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More and more Canadians are using complementary and alternative medicines and therapies – such as massage therapy, yoga, acupuncture and chiropractic care – and they're using them more frequently, finds a new survey by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
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Surgical approaches to treating tennis elbow may not offer additional benefit to patients, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Diego. The study, a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial, explored patient responses to a common surgery aimed at repairing a damaged elbow, compared to a placebo procedure.
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Mayors from 13 cities across Canada are calling for a national standard on the collection and sharing of data on overdose deaths along with medical treatment for addiction.
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Mental illness is not always an easy conversation topic. The fact that one in five Canadians will personally experience a mental health issue in their lifetime does not make it any less uncomfortable or less stigmatizing. It does make it all the more real, however.
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Patient Education and Wellness is a practical handbook for manual therapists enabling them to participate in the wellness revolution. Primary contact practitioners have a vital role to play in shifting consumers from a high to low risk population. The challenge for health professionals is to both enhance health literacy and motivate patients to assume increased personal responsibility and this text provides practitioners with tools for achieving these ends in a cost-effective manner.
The book and accompanying CD-ROM provide a valuable resource to help practitioners in their role of working with patients to promote healthy lifestyles - the text provides the framework, and the CD-ROM the wellness toolbox.
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Shirley Jager has a wicked right hook and iridescent lime-green boxing gloves and shoes. She's 79 and has taken up boxing as part of her own personal title bout against the ravages of Parkinson's disease.
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May 6-7, 2017
Location: ITC Kikkawa College, Toronto
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May 26-28, 2017
Location: Hamilton Convention Centre, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton. ON
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