Health Guide

If you're looking for health help, this guide is for you. Find information about local hospitals, clinics, doctors, dentists, support groups, and more.

H1N1 / Swine Flu

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Hospitals, Clinics, etc.

Medical Alert
Direct Alert, as a technology provider in the medical industry, offers an emergency response system to seniors, children and people with medical conditions or with difficulty in walking.
Appletree Medical Group (walk-in clinics)
Canadian Blood Services
Centretown Community Health Centre
CHEO
CHEO Foundation
CHEO Research Institute
Health Canada
Heart Institute
Montfort Hospital
Ontario doctors
Ottawa health department
Ottawa Health Research Institute
Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa Regional Cancer Institute
Preston Health Collective
Rape Crisis Centre
Red Cross
ROH Care Group
St. John Ambulance
SCO Health Service
Somerset West Community Health Centre

Alternative health, natural medicine, wellness, counselling

Wellness With Moira
Moira’s specialty as a Registered Wholistic Practitioner is Mind-Body-Spirit Integration. Her eclectic and intuitive skills offer and blend a wide range of techniques such as Card Reading & Intuitive Guidance, CranioSacral Therapy, Foot Massage, Healing Touch, Hot Stone Massage, Raindrop Therapy, Reiki, Relaxation Massage, and Thai Yoga Massage. Moira is also a Certified Life Coach and an Accredited Hypnotherapist. Appointments can be booked in Ottawa, Perth and Burnstown.
Adlerian Counselling and Consulting Group
Brigitte Chartier Bodywork
Debra Albert EFT Practitioner & Performance Coach
Dileep Korha - Naturopathic Doctor
Gene Sullivan, Naturopathic Doctor
Empowered Harmony
Healing Interludes
Health & Well Being Show
Iam-Pamela
lifetouch Therapeutics
Life Passages Counselling
Ottawa Mindfulness
The House of Wellness
The Prana Group
The Master Within Energy Psychology and Reiki Ottawa
Vajarov's Naturotherapy Clinic

Specialists

Physiotherapists & Occupational Therapy

CancerPhysio.com - Home physiotherapy for cancer patients
Providing registered physiotherapy assessment and treatment in the home, for patients with cancer, in the Ottawa area. Using a variety of treatments, including acupuncture and manual lymphatic drainage.
Wendy Boland PT - Physiotherapist in Ottawa
Providing personalized physiotherapy treatment to improve the quality of life in individuals suffering from musculo-skeletal impairments.
Communicare Therapy
ErgoMed (occupational health)
PSI Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centres

Nutrition & Weight Loss

Weighty Matters
This is one of our favourite blogs, written by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff of the Bariatric Medical Institute. He describes it as "a medical realist's perspective on all matters weighty....and some lighter ones." It's an honest look at some of the hypocrisy in health care and weight loss -- such as this series about unhealthy cafeteria food at local hospitals.
Bariatric Medical Institute
Health and Weight Loss Central
mattgarrett.isagenix.com
MEC nutrition
Canadian woman hoping to inspire (blog)
Stay Healthy In Your Weigh
For gym & fitness centres, please visit our Ottawa Sports Guide...
Leigh Chapple's weight loss:
CJOH anchor Leigh Chapple recently lost more than 100 pounds in just nine months. Her tips for diet success:
1. Never skip a meal or leave the hosue without a piece of fruit.
2. Prepare your meals in advance so you don`t reach for junk.
3. Eat something every 2 1/2 hours.
4. Eat protein with the 3 main meals and snack on fruits in between.
5. Skip the sauces; instead use garlic, ginger, curry, salsa or mustard.
6. Drink 8 glasses of water a day and limit caffeine.

Pharmacies

Dentists

Massage Therapy

Hair Salons, Barber Shops, Spas

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Gyms & fitness centres

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Health Help & Support

Products & services

Canadian Health Centre
Castor Canada (emergency training)
Finding Happiness and Self-actualization
FirstAid4U (first aid training)
The Healthy Kiki
Help U Help Them Inc. (first aid services)
Liquid Vitamin Supplements Store
Medi-Call Canada
O2GO Oxygen Bar
OHRI Patient Decision Aids
Portals Passages
Quintessential Wellbeing
Showcase Herbal
Stairlift Express
The Collective Conscience

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