Medisys Health and Wellness Blog

Medisys is pleased to announce our third health seminar of 2011 for executive and human resources professionals on the topic of genetic testing.

In events held earlier this year, attendees had the opportunity to learn more about mental health issues facing Canadian employers, as well as women’s cancers.

In October, Dr. Clarissa Desjardins, CEO of the Centre of Excellence in Personalized Medicine, will introduce Personalized Medicine, a rapidly evolving branch of medicine and present the benefits and implications of genetic testing. She will also explain how your genetic profile can help to identify health conditions that you may be at a higher risk of developing, predict how you will respond to certain medications and determine your likelihood of passing along genetic markers to your children.

Dr. Desjardins will be sharing her insights into Personalized Medicine at seminars in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal on the following dates:

• October 24 –Calgary
• October 25 –Vancouver
• October 26 –Toronto
• October 27 –Ottawa
• October 28 –Montreal

The sessions are free of charge but by invitation only. If you haven’t received an invitation and wish to attend, please contact us at events@medisys.ca and we will be happy to add you to the attendee list if room is available.

Medisys is about to present a free women’s health seminar for executives and HR professionals in major centres across Canada for the fourth year running. The events have been such a success that this year we also offered seminars in the spring that addressed health issues of interest to men and women. Our health seminars are set to become a tradition that you won’t want to miss.

The speaker is Dr. Vivien Brown, Medisys’ National Director for Women’s Health. Dr. Brown is a family physician with a community-based practice in Toronto, also on staff at Mount Sinai Hospital, The University Health Network and North York General Hospital. She maintains her commitment to continuing education for family physicians by lecturing frequently on preventive medicine nationally and internationally.

Medisys’ clients can benefit from Dr. Brown’s expertise in preventive healthcare by attending seminars in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal on the following dates:

• Oct. 21 Vancouver
• Oct. 22 Calgary
• Oct. 26 Toronto
• Nov. 4 Ottawa
• Nov. 5 Montreal

This year’s women’s health seminar is a must for women who want to know more about living longer with good health and vitality, whatever their stage in life. The focus is on what the medical evidence shows to be of benefit.

The sessions are free of charge but by invitation only. If you haven’t received an invitation and wish to attend, contact us and we’ll be happy to add you to the guest list if a place is available. events@medisys.ca

– Program is developed to identify root health problems and provide the tools for individuals to take a proactive approach to their own health –

Medisys Health Group (“Medisys”), Canada’s leader in preventive health services and the Spa Eastman Health Centre, recently honoured as one of America’s Healthiest Spas by Health Magazine, are pleased to announce the launch of an executive retreat program aimed at identifying personal health risk-factors and developing effective strategies to address their root causes.

Corporations are increasingly being faced with mounting healthcare costs as well as the cost of absenteeism and productivity loss which can be directly linked to the health and wellness of their workforce; as a result, employers are becoming increasingly proactive with regard to their employees’ health.

“Executives and professionals are faced with pressures, such as long work hours and high-stress environments that may promote behaviours with a negative impact on health. Poor nutrition habits and physical inactivity are just two examples”, states Dr. Sheldon Elman, CEO and Chairman of Medisys Health Group. “The Executive Retreat program runs over the course of 5 or 7 days and focuses primarily on introducing tools to reduce stress, increase physical fitness, optimize nutrition and increasing overall health.”

The process starts with a comprehensive health assessment at Medisys Health Group in order to get an accurate snapshot of the client’s current health status and to identify areas for improvement. This comprehensive check-up includes a complete physical examination by one of Medisys’ physicians, laboratory and risk factor analysis, a stress electrocardiogram, an abdominal ultrasound screening and nutrition and fitness assessments, among other procedures.

Upon completion of the Medisys assessment, clients will then make their way to Spa Eastman in the Eastern Townships to be greeted by a doctor and health coach whose mandate is to immediately immerse the client in health and wellness for the next 5 or 7 days. Clients will consult with a nutritionist and kinesiologist to develop an action plan to address the issues that have been identified in the Medisys health assessment. They will also benefit from a personalized program of spa treatments designed to increase relaxation and reduce stress.

“Our activities, seminars, workshops and consultations are designed to change behaviour and provide the tools needed to increase overall health in a world-class spa setting” states Jocelyna Dubuc, President of Spa Eastman. “By offering an environment that is conducive to implementing changes immediately, the program helps to ensure that healthy behaviours will be maintained over the long term.”
For more information on the program, please download the brochure at:

http://www.spa-eastman.com/performance-sante-en.pdf

For more information:
Nathalie Roy
Director Spa & Fitness Development
Spa Eastman Health Centre
Phone: 450 297-2906 ext. 313
Email: nathalieroy.spaeastman@sympatico.ca
http://www.spa-eastman.com/

Randy McCaig
Director, Product Management
Medisys Health Group
Phone: 514-499-2777 x 3535
Email: randy.mccaig@medisys.ca
http://www.medisys.ca/