, two police forces have determined that no criminal offense was committed.
Neither force is taking any further action with regards to the allegations, with the BBC confirming that it will resume its “fact-finding investigations” to ensure “due process and a thorough assessment of the facts, whilst continuing to be mindful of our duty of care to all involved.”
Known for presenting the BBC’s News At Ten, Mr Edwards has been a familiar…
Advocates hope Preston-area nursing home will inspire better Black health care
Community health workers say recently announced plans for a new nursing home geared toward Black seniors should inspire a network within the Nova Scotia health-care system that is better attuned to the needs of Black people.
Sharon Davis-Murdoch, the co-founder of the Health Association of African Canadians (HAAC), says there’s a need for culturally competent health care for Black patients, including those living in long-term care.
“We heard from Black people who would talk about the need for care that understands their skin, their hair – care that is respectful of them and responsive to the impact of the trauma…
ENHANCE HEALTH AND TRACKHOUSE RACING UNVEIL NO. 91 ENHANCE HEALTH CHEVROLET CAMARO FOR INAUGURAL NASCAR CUP SERIES RACE IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO
Published: Jun. 30, 2023 at 1:16 PM CDT|Updated: 58 minutes ago
SUNRISE, Fla., June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Enhance Health, a digital health insurance brokerage and care navigation platform, and Trackhouse Racing, a prominent team in the NASCAR Cup Series Race, are thrilled to announce their partnership in the first-ever NASCAR Chicago Street Race in downtown Chicago. The race is scheduled to take place on July 1-2, 2023.
Announcing the No. 91 Enhance Health Chevrolet Camaro at the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series.(PRNewswire)
As part of this exciting collaboration, the No. 91 Enhance Health Chevrolet Camaro will hit the track, driven…
How many hours of shuteye is best? Here’s what the latest science says about sleep
With the release of two studies that try to untangle the relationship between sleep and brain health, specialists are offering some reassurance for anyone who’s feeling anxious about optimizing their shuteye.
New research published Monday suggests that getting less than the recommended seven or eight hours of sleep each night might not be as harmful as expected for some people’s brains.
That follows a study printed last week that suggests daytime napping could have some positive effects.
But sleep science is still a relatively new field, with much more research still to be done on how sleep patterns intersect with…
Study reveals that wine consumption has an inverse relationship to cardiovascular mortality
In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers aimed to understand the association between wine consumption and cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and coronary heart disease (CHD).
The researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis using longitudinal studies, including cohort and case-control studies retrieved from multiple databases, which they searched from their inception to March 2023.
Study: Association between Wine Consumption with Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: Alefat/Shutterstock.com
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Cardiovascular diseases account for a high proportion of deaths on a global scale, with CVD-related deaths surging to nearly 18 million in…