Cornwall ON – Ontarians who want to quit smoking can take advantage of the counseling support and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), provided to them free of charge by the STOP program. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in partnership with the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport is collaborating with the Eastern Ontario […]
Cornwall ON – Speaking of attack ads a group of US doctors created this ad to warn of the dangers of fast food. A certain chain was targeted which I’m hoping doesn’t mean we’ll never get an ad from them ever! Debate is good and I give this chain full kudos for attempting to have some […]
Cornwall ON – People talk about issues with generic drugs and preference to name brand drugs, but what happens when a drug company has repeated recalls? Johnson & Johnson, makers of brands such as Tylenol have been hit hard in 2010. The latest impacting their McNeil Consumer Healthcare products. LINK 1 “…is voluntarily recalling, […]
Ottawa ON – Today is January 14th, 2011. Another year has gone by & a new New Year’s resolution is made. I am now back to school for my last semester of in-class courses!!! It is most definitely the home-stretch as I am really anxious & excited to get started in the clinical setting; although, […]
Cornwall ON – $500,000 per year for a drug? For one patient? Does that make sense to anyone other than the drug company and their share holders? An Ontario man is fighting for his life. He has a rare blood condition that is fatal. Soliris is a US made drug that would […]
Cornwall ON – Le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario lance une campagne originale pour aider les fumeurs à arrêter de fumer À l’approche de la Semaine nationale des non-fumeurs, le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario (BSEO) lance une nouvelle campagne visant à offrir plus d’options que jamais aux gens qui veulent arrêter […]
Some of you may be asking why. The citizens of Waterloo started researching and investigating almost 3 years ago what fluoride was. . They found that there are over 2,000 health officials who are calling for an end to fluoridation worldwide and that list is growing. . The Fluoride Action Network is a growing amount of […]
Cornwall ON – Local Chiropractor, Dr. Thorin Gault wants to make sure your children don’t grow up with the same problems their parents suffer from. On Nov. 25th Gault Family Chiropractic will be hosting a Spinal Posture screening, free to all children under the age of 18. Dr. Gault will be joining a group of […]
Ottawa ON – There’s a meeting of the Ottawa Health Coalition Thursday November 25th at 6:30 PM at the Dovercourt Recreation Centre. We’re not posting this for our Ottawa and area viewers alone, but what a lot of people don’t know is that what goes on in Ottawa impacts Cornwall and the region directly as […]
Cornwall ON – So guys how are your Movember staches coming along? As you can see mine’s a bit scuffy and stubbly. More like a dead gopher on my upper lip or some cigar ashes if I smoked an awful lot of cigars in a row. How’s your’s doing? Send in your […]
Cornwall ON – Vanessa Carter is a Medical Student from Cornwall Ontario. She’s the first recepeient of a program from the City that awards medical students funding provided they return to Cornwall and practice medicine. She takes time from her studies occasionally to share her experiences with our viewers. Here is her latest […]
Cornwall ON – The Eastern Ontario Health Unit is pleased to announce that eight local businesses received the Workplace Health Gold Award on November 2, 2010. This year, a total of 14 workplaces within the five Eastern Counties were given awards in the Gold, Silver and Bronze levels. . The Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s Workplace […]
Cornwall ON – The Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) has appointed Alex Munter as the new Chief Executive Officer. He will take over from current CEO Dr. Robert Cushman on January 24, 2011. Although not a health professional like Dr. Cushman, Munter has an extensive background in providing healthcare services in Ottawa. During the […]
Toronto ON – Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter is releasing his report on use of consultants by the Ontario Ministry of Health, LHINs and hospitals. The Ontario Health Coalition responded with its own findings on overuse, exorbitant costs and redundancy in the use of consultants by the LHINs and the Ministry. The coalition receives frequent […]
Cornwall ON – The manipulation used to market the H1N1 vaccine around the world last year left global taxpayers holding the bag on billions of dollars paid to Big Pharma, to fight a ‘pandemic’ that never materialized. It seems though that the rules of the game have changed, as the Global Elite were shocked as […]
Cornwall ON – The world’s original all-female truck convoy is getting ready to roll in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. On Saturday, October 23, 2010 over 100 trucks will be participating in Convoy for a Cure, a unique initiative that is raising money for breast cancer research. It all started as Ottawa’s Rachèle […]
Cornwall ON – Dr. Paulo Antunes, a Family Practitioner, will be joining the staff of the Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie. The announcement was made by Mr. Marc Bisson, Executive Director. “Dr. Antunes comes to us from Lincoln, Maine where he carried out a broad range of family practice activities”, states Mr. Bisson. “He […]
Cornwall ON – Gault Family Chiropractic recently marked their 10th year in practice and celebrated by throwing a party in support of a local charity. Dr. Thorin Gault donated his services for the afternoon in exchange for donations to the Children’s Treatment Centre. By the end of the day, $1000 was collected for the centre. […]