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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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2014
... illness is one of the morbidities.[ 2 ] We know that people with multimorbidity have reduced quality of life, ... person who is lost among the cognitive impairment. When people with dementia do not have family members to represent ... if the information is not good—can all be healing. People will often forget what you told them but will always ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2014
... such as children, youth, pregnant women, nursing mothers, people with heart conditions, and the elderly.[ 9 ] Despite ... will be a gateway to conventional cigarette use in young people by exposing them to nicotine[ 11-12 ] and by ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2014
... regarding coconut oil are that it boosts brain function in people with Alzheimer disease; improves thyroid and heart ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2013
... say they feel better since they have cut out gluten? Many people say that they feel better after eliminating gluten ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2013
... is on making changes to environment and routine to help people get in the habit of eating the right amount of the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2013
... So what are we to do? Conveying knowledge and educating people about why something is good for them is seldom enough. ... does seem to work, however, is the observation that when people realize that other people are doing something positive, they just might do it ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2012
... we think, “Oh no, not again, I’m so tired of hearing people get on their soapbox about this.” Do we think, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... death in Canada.[ 1 ] It was estimated that in 2009, 976 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Canada.[ 2 ] Canada ... 2 ] The BC road fatality rate in 2009 (8.1 per 100000 people), was above the national average (7.3) and far higher ... again, and general deterrence refers to the fact that people who might otherwise drink and drive are deterred from ...