health

On Dr. Yoni Freeedhoff’s Weighty Matters blog today about “Tickers”, the cafeteria at the Ottawa Heart Institute : ** ** Eat at Tickers too often and heaven help your tickers. While there may be a healthy option here or there, the bulk of the food served at Tickers is junk food. ...

Okay, not really a rant - but a fun post from David Scrimshaw, following a visit to the Adult High School to get a flu shot. Read it here… ** Related: ** Ottawa Health Guide

Yoni Freedhoff posted an open letter to the Heart and Stroke Foundation on his Weighty Matters blog. Here’s a snippet: ** ** ...Since starting to pay attention to the Heart and Stroke's Health Check program, I have been regularly shocked and frankly appalled by many of the products, recipes and meals that have secured Health Checks and am very concerned that the Health Check program is not only not steering Canadians to healthier choices, but rather steering Canadians to truly unhealthy ones. ...

Yoni Freedhoff writes on the Weighty Matters blog: I'm frankly gob-smacked that according to the nutrition facts label there are still 1.5grams of trans-fats in 3 of these teeny weeny cookies. Girl Guides of Canada are quite aware of this. ...

I recently spent five days living at the Civic Hospital with my wife & new baby daughter. It was our second extended stay at the Civic in the past couple of years to take care of a new baby - and we were far more prepared the second time than the first. ...

Appletree Medical Group is a chain of 11 medical clinics in Ottawa. Their web site has many strong features: detailed maps and directions, and online cancellation tool, and lots of tips and resources. But the best feature is a listing of approximate wait times at each of their locations. ...