VIDEO This video series offers guidance and advice for kids, by kids who were Holland Bloorview clients and their siblings. Each video covers a topic chosen by one of 10 “kid creators” sharing their experience of growing up with a disability and/or a sibling. The project had a youth leader as well as staff and two students. Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital The post The Kid2Kid Advice Project appeared first on Rehab & Community Care Medicine Magazine ..read more

The information found in the recent Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) report shows that the young adult population continues to be cancer’s “forgotten generation,” especially in Canada. This lack of awareness and evidence-based psychosocial information led YACC to partner with Dr. Sheila Garland of Memorial University and a research team to develop the YAC Prime Study. The study is a national cross-sectional survey of 622 young adults (YAs) diagnosed with cancer who were more than two years out from completion of treatment. The largest of its kind to date, it was also the first to examine the p ..read more

Thumbs up…to the federal government and anti-hate advocates for launching a virtual toolkit aimed at confronting and preventing hate in Canadian schools. The toolkit dives into hate-promoting movements and ideologies, the role social media plays in luring youth, digital literacy skills, and suggests approaches for parents and educators who spot harmful scenarios inside and outside the classroom. Source: The Star  Thumbs down…to more than half of people in Canada who don’t know what consent means. Only 45% of respondents surveyed knew that both ‘positive and ongoing participation’ are req ..read more

Led by Dr. Kiffer Card, The GenWell Project, in partnership with Simon Fraser University, the Institute for Social Connection, the Public Health Agency of Canada and others, GenWell is working to produce “Canadian Social Connection Guidelines.” Aiming to show the impact of social ties to both individual and societal health and well-being, the team will collect existing research on social connection, continue additional years of survey data collection about loneliness and social health and convene experts to help create meaningful guidelines. In explaining the need for these guidelines, Dr. Car ..read more

Published in Molecular Medicine, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have found that patients with post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) have unique biomarkers in their blood. The team is now working on developing a first-of-its-kind blood test that could be used to diagnose long COVID. The discovery could also lead to new therapeutics for this condition. Long COVID occurs when someone experiences symptoms like fatigue, cognitive issues, shortness of breath and gastro-intestinal issues after an initial COVID-19 diagnosis. It can sometimes take up to 12 months for the condition to oc ..read more

Addiction, be it drugs, alcohol, or gambling, is a serious and complex condition that has no easy fix. The disease can cause devastating harm to sufferers, those close to them, and society at large, which means it’s absolutely essential that we fight to help those in need. Rehab centres provide a vital service and can help addicts get started on the long road to recovery. For those utilising alcohol rehab, these centres are a lifeline that can offer them the advice and guidance they need to overcome their problems and kick the habit. Just what kind of guidance can you expect at rehab? Find out ..read more

Despite it being one of the most common cancers, there is no prostate-related equivalent to regular mammograms that detect breast cancer. There is just a blood test that looks for levels of a protein called prostate-specific antigen (PSA) to guide doctors and help monitor.  Yet, these screens often miss some cancers and cannot distinguish between people with high PSA levels who need treatment and those who do not.  Prostate cancer can be slow growing and tends to affect people in old age. So despite being fatal for some, others can have it growing in their body without it knocking ye ..read more