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Health Matters Spring/Summer 2017 THE OTTAWA VALLEY’S HEALTH MAGAZINE HealthMattersFREE! SPRING/SUMMER 2017 A Hero Among Us: Monique Yashinskie’s mental health mission Finding Faith: Rev. Susan Clifford Canadian makes the case Health Facts for faith Feature Section: Mental Health and Spirituality Health Advice From Local Experts The Healthy Crossword Find a job that gives you the life you want. ovjobs.ca OVJobs is your go-to site for job opportunities in the region. Employers who post with us are looking for the best candidates - could it be you? Follow us on Facebook and get the latest jobs in your timeline. Jobs posted daily. [email protected] Phone: 613-732-7774 FROM THE PUBLISHER SPRING/SUMMER 2017 Tell Us What You Think! Incredible stories since our last issue, so keep the feedback, complimentary or critical, flowing our way Quite a bit of comments have come our way & Area Airport had profiled the Hope Air since the Winter 2017 issue published! service. (Hope Air offers medical transportation by air for people with First, a long-term care home used the transportation challenges.) This woman needs Canadian Health Facts to be part of a Canada a liver transplant, and has used the Hope Air 150 event for their residents. (This issue and service to Toronto a few times. She has been the Fall 2017 issue will also include Canadian told that if they call her for a transplant, she Jennifer Layman, Publisher health facts if you wanted to do the same!) has to be in the hospital in four hours. That wouldn't even be do-able without Hope Air, In addition, we featured Anne and Nancy who and the local airport. Without Health Matters, SPRING/SUMMER 2017 trekked the 800-kilometre Camino, and they this woman would never have heard of Hope 2113 Petawawa Boulevard, have been on a sort of local speaking circuit Air, but without the Airport, there would be Pembroke, Ontario K8A 7G8 since that issue came out! Apparently there are no Hope Air available here. Phone: 613-732-7774 many other local residents who are interested [email protected] in also doing the Camino, and they have These great experiences help us in producing www.ovhealth.ca reached out to these women to share their this magazine in many ways. It helps us take journey with them. They have generously some risks with the content we provide and facebook.com/ovhealth obliged and are meeting every request! the reactions to content help us plan for future twitter.com/ovhealth issues. So reader feedback is something that Contacts: The local retired teachers group featured us in impacts on our publication quite a bit - it's Jennifer Layman, Publisher their industry newsletter and told everyone we good for us to know what you're thinking. We Kallie Doering, Coordinator were a great resource - thanks RTO, and also welcome critical feedback as well because another contributor mentioned us in their it all goes into helping us make a better No part of this publication may be reproduced without our consent. Annual General Meeting as part of their product. So, keep the stories coming! While every effort has been made to marketing achievements for the year. ensure accuracy, we cannot be held responsible for any error or omissions that may occur. Designed And then another story was brought to my and produced by Forward Thinking attention. A woman picked up an issue of Jennifer Layman, Publisher Marketing Agency. Health Matters last year where the Pembroke HEALTH INTERVIEWS 23 - Shaping Up For Summer 13 - A Hero Among Us: How Monique 28 - Stress And Your Heart Monique Yashinskie made mental health help 29 - Introduce Someone To Golf Yashinskie accessible for everyone 30 - A Better Night’s Sleep 25 - Finding Faith: Susan Clifford makes 31 - How Grief Can Hide In Our Lives the case for why we all need faith in our 32 - Facebook Safety lives GENERAL INFORMATION HEALTH EXPERTS 2 - Health Information and Hotlines 7 - Horse Power 6 - Vegetable Availability Guide 8 - Next Generation of Family Dentistry 16 - 24-Hour Movement Guidelines Rev. 9 - Using Art For Healing 34 - Health Services Listings Susan 10 - Ask Your Boss For An EAP Clifford 11 - Community Living And Community FUN & GAMES 17 - Subsidized Vet Help 4 - Canadian Health Facts 20 - Care For The Caregiver 33 - Crossword 21 - Eliminate Type 2 Diabetes 36 - Crossword Answers & Social Media 22 - Socially Responsible Investing CONTENTS INTERVIEWS CONTENTS HEALTH MATTERS MAGAZINE PAGE 1 Health Hotlines and Information GOVERNMENT SERVICES Veterans Affairs Canada Assistance Mental Health Crisis Line www.veterans.gc.ca Www.crisisline.ca Telehealth Ontario 1-800-268-7708 1-866-996-0991 1-866-797-0000 For military, veterans, spouses and children For individuals aged 16 years or older who Free, confidential telephone service to get and some public servants (depending on are experiencing a mental health crisis and health advice or general health information Ministry.) 24 hours. who live in Renfrew County and other from a Registered Nurse. 24 hours. regions. 24 hours. HELPLINES & HOTLINES Health Canada AIDS/HIV Hotlines www.healthcanada.gc.ca Robbie Dean Family Counselling Centre www.cdnaids.ca 1-866-225-0709 www.robbiedeancentre.com 1-800-668-2437 Phone: 613-629-4243 Information, counselling and safer sex Seniors Info Line Calls answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a information. Monday to Friday from 1-888-910-1999 week. For kids, teens, adults and seniors. 10:00am to 10:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Regional Assault Care Program Term Care www.renfrewhosp.com ADDITIONAL INFO www.health.gov.on.ca 1-800-363-7222 1-800-268-1154 Renfrew County service to report assault Ontario Poison Centre and abuse. 24 hours. www.ontariopoisoncentre.ca OHIP Information Line 1-800-268-9017 www.health.gov.on.ca Ontario Drug & Alcohol Helpline Information about poisoning exposures, 1-800-664-8988 www.drugandalcoholhelpline.ca ingestion and inhalation, etc. 24 hours. 1-800-565-8603 Ontario Drug Benefit Program Quebec Poison Centre www.health.gov.on.ca Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline www.santemontreal.qc.ca 1-866-811-9893 www.problemgamblinghelpline.ca 1-800-463-5060 1-888-230-3505 Information about poisoning exposures, Ontario Provincial Police For people who want help with gambling ingestion and inhalation, etc. 24 hours. www.opp.ca issues, including family members. 24 hours. 1-888-310-1122 Recalls and Advisories Drug related or non-emergency calls. Kids Help Phone www.consumerinformation.ca Information or reports to be made to police. www.kidshelpphone.ca Canadian recalls and safety alerts database. 24 hours. For emergencies call 911. 1-800-668-6868 For youth up to age 21. 24 hours. HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH MATTERS MAGAZINE PAGE 2 Pembroke: 613-735-3846 595 Pembroke Street East Renfrew: 613-432-7171 www.davidsonhearingaids.com 627 Fortington Street DAVIDSON HEARING AID CENTRES HEALTH MATTERS MAGAZINE PAGE 3 John Hopps Maude Abbott was a Canadian physician and a a invented the world expert on congenital heart disease. In 1936, Canadi n cardiac she wrote the Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease. pacemaker. In 1994, she was posthumously inducted into the Health Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Facts Yves Potvin of Quebec invented the world’s first veggie hot dog. In honour of Canada’s 150th, these facts James Fraser Mustard of Toronto published the first clinical celebrate Canadian health achievements trial showing that Aspirin could prevent heart attacks and strokes. Dr. Robert Burrell of Calgary invented Dr. Henry Luo of Acticoat, a nanocrystalline silver coated Kitchener invented Geoffrey Auchinleck dressings used in clinical practice to prevent AntiShock technology created BloodTrack: an life threatening infections and promote wound to combat discomfort healing. Acticoat is the world's first commercial associated with loud advanced blood transfusion therapeutic application of nanotechnology. noises that impact those management system. Burrell is also the lead inventor on 290 patents. with hearing aids. Photo: Robin Winsor Photo: www.univcan.ca Dusanka Filipovic Photo: www.preeclampsia.org Robin Winsor patented the Blue Dr. Phil Gold of developed the Dr. Vito Forte of Toronto invented the Box technology, Montreal designed world’s first OtoSim: a simulated silicone ear which eliminates the first and most widely used blood digital x-ray teaching tool to help medical students emissions of CFCs from refrigeration test for the learn to more accurately diagnose ear imaging and air conditioning diagnosis of certain technology. conditions before working with patients. equipment. types of cancer. Dr. Jean Dussault of Quebec formulated a method of testing infants for congenital hypothyroidism, thus saving children from irreversible mental disabilities. Brent King of Calgary Walter Harris The egg carton invented the SPIDER Carlow, a Canadian Limb Positioner, allowing veteran, invented was invented by a surgeon to position a the first wheelchair Joseph Coyle patient's limb for better accessible bus as of Smithers, BC. operating positions. a quadriplegic. Photo: www.canadiandesignresource.ca Dr. Adolfo de Bold of Ottawa identified a Dr. Frank Gunston of Manitoba pioneered heart hormone, ANF, which improved the Total Knee Arthroplasty: total knee replacement. treatment of high blood pressure. It’s one of the world’s most used operations. CANADIAN HEALTH FACTS HEALTH MATTERS MAGAZINE PAGE 4 In 1944, Oswald Tom Van de Weide of Edmonton Avery of Nova Scotia developed the Comfort Plus Anti- proved that isolated Fatigue Mat which minimizes the DNA is the material fatigue experience by workers who of which genes and stand in stationary positions for chromosomes are made prolonged periods of time. Ronald Worton Ernest McCulloch In 1913, John G. Fitzgerald became an associate professor identified the gene and James Till proved at the University of Toronto where he prepared Canada’s first locally-made rabies vaccine.
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