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Healthy Valentine’s Day Gift – Maria Mind Body Health

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Valentine’s Day is coming!

Say what you will about Valentine’s Day, but I do love making it special. I get healthy gifts for all of my boys to make it special. It’s a day for love and I like to show my boys how much I love them.

HEALTHY GIFTS THAT “KEEP ON GIVING”

I love gifting the “Gift that Keeps Giving the All Year Long” as cousin Eddie would say! And a sauna blanket is the perfect gift to give to your loved one! Not only because every time they use it, they will think of your generosity, but

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Health Care

NY lifts mask mandate for health care. What to know about hospitals, nursing homes, more

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New York is lifting its mask mandate for health care settings on Sunday, but some hospitals plan to keep requiring universal mask wearing in the near term as they finalize policies for the transition to a post-pandemic world.

The end of the state mask mandate will affect hospitals, nursing homes and other medical providers. Each facility will determine whether to require masks, state health officials said, noting the move follows Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance issued in September.

Several health systems on Friday announced visitors, workers and patients will continue to be required to wear masks in hospitals

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Health Care

More nurses and doctors priority for Ontario under possible federal health deal: Ford

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Allison Jones, The Canadian Press

Published Friday, January 27, 2023 8:41AM EST

Last Updated Friday, January 27, 2023 2:41PM EST

BRAMPTON, Ont. – Ontario will prioritize hiring more nurses and doctors as well as making investments to help tackle the surgical backlog under a possible new health-care deal with the federal government, Premier Doug Ford said Friday.

Premieres across the country are set to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in February to negotiate changes to the Canada Health Transfer.

The premiers want to see Ottawa cover 35 per cent of

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Health Care

Dix ‘delighted’ premieres will meet PM on healthcare funding

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British Columbia’s health minister says he’s “delighted” Canada’s premiers are set to meet with the prime minister early next month to discuss a potential deal to increase federal health funding.

Adrian Dix says the premiers had long been asking to meet Justin Trudeau as they call on Ottawa to boost its contributions through the Canada Health Transfer.

The premiers have demanded the federal government increase its share of health-care spending to 35 per cent from 22 per cent, with no strings attached, while Ottawa has insisted the funds must come with accountability measures.

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Health Care

As Ontario looks to private health care, BC reinvests in its public system

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A bed is moved in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at St. Paul’s hospital in downtown Vancouver, on April 21, 2020.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

One of the provinces inspired Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s decision to expand the use of private clinics to tackle surgical backlogs is bolstering its public health care system at the expense of private operators accused of underusing operating rooms.

The British Columbia government is moving in a different direction from Ontario, saying it is focusing on addressing its waiting list through the public health care system as it – along with other provinces – grapples

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Health Care

Plans underway to settle health-care workers from Kenya in Nova Scotia

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Plans are underway to make sure health-care workers recruited from Kenya will have what they need to start their new lives in Nova Scotia following a provincial recruitment trip to refugee camps, as well as the capital Nairobi.

Housing should be available before people arrive, according to the federal program that jump-started the hiring initiative. That’s why long-term care provider MacLeod Group has bought three homes for its workers in Mahone Bay and is in the market for more.

“We are doing this to try to retain employees as well,” said Doug Stephens, MacLeod Group’s general manager of human resources.

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Health Care

New partnership to aid health care options for vulnerable patients

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This partnership comes at a time when hospitals across the province are facing staffing and capacity pressures

A new partnership between the North Bay Regional Health Center (NBRHC) and the AIDS Committee (ACNBA) is trying to expand healthcare options for patients in vulnerable communities says a news release.

“For many, the emergency department is not always the most appropriate place to seek medical care. In fact, many health issues can be better addressed in another care setting—if patients know how and where to access it,” explains the release.

The partnership will allow more options for treating wounds in the early

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Maria Mind Body Health

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HOW TO MAKE ZERO CARB RISOTTO

If you haven’t noticed, I do not allow advertising on my site.

I just didn’t agree with some of the products that were advertised. They were keto products, but they were unhealthy and I would never personally eat most of the products. It was hard to say no to blog advertisements; they pay thousands of dollars a month, but I just feel uncomfortable about having the products I didn’t recommend on my website.

Instead, I have created a shopping list where you can find all the healthy ingredients that are difficult to find in

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