GENERAL INFORMATION SITES

Healthlink BC

https://www.healthlinkbc.ca

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Excellent site for advice about almost everything!

https://patient.info/health

This is a UK web site so spelling may be different and some medicines/treatments not available in Canada and paracetamol is acetaminophen!

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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

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Healthy Eating

http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/healthy-eating-saine-alimentation/tips-conseils/interactive-tools-outils-interactifs/eat-well-bien-manger-eng.php

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Healthy hearts/preventing strokes

https://www.heartandstroke.ca

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A useful website to determine risks of certain cancers and what you can do to change

https://www.mycanceriq.ca

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Insomnia

https://mysleepwell.ca

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Physiotherapy

https://bcphysio.org/benefits-physiotherapy

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Skin conditions/advice

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Excellent site from Canadian dermatologists

https://dermatology.ca/public-patients/skin/skin-conditions/

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https://www.dermnetnz.org

Based in New Zealand , another excellent site

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Eczema

https://eczemahelp.ca

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Foot Health

https://www.footeducation.com/page/home

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Travel

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list/

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https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories

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https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/health-safety

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https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/seniors

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Stop Smoking

https://www.quitnow.ca

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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

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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

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DONATING

Blood Donation

https://blood.ca/en

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!

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Becoming an organ donor

http://www.transplant.bc.ca/

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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/

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