Health Care

Healthy Life: The Foundation of Well-Being

09/02/202409/12/2024binomo

Living a healthy life is the cornerstone of happiness and longevity. It encompasses a balanced approach to physical, mental, and emotional well-being. By making conscious choices every day, from nourishing your body with wholesome foods to cultivating a positive mindset, a healthy life becomes not just a goal but a sustainable way of living.

The Pillars of a Healthy Life

Physical Health:
Physical well-being is the foundation of a healthy life. Maintaining your body involves proper nutrition, regular exercise, and adequate rest.
- Nutrition: Eating a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy

Nurses Hold Community Day of Action for Better Care, Ask Ontarians to Join the Fight

02/12/2023binomo

TORONTO, April 23, 2023 /CNW/ – Registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals in many locations across the province are out in their communities today, asking the public to support them and join in their fight for better care.

Nurses are calling for a better contract for 60,000 members working in the hospital sector, with better staffing and wages so they can provide better care for Ontarians. The action comes as ONA’s negotiations for a new contract with the Ontario Hospital Association ended without an agreement, leaving the parties heading to arbitration soon.

“Simply put, our patients need and deserve

Texas Law Requires Interscholastic Sports for Students with Disabilities – PHE America

08/11/2023binomo

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Introduction
The authors hope this Bill could be introduced in your state to help students with disabilities gain equal access to and equality for sports equivalent to what is offered to nondisabled students. The article will present Texas Senate Bill 776, highlighting notable sections, language suggestions, the need for state disability sports laws, arguments presented for this Bill, proposed advocacy, and recommendations for implementation. Texas, for example, has organized interscholastic men’s sports for over 100 years and women’s for 50 years (Title IX. 1972), it’s time students with disabilities have the same equality and equity opportunities (i.e., funding, coaches, full

Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan lost his health insurance after wrapping up Everything Everywhere All at Once — here are 3 ways to manage unexpected health care costs

22/10/2023binomo

'How absurd is that?': Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan lost his health insurance after wrapping up Everything Everywhere All at Once — here are 3 ways to manage unexpected health care costs — ‘How absurd is that?’: Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan lost his health insurance after wrapping up Everything Everywhere All at Once — here are 3 ways to manage unexpected health care costs

Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan is living up to the title of his smash-hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once, soaking up the success of the critically acclaimed sci-fi adventure flick — but his path to award-winning stardom was far from straightforward.

The former child star of Indiana Jones and The Goonies recently appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, where he revealed that he lost

Pressure mounts on Ottawa to fund free mental health care

12/10/2023binomo

More than 2,900 Canadians have signed a public letter demanding the Trudeau government follow through on a 2021 campaign promise.

“When I see people with mental illness who are homeless or living in poverty, I know that could have been my reality,” says Verdun resident Leora Simon, who is speaking out to draw attention to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s campaign to get the federal government to follow through on a promise to transfer more money to the provinces for mental health care. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

Despite suffering

Health care focus of NDP byelection rally – Winnipeg Free Press

24/09/2023binomo

With Grace Hospital as their backdrop, Manitoba’s official Opposition held a weekend rally in Kirkfield Park to harp on the health-care staffing crisis under the current government — the NDP’s strategy to win over voters in the upcoming byelection.

Front-line workers, labor organizers and NDP MLAs were among more than 60 people who gathered outside the health-care facility on Sunday.

They chanted “Save the Grace!” in unison, before canvassing area residents for the party’s candidate in the constituency that encompasses Sturgeon Creek and nearby neighborhoods, including Westwood and Silver Heights.

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NDP supporters gather outside

Ontario’s Bill 60 makes access to medical procedures ‘faster and easier’

17/07/2023binomo

The Minister of Health’s spokesperson noted ‘more work needs to be done’ to improve the current system and Bill 60 moves toward that goal

A spokesperson for Ontario’s Minister of Health assured that if Bill passes 60, citizens will access medical services with their OHIP card, not out of pocket.

“Our government knows the wait times for surgeries and diagnostic tests have been increasing year after year. We are not okay with the status quo and know more work needs to be done,” said Hannah Jensen, a spokesperson for Sylvia Jones, the Deputy Premiere and Minister of Health.

Ontario’s proposed

New York law is strengthened to protect nurses from working excessively long hours

17/07/2023binomo

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Retaining health care staff has been an ongoing challenge for New York in recent years.

According to a study conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, about 100,000 registered nurses exited the workforce over the past two years due to stress, burnout, and retirement. In an effort to retain and boost New York’s health care workforce, a new law, which went into effect on June 28, protects nurses from working excessively long hours, says the New York State Department of Labor.

Nurses no longer have to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, with

The Pillars of a Healthy Life

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