We are pleased to announce that effectively immediately, Workplace Medical Corp. (Workplace Medical) has acquired Canadian Business Health Management Inc. (CBHM).Building upon its extensive first aid training business, this acquisition significantly broadens the range...
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has published its official Operational Policy on Cannabis for Medical Purposes. This policy issues clear guidelines about when the WSIB will pay for medical marijuana to treat workplace injury and illness. It also helps...
For consumers, there is no shortage of options in what we can purchase. From groceries to vehicles, we are bombarded with information to steer our spending, but when it comes to lifesaving equipment, like an automated external defibrillator (AED), what options are the...
About two years ago, Honda Canada had self-serve health-screening machines installed at its Alliston, Ont., plants. The machines provide readings for blood pressure and heart rate, along with measuring weight and body mass index (BMI).The Healthbots link well to...
When you think about protecting your children from illness, your thoughts likely turn to getting them vaccinated and teaching them to wash their hands often. You probably don’t think about protecting their hearing as a way to prevent serious illness, but new...
Many Canadians spend much of their waking hours at places of work. This reality has encouraged many employers to recognize the incredible value of having workplace wellness programs, and the benefits these programs can have on the general health of workers, and their...
Background noise is such a common factor in our lives that we often fail to notice it. We’re surrounded by it all the time, as even our refrigerators hum and our alarm clocks tick. It’s possible to get so used to noise that we may find ourselves more...
Everyone knows excessive noise affects our hearing. But what other damage does noise inflict? Noise is defined as any unwanted sound. But that definition doesn’t really do justice to the word ‘unwanted.’Unwanted noise is more than just an irritant. In fact, it’s...
In our modern, fast-paced world, we experience sound in our environment everyday. Some welcome, others, not so much. Noise is all around us – from traffic and music from our phones to an assortment of sounds emanating from nearly every modern-day convenience,...
An AED May Be the Difference Between Life and Death: Five Things to Consider Before You BuyAn Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) is a life-saving medical device that detects heart rhythms and delivers an electric shock to a person experiencing a cardiac arrest....
