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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2008
... them of ongoing care throughout their illness as many people mistake a DNAR decision as no treatment as well as no ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2008
... mg • Age 71 and older: 1200 mg  However, for those people who have been diagnosed with hypertension, heart ... Journal study published in April 2007 determined that people who ate a salt-reduced diet were 25% to 30% less ... of a few weeks. Sodium is an acquired taste, so most people will need to be weaned off it. It takes 6 to 12 weeks ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP April 2008
... If you are anything like me (one of those average people who put on weight in their thirties and forties), once ... with normal weight unfit individuals, the obese fit people had a lower mortality than those who were unfit and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC June 2008
... fatal motor vehicle collisions in British Columbia—127 people were killed and 3400 were injured.  Injured, ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2008
... do it for? From age 10 until 27—through most of school. People ask me how I trained and competed in university and ... something that really interested me. The advice I give to people contemplating going into medicine is, If your ... What’s your favorite thing to do as a doctor? Helping people maintain their health is my biggest focus. I enjoy ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, September 2008
... he says. “When I attended this session I saw people debating and learning from each other—I saw family ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD September 2008
... to produce vitamin D in our skin from October to March. People with darker skin, those who don’t go into the sun often, those who cover their skin, and people over 50 years may require supplements.  • Current ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, November 2008
... It’s gratifying to hear the positive things that people are saying. Many participants feel the PSP has ...
Obituaries / BY: Andy Reed, December 2008
... Upon the Seas: A History of the Cayman Islands and Their People. For her role in this monumental achievement and her ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2008
... happened with the introduction of seatbelts, the number of people wearing helmets prior to legislation was small, but ... to encourage and enforce helmet use, the number of people wearing them will decline.[ 10 ] Clearly there is room ...