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Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... various physical activity guidelines for different ages, people with different occupations, and those living with ...
Blog / BY: Darryl Quantz, MFPH, MPH, MSc
... environmental challenges; however, we know less about people’s perceptions of the role of health systems in ... to climate change.   The health care system is full of people passionate about planetary health action both in and ... impacts of climate change.  We need to continue raising people’s expectations and awareness that we are committed ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... packages from distant relatives living in Vancouver, BC—people I’d never know before. Toothpaste, soaps, candy, and ... a Jamaican accent. Looking back, now I wish the admissions people had asked me to take a Canadian history course. It was ... begin to understand the history of this land—and of the people who have lived here for many thousands of years. I ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew Assad Joseph Chedrawe, MSc
... COVID-19 pandemic has made it increasingly difficult for people to connect due to physical distancing. This has had a negative impact on people’s mental health, both at the individual and ... distancing has also been shown to exacerbate symptoms for people living with pre-existing psychiatric conditions.[ 3 ...
Blog / BY: Craig Stevenson
... as hearing aids, is astonishingly low. A large portion of people (75% to 80%) with hearing loss don’t seek care, ...
Blog / BY: Aven Poynter, MD, FRCPC
... and care. A successful patient transfer for these young people comes down to disconnecting them from one level of health care and connecting them to another. For young people with complex health and developmental issues, that’s ... impact it will have, in reality a tsunami of frail young people is already upon us. Whether we’re the medical ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Sharon Shore
... care. “Although the virus is top of mind right now, people still need ongoing care and advice for acute or ... For seniors living at home, those with disabilities, or people considering themselves to be high-risk, it is ... should know to get started: Doctors are not seeing people in person as much as usual, but they are still booking ...
Blog / BY: UBC Medicine Spring Gala Publicity Team
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... building at this level. Such integration will benefit people and help countries move toward the goal of universal ... hearing problems. According to the WHO, nearly 80% of people with disabling hearing loss live in low- or ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... young nation—a dominion—a country of not yet 8 million people. Yet close to 610 000 men and women served in the ...