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Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre (Wolfville)
Western Kings Memorial Health Centre (Berwick)
Black Lives Matter
Doctors Nova Scotia (DNS) stands in solidarity in the fight against anti-Black racism, violence and injustice toward people of African descent in the U.S. and across the world. We stand against the racism and racist violence that is targeted at Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) in Canada.
Doctors Nova Scotia’s mandate is to represent all the physicians and medical learners in this province. Yet, we recognize we’ve failed to amplify the voices of BIPOC physicians that make up the fabric of Nova Scotia’s medical community. We can do better. We will do better.
This is only the beginning of DNS’s road to addressing systemic racism. There is much work to be done. We’re committed to making changes within our organization. Our first steps will be looking inward and confronting our own practices that contribute to systemic racism.
eTick app
eTick is a public platform for image-based identification and population monitoring of ticks in Canada. Access to the eTick app is free and it is not necessary to contribute data in order to consult the database.
The citizen science project eTick.ca invites the public to participate in the monitoring of ticks in Canada by submitting tick photos on eTick.ca for identification by a professional. The identification results, combined with other data such as collection date and locality can then be consulted and mapped so that all users may visualize the information related to any/all species for any given year and/or geographical area.
Tao Connect
What's holding you back from mental wellness? Is it the stigma? The money? The time? Mental health shouldn’t feel out of reach. At Tao (Therapy Assistance Online) our goal is to provide online and mobile tools to help you conquer the day-to-day struggles around general stressors like anxiety and depression, or specific troubles like relationships and addiction.
Osteoporosis Canada
Osteoporosis is a disease that slowly, quietly weakens bones, often going undiagnosed – even when it breaks them. Osteoporosis is caused by low bone mass and the weakening of bone, which can lead to increased risk of fracture. At Osteoporosis Canada, we’re on a mission to defeat it. We educate, advocate, and strategically invest in research.
Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia
Dementia is a general term that refers to a variety of brain disorders. Physical changes in the brain cause dementia. Alzheimer Societies offer support, information and education in over 150 communities across Canada.
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Nova Scotia Health Authority provides health services to Nova Scotians and some specialized services to Maritimers and Atlantic Canadians. We operate hospitals, health centres and community-based programs across the province. Our team of health professionals includes employees, doctors, researchers, learners and volunteers that provide the health care or services you may need. We work in partnership with community groups, schools, governments, foundations and auxiliaries and community health boards.
Valley Regional Hospital Diabetes Centre
Kings County is our primary area served, but accept referrals from outside for certain circumstances. Provide satellite services to Acadia University twice per school year.
Sleepwell
Sleepwell has two main goals: 1) to help people with insomnia get their sleep back without medications; and 2) to help people stop taking sleeping pills safely and effectively. Sleepwell recommends CBTi (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia) because it has excellent evidence that it works. The challenge for many is getting access to CBTi. This is where Sleepwell comes in.
The Red Door
For more than 20 years The Red Door has been providing confidential sexual health services, health education, and health promotion to youth ages 13-30. They provide this support without judgement, in a safe environment complete with an expert staff and trained volunteers.
Diabetes Canada
Diabetes is a disease in which your body either can't produce insulin or can't properly use the insulin it produces. No matter which type you’re diagnosed with or where you are in your journey—living with diabetes isn't easy.
Mental Health Nova Scotia
Most people have been touched by mental health and addictions — whether they have had an illness or addiction themselves, or have been affected by the illness or addiction of someone else—a family member, friend, co-worker, or others in their lives.
The province is committed to improving mental health care for Nova Scotians. Health and Wellness is working with partners across health care, communities and government to improve mental health services. This work is done through the department’s Mental Health, Children’s, Services, and Addiction Treatment branch.
Government of Canada Travel Health
The Public Health Agency of Canada's Travel Health Notices outline potential health risks to Canadian travellers and recommend ways to help reduce them. Notices remain in effect until removed.
Living with weight Dr. Melanie MacNeil
The complexity of obesity management as only recently been explored. In order to have a successful journey it is important to focus on several factors. These include nutrition, activity, sleep, stress, mood behavioural changes and possibly medication.
Heart and Stroke Canada
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is a source of information about stroke, heart disease, surgeries and treatments. It also provides heart-healthy recipes, nutrition and physical activity tips to help prevent these diseases.
Valley Regional Hospital Foundation
Valley Regional Hospital Foundation is an independent charity established to foster a culture of sustained giving in support of health care in the Annapolis Valley. We work on behalf of you and your family to enhance regional medical services at Valley Regional Hospital. Our partners are other hospital Foundations and Auxiliaries in Kings and Annapolis Counties. Our goal is to ensure residents have access to the best health care possible by providing up-to-date equipment that supports the services offered through the hospital.
Valley Cardiac Rehab
We educate, motivate and make you “perspirate”! We believe you’ll do better long term when you understand your condition, eat healthily, use medications properly, and exercise daily! Our educational sessions provide you with up-to-date information about your condition teaching in an interactive, relaxed setting. You will have the opportunity to learn from a variety of expert instructors including a cardiologist (heart specialist), kinesiologist (fitness expert), dietician, pharmacist, respiratory therapist and psychologist. Cardiac nurses and a kinesiologist supervise cardiac exercise sessions; respiratory therapists, physiotherapists and a kinesiologist supervise COPD sessions.
Canadian Celiac Association
Celiac disease is a common disorder that is estimated to affect about one percent of the population. It is a condition in which the absorptive surface of the small intestine is damaged by a substance called gluten. Gluten is a group of proteins present in wheat, rye and barley and their cross bred grains. The damage to the intestine can lead to a variety of symptoms and result in an inability of the body to absorb nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, which are necessary for good health.
Western Kings Memorial Health Centre (Berwick)
Black Lives Matter
Doctors Nova Scotia (DNS) stands in solidarity in the fight against anti-Black racism, violence and injustice toward people of African descent in the U.S. and across the world. We stand against the racism and racist violence that is targeted at Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) in Canada.
Doctors Nova Scotia’s mandate is to represent all the physicians and medical learners in this province. Yet, we recognize we’ve failed to amplify the voices of BIPOC physicians that make up the fabric of Nova Scotia’s medical community. We can do better. We will do better.
This is only the beginning of DNS’s road to addressing systemic racism. There is much work to be done. We’re committed to making changes within our organization. Our first steps will be looking inward and confronting our own practices that contribute to systemic racism.
eTick app
eTick is a public platform for image-based identification and population monitoring of ticks in Canada. Access to the eTick app is free and it is not necessary to contribute data in order to consult the database.
The citizen science project eTick.ca invites the public to participate in the monitoring of ticks in Canada by submitting tick photos on eTick.ca for identification by a professional. The identification results, combined with other data such as collection date and locality can then be consulted and mapped so that all users may visualize the information related to any/all species for any given year and/or geographical area.
Tao Connect
What's holding you back from mental wellness? Is it the stigma? The money? The time? Mental health shouldn’t feel out of reach. At Tao (Therapy Assistance Online) our goal is to provide online and mobile tools to help you conquer the day-to-day struggles around general stressors like anxiety and depression, or specific troubles like relationships and addiction.
Osteoporosis Canada
Osteoporosis is a disease that slowly, quietly weakens bones, often going undiagnosed – even when it breaks them. Osteoporosis is caused by low bone mass and the weakening of bone, which can lead to increased risk of fracture. At Osteoporosis Canada, we’re on a mission to defeat it. We educate, advocate, and strategically invest in research.
Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia
Dementia is a general term that refers to a variety of brain disorders. Physical changes in the brain cause dementia. Alzheimer Societies offer support, information and education in over 150 communities across Canada.
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Nova Scotia Health Authority provides health services to Nova Scotians and some specialized services to Maritimers and Atlantic Canadians. We operate hospitals, health centres and community-based programs across the province. Our team of health professionals includes employees, doctors, researchers, learners and volunteers that provide the health care or services you may need. We work in partnership with community groups, schools, governments, foundations and auxiliaries and community health boards.
Valley Regional Hospital Diabetes Centre
Kings County is our primary area served, but accept referrals from outside for certain circumstances. Provide satellite services to Acadia University twice per school year.
Sleepwell
Sleepwell has two main goals: 1) to help people with insomnia get their sleep back without medications; and 2) to help people stop taking sleeping pills safely and effectively. Sleepwell recommends CBTi (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia) because it has excellent evidence that it works. The challenge for many is getting access to CBTi. This is where Sleepwell comes in.
The Red Door
For more than 20 years The Red Door has been providing confidential sexual health services, health education, and health promotion to youth ages 13-30. They provide this support without judgement, in a safe environment complete with an expert staff and trained volunteers.
Diabetes Canada
Diabetes is a disease in which your body either can't produce insulin or can't properly use the insulin it produces. No matter which type you’re diagnosed with or where you are in your journey—living with diabetes isn't easy.
Mental Health Nova Scotia
Most people have been touched by mental health and addictions — whether they have had an illness or addiction themselves, or have been affected by the illness or addiction of someone else—a family member, friend, co-worker, or others in their lives.
The province is committed to improving mental health care for Nova Scotians. Health and Wellness is working with partners across health care, communities and government to improve mental health services. This work is done through the department’s Mental Health, Children’s, Services, and Addiction Treatment branch.
Government of Canada Travel Health
The Public Health Agency of Canada's Travel Health Notices outline potential health risks to Canadian travellers and recommend ways to help reduce them. Notices remain in effect until removed.
Living with weight Dr. Melanie MacNeil
The complexity of obesity management as only recently been explored. In order to have a successful journey it is important to focus on several factors. These include nutrition, activity, sleep, stress, mood behavioural changes and possibly medication.
Heart and Stroke Canada
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is a source of information about stroke, heart disease, surgeries and treatments. It also provides heart-healthy recipes, nutrition and physical activity tips to help prevent these diseases.
Valley Regional Hospital Foundation
Valley Regional Hospital Foundation is an independent charity established to foster a culture of sustained giving in support of health care in the Annapolis Valley. We work on behalf of you and your family to enhance regional medical services at Valley Regional Hospital. Our partners are other hospital Foundations and Auxiliaries in Kings and Annapolis Counties. Our goal is to ensure residents have access to the best health care possible by providing up-to-date equipment that supports the services offered through the hospital.
Valley Cardiac Rehab
We educate, motivate and make you “perspirate”! We believe you’ll do better long term when you understand your condition, eat healthily, use medications properly, and exercise daily! Our educational sessions provide you with up-to-date information about your condition teaching in an interactive, relaxed setting. You will have the opportunity to learn from a variety of expert instructors including a cardiologist (heart specialist), kinesiologist (fitness expert), dietician, pharmacist, respiratory therapist and psychologist. Cardiac nurses and a kinesiologist supervise cardiac exercise sessions; respiratory therapists, physiotherapists and a kinesiologist supervise COPD sessions.
Canadian Celiac Association
Celiac disease is a common disorder that is estimated to affect about one percent of the population. It is a condition in which the absorptive surface of the small intestine is damaged by a substance called gluten. Gluten is a group of proteins present in wheat, rye and barley and their cross bred grains. The damage to the intestine can lead to a variety of symptoms and result in an inability of the body to absorb nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, which are necessary for good health.