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Delivering Important Information to the Professionals
Caring for Our Digestive Health
CDHF is raising awareness and bringing important messages about digestive health and disease to the forefront. On November 5th, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals will gather in Toronto to learn from renowned gastroenterologists at the first CDHF National Digestive Health Summit for Health Care Professionals. Those who care for Canadians suffering from digestive disease, will learn about:
- How Increasing Digestive Disease is Affecting Your Clients
- Probiotics - Snake Oil or a New Therapy for the Millennium?
- Fibre - More than a Bulking Agent
- Obesity - The Hidden Assassin in Our Children
- Salt - Break the Addiction for Better Health
- How Social Marketing Influences Your Clients
- More than Gas and Bloating - IBS, the Mind-Gut Connection
- H. pylori, NSAIDs and the Gut
- Celiac Disease is not an Allergy
- Death is not an Option - the Importance of Educating Clients about Colon Cancer Screening
If you are a health care professional and would like to attend, please visit: REGISTER NOW |
 New Digestive Health Guide Now Available
Empowering Canadians to take control of their digestive health with confidence and optimism is the goal of a new comprehensive print resource created by the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation and Rexall. The guide is organized into short, easy-to-read sections with facts about digestion and common digestive diseases. It provides general information about lifestyle measures to enhance digestive health. And, it highlights alarm symptoms that could be suggestive of serious problems.
"Traditionally digestive diseases have been considered taboo and too embarrassing for people to talk about," says Dr. Richard Fedorak, President of the CDHF. "It is important that people living with undiagnosed digestive illnesses understand that there are serious consequences attached to common digestive symptoms that are left untreated. This guide will help Canadians recognize and understand how to protect and enhance their digestive health."
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| When Eating is Life Threatening
Eating is one of the ways we share good times with family and friends, celebrate life, and sustain our bodies. However, for thousands of Canadians with eosinophilic esophagitis, eating can be life threatening. Eosinophilic esophagitis is a condition where the wall of the esophagus (the tube that connects the throat to the stomach) becomes filled with large numbers of white blood cells (leukocytes) making swallowing solid food difficult.
Daniel Mulder, one of three young investigators to recently receive joint funding from the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, is taking a broad approach to investigating this disease. He hopes his research will help scientists and physicians better understand this condition and save lives. Learn more at: RESEARCH. |
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Good Luck to those with an Appetite for Adventure
This weekend, teams in Ontario and Alberta will take part in the
Canadian Digestive Health Foundation's national fundraiser,
RISE -- Appetite for Adventure.
We would like to thank the individuals and teams from
Olympus Canada, McMaster University, Queen's Univeristy and
the Alberta Society of Gastroenterology
who have helped us raise close to
$100,000 for education, awareness and research
You can learn more about RISE, sponsor someone or still join us at: RISE 2010
Special thanks to Abbott Canada for generously sponsoring our event.
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Empowering You to Take Control of Your Digestive Health
The Canadian Digestive Health Foundation provides expert advice and compassionate support to the millions of Canadians who suffer from digestive diseases. We rely on tax deductible donations from the public to support our initiatives which help reduce the devastating impact of digestive disease, improve quality of life, enhance education, and fund critical research. Please donate today. |
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