Tag: healthcare

Does that include the full body wax?

It’s hard to tell what exactly is meant by what insurance companies politely call “massage therapy”, but I can tell you right here that it can’t be found in any medical textbook written after the time of Hippocrates. You may well wonder what disease isn’t there that can not be treated by 30 minutes in.

In with the flu

Unless I just missed 2 consecutive cases of dengue fever it’s flu season again. Β In case you’re wondering, this is the time of year we try to convince ourselves that injecting globules of live attenuated virus into the deltoid is going to be a good thing. By the way, if you know someone with the.

One day we could all be NFA

  There has to be a better way. With over 5 million people using homeless shelters in North America and 1.5 million of them children, what can be done to achieve a better standard of care and living for all? You won’t be able to watch this video without crying trust me.Β It is clear that.

Thanksgiving

“Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel long distances to see family they only see once a year-only to discover that once a year is too often” – graffiti outside an Ottawa pub What a beautiful week we’ve had. The leaves are turning to gold and the nights are cool. The last of the colds.

Zika Virus in Ottawa

Several cases of Zika virus have come through the clinic this month. All were contracted during Caribbean holidays and caused by mosquito Β bites, at least that’s what they told me! Symptoms usually appear in 3–12 days, with fever, joint and muscle pain, skin rash, conjunctivitis and headache. These symptoms generally resolve within 2–7 days; they.

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