Fostering good mental health across Ontario’s campuses is vital to college students’ success
TORONTO, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ – The frequency and intensity of mental health issues is increasing on campuses across Ontario. Depression, anxiety, and substance abuse are amongst a variety of mental health illnesses that are becoming more visible on post-secondary campuses. The College Student Alliance (CSA) policy paper, Mental Health In Ontario’s Post-secondary Education System, [...]
TORONTO, May 16, 2012 /CNW/ – As a working midwife with more than 30 years of involvement in the childbirth and midwifery community, Lisa Weston brings valuable experience and leadership to her new role as 10th president of the Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM). One of her first goals is to continue to bring attention [...]
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Ron Ellis wants parents to be proactive when it comes to their children and sports. No child needs to play contact sports without head protection. The time of ‘manning up’ during an injury are over. A lasting brain injury is not something any child deserves and is almost always preventable. Our brains are fragile. That’s [...]
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Meagan Bebenek was just five years old when she died from brain cancer in 2001 but her legacy has lived on. Today the 11th annual walk in her name took place in Toronto with walkers finishing up at Sick Kids Hospital. The walk brings hope to the families that are living with brain cancer and [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto: Nurses are a special breed of people. Within that special breed are those that go the extra mile, literally. In Toronto there is an organization called Street Health that serve those living on society’s edge with a smile and wisdom. One of those special nurses is named Anne Marie. She may not be [...]
Continue reading …The Canadian Mental Health Association applauds Canada’s first-ever mental health strategy
May 11, 2012 No Comment
New strategy provides broad vision but will require a truly coordinated, adequately funded implementation plan to result in real improvements for Canadians The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) applauds the Mental Health Commission of Canada for spearheading the development of Canada’s first-ever mental health strategy. The strategy release is timely given this week is CMHA’s [...]
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OPERATION EYESIGHT UNIVERSAL: When you’re an active little boy, having an eye injury is very difficult – you can’t run or play football with the big brother you idolize. Four-year-old Ian lives with his family on a farm outside Eldoret, Kenya. He suffered an eye injury last year that almost blinded him – the [...]
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Colin Mochrie, Debra McGrath and Patrick McKenna raise awareness of ‘The disease with 1,000 faces’ on World Lupus Day TORONTO, May 10, 2012 /CNW/ – Canadian comedians who have brought us thousands of laughs are now partnering up to raise awareness of ‘the disease with a thousand faces.’ To mark the occasion of World Lupus [...]
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Residents of Toronto are being reminded to thoroughly wash and cook fiddleheads before they are consumed to avoid illness. Fiddleheads are curled, edible shoots of the ostrich fern and are commonly eaten at this time of year as a seasonal vegetable. “Recently, five cases of illness associated with fiddleheads have been reported to Toronto Public [...]
Continue reading …Toronto scientist receives top Canadian Cancer Society award for research improving lung cancer treatment
May 9, 2012 No Comment
TORONTO, May 9, 2012 /CNW/ – Toronto researcher Dr Ming-Sound Tsao has been honoured with the Canadian Cancer Society’s prestigious O. Harold Warwick Prize, which is given to a scientist whose research has had a major impact on cancer control in Canada. “Dr Tsao is tackling our biggest challenge —lung cancer, which every year kills [...]
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