Carrots and a treadmill kick starts health improvement
Patients often report knowing exactly what lifestyle changes they need to make for improved health, but find their good intentions all too often give way to entrenched behaviours and lifelong…
Patient battles with a common addiction
Don Kupina isn’t ashamed to admit that he’s an addict. It’s an addiction he’s been struggling with for most of his life. “If I was a drug addict, I would…
Vegetables replace butter in patient’s diet
Before improving his health, Don Siddons loved slathering butter on everything he ate and needed a cane to walk.He was suffering from pain in his hips and his family doctor,…
Clinic helps focus on healthy goals
Christenna Weimann’s health journey started long before she was referred to Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network. She realized she’s had an unhealthy weight since she was seven-years-old and has been…
A day in the life of a family doctor
Every weekday morning at 8:15, Dr. Brian Ritchie starts his day at the Ermineskin Medical Clinic in southwest Edmonton. By the time his first patient arrives 45 minutes later, Dr….
Keeping fit with a bad hip
Some people would give up on exercise if they were faced with limited mobility or a disability. Agnes Leonhardt has been finding ways to keep fit while waiting for a…
Technology helps patient monitor diabetes
Jim McLaws pulls out his laptop and inserts a USB stick. This is not an ordinary USB stick. It allows him to input his blood glucose measurements directly into the…
Diabetes diagnosis forces patient to make lifestyle changes
Lee Johnson believes she would have died if her diabetes hadn’t been diagnosed six years ago. “I was not eating properly. Finding out I had diabetes was the best thing…