Cornwall ON – The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) catchment area has disproportionately higher numbers of Abusive Head Injury (formerly known as Shaken Baby Syndrome) in children. That’s why the EOHU has teamed up with local partners, including the three local birthing hospitals, to support a community-wide prevention program. TheContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – While it is true that we all need to eat, making it a pleasure is an art. To make it a pleasure and be good for us as well is like the cherry on the sundae – organic cherry of course. After I finished reading “Must Have BeenContinue Reading
Brown House Corners ON – My name is Mark Lauterbach and five years ago my wife and I became the third-generation owners of Levac Apiaires – an agri-business that produces and packs local honey. Since we took over from my in-laws, we have been experiencing mysteriously high winter mortality in ourContinue Reading
CFN – Too many drinking water and wastewater systems across Canada threaten public health and the environment, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Alternative Financing and Delivery of Water and Wastewater Services, Elizabeth Brubaker reports that many of the municipallyContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I don’t really like being considered or called a Blogger. Too many people use that word as though it’s something odd or freaky. A blog is simply another form of website which is a form of communication. It’s all too semantical for me. I runContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Legal tobacco vendors recently received a letter from Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Medical Officer of Health, at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) warning us of “third party companies that have started up in the area and are offering training to tobacco vendors on the Smoke Free Ontario Act.”Continue Reading
April 13 is the Day of Pink, the International Day against Bullying, Discrimination, and Homophobia, where everyone is encouraged to show their support by wearing pink. . Homophobia and other forms of discrimination are a pressing issue in Canadian society. Egale Canada, a Canadian gay rights advocacy group, recently releasedContinue Reading
Queens Park ON –Nurse Practitioners (NPs) may soon be able to admit and discharge patients from hospital, helping to make the health system more efficient and saving time for patients. The province is proposing changes to the Public Hospitals Act to give NPs the authority to admit and dischargeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Geez I’m po’d this morning! I’m supposed to be playing hooky today and heading off for a day trip to get away from everything. It’s not easy running a newspaper with our shoestring budgets 🙂 I haven’t had a real day off in over twoContinue Reading
Dorval QC – Like so many others I missed out on the theme of WASH week I learned that W.A.S.H. stands for World Action on Salt and Health. In the United States the increase in salt consumption has been accompanied by an increase in obesity and higher bloodContinue Reading
Toronto ON – The amount Canadians spend on healthcare is set to rise rapidly over the next two decades and Canadians need to face up to tough choices to deal with this “spending disease,” according to a new C.D. Howe Institute study by David A. Dodge, former Governor of theContinue Reading
Dear Sir, . Counties Councilor Jim McDonell, who is a candidate for the Provincial Conservative Party’s nomination, is quoted as saying that it will cost an extra $3 million to mow the Counties’ roadsides if we cease the controversial spraying program. . The annual cost of the Counties mowing isContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – New Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines have been developed based on recent scientific evidence that shows a compelling link between physical activity and important health benefits. The new Guidelines have been developed by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) and the Public Health Agency of Canada. AccordingContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Has the Japanese nuclear disaster got you thinking about the effects of radiation? What is PR and what is fact? Come to Saint Paul University in Ottawa Friday and Saturday, March 25th and 26th. Physicians for Global Survival will bring you facts – and provide anContinue Reading
Courtice ON – Greenpeace members are delaying the hearings for an expansion of the Darlington Nuclear facility at Hope Fellowship Church 1685 Bloor Street, Courtice. The Japanese crisis is fueling the protest and Canadians fears not only of Nuclear power in general, but about safety and precautions to protect peopleContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Over one thousand ostomy surgeries per year are performed in the Ottawa area , some temporary and others permanent. People from all walks of life, politicians, royalty, sports figures, professionals, teenagers, children and babies have had their lives saved by this surgery. And yet the word ostomyContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I don’t get to many United Counties of SD&G meetings, but I should. Monday’s meeting featured a presentation by David Rawnsley of Citizens Against Roadside Spraying. There was actually a nice sized crowd to support Mr. Rawnsley and his position that the Counties could save $55,000Continue Reading
Cornwall ON- People watching and reading the news in Japan have been reacting to it with reports across the world of people buying up Iodine tablets and even Kelp extracts which are a natural source of Iodine. While most experts are suggesting no real fears of winds of radiation impactingContinue Reading