I confess – I love the Olympics. I love the competition, the beauty of finely tuned athleticism and the absolute joy of the athletes when they compete well. As a kid I remember spending two weeks glued to the television watching the 1976 games in Montreal....
It is interesting that both scientific research and life experiences underpin the necessary concept that having meaning and purpose are fundamental needs for our human psyche. Brain health is important – but for what purpose? I would argue it is to discover...
New research studies released at the Alzheimer’s Association’s International Conference 2012 in Vancouver suggest that observing and measuring gait changes could be a valuable tool for signaling the need for further cognitive evaluation. The exciting part...
TELUS in Health, is a call to the engineering and business communities to help change the healthcare landscape in Canada. Giovanni Pizzoferrato will be presenting at the monthly TIM lecture at Carleton University on Thursday July 5th. The event is open to everyone....
Dr. Stern proposed this interesting idea at the Sharp Brain Summit – that just like being concerned about growing our retirement portfolios or economic capital, we also have to be concerned about building our ‘Health Capital’. The concept of...
Come visit our booth at the Health and Lifestyle EXPO presented by CARP Brockville & Thousand Island Chapter on June 8th, 2012 from 10am until 8pm. Located in the lovely Brockville Country Club at 1548 King Street West.
Last week I had the great opportunity to attend and present to the TRO annual conference. For those of you who are not familiar with TRO it is the professional association for Recreational Therapists in Ontario. It was a very interesting conference but what struck me...
Some days you have to just drop your agenda and live in the moment. Today was such a day for me. I had a long list of work that I needed to get done but as I was walking my youngest into the school yard it became clear to me that my day was going to change. Clinging...
