Healthcare Top Stories

But…What about the kids? 

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Amplifying youth expertise in cannabis and mental health education While rates of use among youth have not changed dramatically since legalization, research is highlighting the ongoing need for effective, evidence-based, and engaging cannabis education.  There are increasing concerns about the adverse effects of cannabis use on young people’s physical and mental
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Resources

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Toolkit Firstrespondersfirst.ca Created by Public Services Health and Safety Assoc this is a free online toolkit designed to help employers establish a PTSD Prevention Plan and Program. The objective is to provide access to resources and simplify the process of building a meaningful PTSD prevention plan. Firstresponders.ca
Research Top Stories

We don’t ask, they don’t tell

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Recommendations to address incontinence One of the most under-reported and under-treated conditions faced by older Canadians.  Incontinence, or the involuntary loss of urine or stool/gas, is remarkably common and one of a nationally representative epidemiological survey recently found that approximately 24 per cent of Canadian adults were living with urinary
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Global Health Watch

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Switzerland: Université de Fribourg Breast Cancer Cells Can Travel to Brain Cancer cells can travel. They typically move through circulatory systems. Referred to as metastatic cancers, they are more aggressive and harder to fight than the primary tumour. Now, scientists have found that brain metastasis is becoming increasingly common in patients with advanced breast
Long Term Care

Changing the game…

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Enabling a promising future for LTC? It doesn’t take much to figure out that Canada is becoming super-aged nation with LTC underfunding, waitlists, staffing shortages, inconsistencies in care delivery and standards.  However, as the daughter of a mother who endured a challenging decade in a less than ideal long term care facility in Eastern Ontario, […]
Technology Top Stories

Rehab tech trends

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Canada’s increasing need for healthcare services and rapid change in medical knowledge, said to double every 73 days, calls for innovative education, diagnostic and monitoring tools. Perhaps the phrase the ‘future is here’ is a little overused, but whether its telehealth, robotics, wearables or neurofeedback solutions, there is certainly a rush to the finish line […]