1 May
Featured | Wellness & Healthy Aging

Predicting premature menopause

Will GibsonMay 1, 2024

Researchers have developed a statistical model that predicts the likelihood of female childhood cancer survivors developing premature menopause as they grow up, which could help doctors personalize treatment and counselling options for patients.“We aimed to develop and validate models to predict age-specific risk among long-term survivors of childhood cancer, and our model showed robust prediction performance,” says Yan Yuan, a professor in the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health who led the research team that developed the tool, including an online calculator to help patients assess their risk.Primary ovarian insufficiency, also known as premature menopause, is the term used...

24 Apr
Current Events | Featured

Our mental health is vital

Larry MathiesonApril 24, 2024

According to the World Health Organization:• By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over.• Loneliness and social isolation are key risk factors for mental health conditions in later life.• One in six older adults experience abuse, often by their carers.• Approximately 14 per cent of adults aged 60 and over live with a mental disorder.• Mental disorders among older adults account for 10.6 per cent of the total years lived with disability for this age group. (2023)For over 50 years staff and volunteers at Unison have tried to combat loneliness indirectly by...

25 Aug
Current Events

Preparing for the Kerby Expo

Larry MathiesonAugust 25, 2022

By the time this article goes to print our team should have finished working on the Kerby Centre Charity Classic — and we should be well on our way to planning our next event: the Seniors Expo.The Expo is a...

25 Aug
Featured

I am not an athlete

Andrew Glen McCutcheonAugust 25, 2022

I am not an athlete.I’m what you might call an indoor kid. The most exercise I get is from throwing dice during a particularly raucous board game.And yet I found myself at the Kerby Centre Charity Classic, rental clubs in...

25 Aug
Money

Police warn of new mass-marketing extortion scam

Andrew McCutcheonAugust 25, 2022

Extortion scams have become more popular in the advent of the digital age, but Calgary Police are warning of a particularly new and frightening scam that’s targeted local citizens. In a social media post in August, the Calgary Police describe a...

25 Aug
Featured

Living well and eating better

Andrew McCutcheonAugust 25, 2022

On July 5, the menu is a tangy citrus chicken, with herbed potatoes, buttermilk pasta salad and a summer slaw. The folks in the kitchen need to work hard: there are 100 meals of these to make and eventually deliver. Over...

27 Jul
Featured

Family: our first and most important connection

Barbara EllisJuly 27, 2022

I have been watching the news showing Ukrainian families fleeing their homeland. Fear and uncertainty are written on their faces. Where will they go? How will they live? Which country will take them in? Most importantly, will they ever be able to...

27 Jul
Money

Investing during uncertain times

James MacTavish July 27, 2022

For the past few decades, the Canadian economy has experienced exceptionally low inflation rates ranging from one to three per cent. Unfortunately, Canadians today are challenged with a 30-year high inflation rate of 6.8 per cent, with expectations that it...

27 Jul
Current Events

The impact of inflation on seniors

Larry MathiesonJuly 27, 2022

This week I did an interview with the Business Editor at the Canadian Press, about the impact of inflation on seniors. Here at Veiner and Kerby Centre, we are very concerned about how inflation is affecting seniors of all income...