With February’s National Children’s Dental Health Month upon them, academic, industry and government leaders can point to improvements. They formed a Dental Action Committee that has won aid for local health centers; streamlined the Medicaid program; and sent hygienists into the community to provide screenings. They’ve been gaining commitments from dentists to treat poor children. They worry, however, that the bad economy will set back efforts and Read the rest of this entry »
TORONTO, Feb. 5 /CNW/ – North East Local Health Integration Network will
be hosting a technical briefing on the Ontario government’s plan to improve
access to family health care and emergency room performance and new
initiatives.
Participating in the technical briefing will be Rйmy Beaudoin, CEO of the
NE LHIN, and Dr. Christopher Bourdon, Emergency Department (ED) LHIN Lead.
For further information: Media Contact: Andrew Morrison, Ministry Read the rest of this entry »
TOKYO (AFP) — Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito, celebrating his birthday Monday, said he was pleased his reclusive wife, who has been suffering from stress-induced illness, is now able to carry out more public duties.
But he expressed concerns for the health of Emperor Akihito, who had surgery for prostate cancer in 2003.
Masako, 45, has skipped most public duties over the past five years because of her illness as the former career diplomat Read the rest of this entry »
TORONTO, Jan. 26 /CNW/ – A technical briefing will be held on the Ontario
government’s plan to improve access to family health care and emergency room
performance and new initiatives, including Health Care Connect and the public
reporting of time spent in the ER.
Participating in the technical briefing will be Dr. Alan Hudson,
Provincial Executive Lead, Access to Services and Wait Times; Dr. Joshua
Tepper, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Read the rest of this entry »
As this newspaper reported Tuesday, University Hospital officials “went into damage control mode” this week following a scathing report on the institution by The New York Times.
That’s certainly understandable; they have reason to be upset. For one thing, the Times article wrongly implied that a state commission had recommended that University and Crouse merge because of quality of care, when the commission’s recommendations were based only on capacity Read the rest of this entry »
MADRID, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — Former three times
British Open golf champion Severiano Ballesteros appears to be on the road to
recovery this Wednesday after undergoing three operations on a brain tumor.
Ballesteros was diagnosed with a tumor on Oct. 12
after suffering dizzy spells and was operated on two days later in the La Paz
Hospital in Madrid.
Complications meant that he needed two further
operations, with the final operation lasting Read the rest of this entry »
THUNDER BAY, ON, Jan. 28 /CNW/ – The North West Local Health Integration
Network (LHIN) will be hosting a technical briefing on the Ontario
government’s plan to improve access to family health care and emergency room
performance and new initiatives.
Participating in the technical briefing will be Gwen DuBois-Wing, CEO of
the North West LHIN, Dr. Shaun Visser, Emergency Department (ED) LHIN Lead and
Tuija Puiras, Executive Director of the Read the rest of this entry »
For the past 50 years, Project HOPE has been committed to achieving
long-term sustainable advances in health care. The organization’s
work includes: educating health professionals and community health
workers; providing medicines and supplies; strengthening health
facilities; fighting diseases, such as TB, HIV/AIDS and diabetes; and
publishing, Health
Affairs, a bi-monthly, peer-reviewed journal that Read the rest of this entry »
(Bantam, $32.50) did much to publicize the healthfulness and taste appeal of the Mediterranean diet. I still have a copy of it on my bookshelves.
(Bantam, $35). Hitting shelves next week, the new hardcover offers almost 100 new recipes and the latest nutrition research, as well as a foreword by the esteemed nutrition journalist Marion Nestle.
If you need a refresher, the Mediterranean diet involves lots of fresh vegetables, fruits, legumes and Read the rest of this entry »
TORONTO, Jan. 30 /CNW/ – Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration
Network will be hosting a technical briefing on the Ontario government’s plan
to improve access to family health care and emergency room performance and new
initiatives.
Participating in the technical briefing will be Sandra Hamner, CEO of the
Waterloo Wellington LHIN, Dr. Aaron Smith, Emergency Department (ED) WWLHIN
Lead and Dave Murray, Executive Director, WWCCAC, Waterloo Read the rest of this entry »