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Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
March 2015
... take an active role in health promotion; however, where do people go for help with their chronic diseases? They go to ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
July/August 2015
... are from legal fatal prescriptions. The vast majority of people still choose to die naturally. The concern is that in ... of our society is discernible in how we treat vulnerable people. —Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP, FCFP —Maria Chung ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2015
... 21.4%, females 14.8%) but still totaling about 5.4 million people.[ 1 ] BC (14.3%) and Ontario (17.4%) are the only two ... habits has also played a significant role in helping many people quit. Is it not time to fully embrace the importance ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... enforcement, health authorities, the Coroners Service, and people who use drugs. These established relationships ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
November 2015
... may increase the risk for adverse health effects for some people.[ 4 ] Because vitamin D is stored in fat cells, excess ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
March 2015
... initiative. BCRPA is all about providing opportunities for people to be physically active, and the local RPAs across the ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
December 2015
The element mercury has long captured people’s imaginations. A silvery liquid at room ... reduction in all tuna consumption.[ 8 ] Are we deterring people from enjoying an affordable and excellent nutritional ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD,
April 2015
... of controlling for tolerance, and the fact that many people use multiple psychotropic medications. Benzodiazepines ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM
January/February 2014
... reaching a record high in the developed world. Many more people are now surviving illnesses that were previously ... patients with multiple complex comorbidities. Elderly people in hospital are at high risk not only for functional ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
March 2014
... And yet above all else, it is physicians who see the people who desperately need to be physically active for their ...