List/Grid Complementary Medicine Subscribe RSS feed of category Complementary Medicine
Chiropodists look forward to foot care review
Archaic designation will more than likely be abandoned in favour of podiatry Chiropodists Tina and Patrick Rainville, a husband and wife team practicing in Timmins, are hoping that a Health…
Room for everybody
A fixture of Sudbury, Paris Natural Foods and the co-located Sudbury Homeopathic Clinic serve as a nexus for health food aficionados and devotees of natural healing Customers walking into Paris…
Orthotist urges early intervention for Charcot foot
Condition often results in amputation Marc Tessier, an orthotist and prosthetist practicing in North Bay, is on a mission to educate family doctors about the importance of early diagnosis of…
Regulation raises profile of kinesiology
New 12-month graduate diploma course The new College of Kinesiologists of Ontario (CKO) – the first such college in Canada – will help define the role of kinesiologists in health…
Exercise an effective treatment for long-term health care
One of the expected goals of the new College of Kinesiologists of Ontario (CKO) is to make it easier to directly pay kinesiologists for their treatment services. A recent Ministry…
Former Timmins chiropractor plugs controversial film
Big pharma taken to task A recent public screening of the documentary film, Doctored, courtesy of the Sudbury and District Chiropractic Society, offered health-care consumers something to think about. The…
Flotation therapy comes to Sudbury
Weightlessness said to relieve pain, stress Brent Giroux knows about head injuries and the effects of chronic pain. In 1987, Giroux was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by…
Mindfulness course offers stress relief at HSN
Course blends eastern and native teachings In a noisy, busy and cold hospital it is a welcome relief to find peace and quiet. Gary Petingola, a social worker at Health…
Locum program gives rural midwives a break
Midwife Natalie Kirby practises with Midwives Notawasaga in Collingwood, but provided locum coverage in Powassan, 30 kilometres south of North Bay, her hometown. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care helps…
Wigs offer “pick-me-up” for cancer patients
Joanne Cross, owner of the Wig Boutique in Sudbury, carries a wide assortment of synthetic and natural wigs. About 30 per cent of her clients buy them for medical reasons….