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Participants Needed: Help Us Shape the Future of Healthy Aging (PACMan Pilot Study)
At the Wellness Institute, we are committed to providing programs and services that meet our members’ health needs, grounded in the most recent scientific evidence. To help us continue this mission, the Chronic Disease Innovation Centre is launching a new pilot study,...
Nike’s Journey
Nike's Journey Finding a path to lasting weight loss at the Wellness Institute Positively Healthy Fall 2025 - The Seven Oaks General Hospital Campus Newsletter Nike’s journey continues! Since this article was written, she’s lost an additional 20lbs. bringing...
Evaluation of an Online Weight Loss & Cardiometabolic Program: A Mixed Methods Study
Evaluation of an Online Weight Loss & Cardiometabolic Program: A Mixed Methods Study This study was done at Seven Oaks General Hospital. It checked how well the Wellness Institute's 16-week online program worked. The program was designed to help people lose...
The Association between Medical Fitness Facility Attendance and Incident Mental Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 15,407 Members
The Association between Medical Fitness Facility Attendance and Incident Mental Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 15,407 Members, Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2024 Exciting Research News: Wellness Institute Members Reap Powerful Health Benefits!...
One-Year Transformation to Fitness and Strength
Wellness Institute member’s holistic approach brings results When Chris Chubaty-Ring flew to Hawaii this past October, she ably hoisted her luggage into the overhead bins of the airplanes that carried her south. She also mowed her lawn all last summer and kayaked for...
Exercise at medical fitness centres improving health for older adults, says U of M study
Those who went to work out more than once a week were 23 per cent less likely to need emergency room care.
Impact of the medical fitness model on long term health outcomes in older adults
Impact of the Medical Fitness Model on Long-Term Health Outcomes in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 3,029 Members, BMC Geriatrics, 2024 A comprehensive new study involving over 90,000 participants has highlighted the profound long-term health...
CDIC and Wellness Honoured at the Manitoba Legislature
The Seven Oaks Hospital Chronic Disease Innovation Centre and the Wellness Institute were honoured yesterday to be recognized in a Members’ Statement by McPhillips MLA JD Devgan in the Manitoba Legislature. We’re proud to work together to build healthy communities,...
Impact of a Medical Fitness – New BMC Geriatrics Study
BMC Geriatrics
A new study published in BMC Geriatrics 2024 used data from 3,029 older adult members who regularly attended the Wellness Institute or the Reh-Fit Centre. Compared to non-members, these members had a lower risk of all-cause mortality and hospitalizations and were linked with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events.