BC’s new health minister, the Honourable Terry Lake, has indicated the importance of health promotion and disease prevention strategies to improve patient health and reduce costs to the health care... Read More
Council on Health Promotion
It is widely known that the population of Canada is aging. The first members of the baby boomer generation reached 65 in 2010. By 2026, it is estimated that one in four Canadians will be over the age... Read More
Hydraulic fracturing, popularly referred to as fracking, is a method of extracting natural gas from previously untappable reservoirs. The practice has become an issue of international attention... Read More
Vaccines stand out as one of the most cost-effective health interventions in modern medicine.[1] It is estimated that immunizations have saved more Canadian lives over the last 50 years than any... Read More
Gluten is being blamed for numerous health problems, and recent claims suggest that by eliminating gluten from our diet we can cure diabetes, obesity, rheumatic illnesses, and cataracts. Wheat, and... Read More