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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC June 2021
... helps us shift the deeply held societal belief that people with obesity simply lack willpower and just need to ... with the intent to improve overall quality of life for people living with obesity. —Ilona Hale, MD —Priya ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) November 2021
... Addressing vaping and other types of nicotine use in young people. Applying an equity lens of environmental health and ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB May 2020
... of panic. Those of us who are exposing ourselves daily to people who could potentially make us very sick or even kill ... rigorous testing and contact tracing, strict controls on people’s movement (border controls and social distancing), ... we stopped testing widely, and the controls on people’s movement were perhaps 1 or 2 weeks too late, and ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) April 2020
... while COVID-19 preferentially targets frail elderly people. The most striking feature of pandemics is their ... a good-natured equanimity is not to expect too much of the people amongst whom you dwell... Deal gently then with this ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2020
... response to this pandemic. Sure, there have been cases of people fighting over toilet paper or gouging their neighbors ... exceptions. I have been impressed by how the majority of people are reacting. There are numerous reports of ... has been truly amazing during this difficult time. People’s creativity has also been on display. Window ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Alan Woodland October 2020
... their mental and physical health. In BC, the number of people over age 65 continues to increase and is expected to ... opportunities to ride as a passenger in a shared vehicle. People who ride as passengers in shared vehicles drive less ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2020
... the role of fomites (objects that are touched by multiple people) is another factor. In some instances, the role of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Derek C. Chang, MD April 2020
... 1 ] Moms Stop the Harm,[ 2 ] the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs,[ 3 ] and the City of Vancouver,[ 4 ] ... of recovery. I truly believe that decriminalization of people who use drugs and safe supply save lives. We need to ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2020
... a little. I am trying to remember that just because other people have bigger problems does not mean I cannot mourn my ... even toying with the idea of creating a network for these people so they can talk with each other through this ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD June 2020
... us mistaken in our answer. In truth, in the US, about 7500 people die each day, so the vast majority of people who died on 9/11 did so in the more usual way. That day, approximately 100 people likely died in motor vehicle accidents and 31 in ...