http://blog.northernhealth.ca Healthy Living in the North Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:44:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/mens-health/tales-from-the-man-cave-the-cnre-forest-exposition/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/mens-health/tales-from-the-man-cave-the-cnre-forest-exposition/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:44:40 +0000 Jim Coyle http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1423
It’s a jungle out there for men as far as health is concerned but Northern Health has ideas it wants to share to help lighten the load. We are at the Canadian North Resources Expo with the men’s health survival guide (the MANual) and golf balls in a bag, ahem! Men and woman are engaging [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/mens-health/tales-from-the-man-cave-the-cnre-forest-exposition/feed/ 0 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/world-no-tobacco-day-thumbs-down-to-smoking-in-movies/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/world-no-tobacco-day-thumbs-down-to-smoking-in-movies/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 20:18:22 +0000 Lee Cameron http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1419
Today, May 31, marks World No Tobacco Day – an annual day of observance that highlights health risks caused by tobacco use. Each year since 1987, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners around the world mark World No Tobacco Day by highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/world-no-tobacco-day-thumbs-down-to-smoking-in-movies/feed/ 0 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/small-actions-big-change-and-a-chance-to-win-a-bike/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/small-actions-big-change-and-a-chance-to-win-a-bike/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 22:42:23 +0000 Barb Oke http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1410
Small actions can lead to large change… that’s what I’ve learned since working in air quality. We all know that industry has a big role to play when it comes to cleaning up our air, but I think we often forget how important the individual’s role (yes, that means you and me) is as well. [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/small-actions-big-change-and-a-chance-to-win-a-bike/feed/ 0 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/language-skills-at-an-early-age/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/language-skills-at-an-early-age/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 18:40:54 +0000 Jackie Taylor http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1403
So how exactly do children learn to talk, anyway? Writing almost 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus recounts the tale of the Egyptian pharaoh Psammetichus, who ran the following experiment: prevent two children from hearing any language and, after the children stop their babbling, identify which language the children use to speak their first [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/language-skills-at-an-early-age/feed/ 1 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/safe-kids-week-2013/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/safe-kids-week-2013/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 18:29:07 +0000 Lynette Hewitt http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1388
I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing when many people hear the term ‘injury prevention,’ they think boring, rules, gear, barriers to fun, walk don’t run – all sorts of connotations that don’t have anything to do with getting out there, having fun, and playing hard! The reality is, the main focus in preventing [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/safe-kids-week-2013/feed/ 0 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/general/biking-to-save-your-life/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/general/biking-to-save-your-life/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 17:20:45 +0000 Andrew Steele http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1393
I never actually saw the bear, but I sure heard it. It was the end of a good solid ride, and I was pretty tired. I had put in about 10 km on the gorgeous single track trails out at Otway, and my legs were feeling quite Jello-ish. It was early evening, warm, and the [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/general/biking-to-save-your-life/feed/ 0 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/active-living/next-week-is-bike-to-work-week/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/active-living/next-week-is-bike-to-work-week/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 16:02:50 +0000 Jessica Quinn http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1378
Next week, May 27-31 is Bike to Work Week in Canada, and I’m so impressed at how many great events are taking place around the Northern Health region! For example, in Terrace on Monday, residents are encouraged to be at City Hall at 6:30a.m. for a half hour “critical mass” style community bike ride around [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/active-living/next-week-is-bike-to-work-week/feed/ 0 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/tales-from-the-man-cave-world-no-tobacco-day-is-coming-soon/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/tales-from-the-man-cave-world-no-tobacco-day-is-coming-soon/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 18:45:35 +0000 Jim Coyle http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1373
It has been more than 12 years since I last smoked a cigarette. Every now and again I feel the pull of this addiction, passing a smoker or having it catch my breath. I withdraw quite strenuously from that, of course, but it underlines the chronic relapsing nature of the addiction for me. People addicted [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/health-awareness/tales-from-the-man-cave-world-no-tobacco-day-is-coming-soon/feed/ 2 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/active-living/learning-to-listen-to-your-body/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/active-living/learning-to-listen-to-your-body/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:51 +0000 Astrid Egger http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1365
For years, I had used exercise, in particular running, as a way to relieve stress, get calm and refocused. I welcomed seasonal changes: running past shrubs laden with hoar frost on icy roads, running on muddy trails, or trying to dodge mosquitoes in the early morning; these runs were my time. Before long, I was [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/active-living/learning-to-listen-to-your-body/feed/ 0 http://blog.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/a-gap-in-health-promotion-for-a-specific-population/ http://blog.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/a-gap-in-health-promotion-for-a-specific-population/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:29 +0000 Andrew Burton http://blog.northernhealth.ca/?p=1359
Recently I took a trip to Haida Gwaii with my theatre group. Part of our work involved travelling along the beautiful shore road between the communities of Skidegate and Massett, a trip that takes over an hour of driving. Along the way, we noticed many of the small deer that inhabit the island grazing along [...]]]> http://blog.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/a-gap-in-health-promotion-for-a-specific-population/feed/ 2