GENERAL INFORMATION SITES
Healthlink BC
Excellent site for advice about almost everything!
This is a UK web site so spelling may be different and some medicines/treatments not available in Canada and paracetamol is acetaminophen!
Changes are happening in healthcare, we are encouraged to prescribe less, be cautious about investigating etc. Choose Wisely is a movement in 20 countries and approved by all medical colleges in Canada. Have a look at the website for more information:
https://choosingwiselycanada.org
Healthy Eating
Healthy hearts/preventing strokes
A useful website to determine risks of certain cancers and what you can do to change
Insomnia
Physiotherapy
https://bcphysio.org/benefits-physiotherapy
Skin conditions/advice
Excellent site from Canadian dermatologists
https://dermatology.ca/public-patients/skin/skin-conditions/
Based in New Zealand , another excellent site
Eczema
Foot Health
https://www.footeducation.com/page/home
Travel
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list/
https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories
https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/health-safety
https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/seniors
Stop Smoking
Medical cannabinoids
This a difficult subject as there is a there is a vast amount of misinformation out there.
Everybody knows somebody who has been apparently helped/cured by cannabis of various types but this is merely anecdotal. Unfortunately there is a lot of money to be made and so you have to be very careful where you get your information from.
One of the best websites that I have found is "Toward Optimised Practice", an Alberta website which looks at current medical evidence to make evidenced based guidelines- the best kind!
This is a link to their patient hand out
https://actt.albertadoctors.org/CPGs/Lists/CPGDocumentList/Medical-Cannabinoids-Pt-Brochure.pdf
This is a link to the guideline they produced for doctors- again- evidence based
https://actt.albertadoctors.org/CPGs/Lists/CPGDocumentList/Medical-Cannabinoids-CPG.pdf
DONATING
Blood Donation
We are sometimes asked if we know someones blood type. Occasionally we do if you have had a baby, a major operation or needed a transfusion. We cannot check otherwise. Donating blood is the best way to find out and helps others!
Becoming an organ donor
Donation of your body after death
A question we are occasionally asked. Look at this link for more information, it has all the information you need to make a decision
https://cps.med.ubc.ca/bodyprogram/