Eastern Ontario Health Unit news
COVID-19 Education and Enforcement Campaign in EOHU Region this week:
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) has confirmed that eastern Ontario will be one of...
CDSBEO Board Public Health Update
by Amber Laberge, Communications Officer
Director of Education, John Cameron, welcomed Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Medial Officer of Health with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, and...
People in pain need protection from false pot promotion
What’s the worst kind of pain? At the top of the list is debilitating chronic pain that, despite painkillers and other treatments, is unrelenting,...
Why doctors must think like Sherlock Holmes
A 57-year-old woman, receiving physiotherapy for an injured ankle, suddenly suffered a seizure, became unconscious, and was rushed to Emergency. The obvious diagnosis, a...
COVID 19 vaccines arrive in EOHU region
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) is pleased to announce that the first batch of COVID 19 vaccines has arrived in the EOHU region....
Can athletes escape Covid virus?
Professional sporting events have never been entirely about the game. Team owners, player sponsorships, media contracts, ticket sales, and merchandising licenses are the playgrounds...
Eating disorders combine secrecy and compulsion
Eating Disorders Combine Secrecy and Compulsion
It’s plainly evident that many people are eating too much. But several serious eating disorders can be harder to...
What steak lovers should know about plant-based meats
We live at a time of growing choices regarding food substitutes. But how good are these new products when compared with the old staples?...
Keep blood pressure under control
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” Avoiding disease may be the gift of lucky genetics, but...
Natural Magnesium from the Sea
Isak Dinesen, author of the great book “Out of Africa”, wrote, “The cure for anything is sea water.” Human physiological and environmental circumstances today...