Ladies group stitches comfort, one chemotherapy cap at a time - Niagara Health

For the sixth year, the Ladies of the Cariboo Lakes (LCL) is collecting donations for Care Bags to go to 100 Mile’s Canadian Mental Health Association to support the Safe House and other programmes. LCL accepts only NEW items or, at your request, will accept cash to do the shopping for you. Note that they are NOT accepting toys. For the safe house, they need 20 bags for ladies plus 10 for children; as well as a further 20 for people at risk in the community. A specific list of required items is on their Facebook page; to avoid duplication, please advise them, via FB or DM/text, as to what you will be donating. Questions? Ask on FB and they will answer!

Ketamine, a medication used in operating rooms for anesthesia and pain control, may offer another benefit for some new mothers: easing early symptoms of postpartum depression after cesarean delivery (C-section), according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2026 annual meeting. A new meta-analysis found that administering ketamine or esketamine (a ketamine derivative) during or immediately after a C-section was associated with a statistically significant reduction in depressive symptoms within the first two weeks after birth, a vulnerable period for women as they recover from surgery and care for their infants.