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Medical: Getting Health Care Close To Home
by Claudio Munoz Community Health Centres (CHCs) could be one of your best friends in staying healthy. They are close to home, ready to help, and deeply aware of your problems – all of them – not only medical. CHCs are non-profit…
Health: Sex: HIV/AIDS and you
By Sandra Fletcher My friend Eli recently celebrated his 50th birthday and all of his friends gathered to commemorate this important event. Eli is HIV positive and when he was diagnosed, back in 1983, we never thought that he would see 30…
Tobacco Peer Educators – Reaching out in other languages
by Mercedes Rodriguez, PTE The Language Specific Smoking Cessation Program, funded by Smoke-Free Ontario, was developed to provide tobacco treatment information and counseling to foreign born Toronto residents in their own languages. This…
The $50,000 Headache: The Need for Emergency Health Care Insurance.
by Larry Jackson Larry Jackson is Vice President of Communications for the PrimeLink Lifestyle association. "The first symptom was a headache," explains Sue Andrews. Ms. Andrews is the President of Active Care Management; a company that…
Health: Integrating traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine
by Adrienne Robertson Every person in the world is made up differently. We smile differently, our eyes are different colours, we have different voices and nobody walks the same way, either. Most importantly, no two people have the exact…
Emergency Health Care For Vacations in Canada
By Larry Jackson Director Communications PrimeLink Lifestyle Association of Canada www.primelink.info You and your immediate family are on your annual vacation somewhere in Canada. That somewhere is not in the province you call home.…
Medical: Tips for the Emergency Room
Check visiting hours and restrictions. Call the receptionist or visit the hospital’s website to find out. Do not visit a patient if you are sick. Colds and flu are not welcome at any hospital.
Health: The World’s Leading Alternative Health Care Profession
By Dr. Adam Sidenberg Stephanie first came into my office because she was suffering from back pain, and couldn't pick her young son up in her arms without feeling sharp pains. She also complained that she'd had headaches all the time for as…
Health: Junk-Food or smart-choice: How healthy is your diet?
By Sabine Ehgoetz Sabine Ehgoetz currently lives in Toronto where she works as a freelance journalist, foreign correspondent and translator. In December 2005 she celebrated her first anniversary as a Canadian resident.
Health: Free Services to Protect You from TB
The TB Immigration Medical surveillance process is designed to rule out active TB and to prevent active TB disease from developing. One out of 3 people in the world has the TB germ. Ninety percent will not get sick and cannot spread TB to…