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Your diet — the foods and drinks you eat, not short-term restrictive programs — can impact your heart disease risk. Evidence-based approaches to eating are… 03/24/2023
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3 ways to unlock the power of food to promote heart health
Diabetes medical care is not out of reach for uninsured refugees
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Rose Celest’s work permit expired in 2013. But she didn’t return to her native country, making her one of Canada’s undocumented migrants ineligible for Canada’s public health… 02/10/2023
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Taking fitness outside: 9 tips for becoming more active through the Canadian winter
January 10, 2023 If you made a New Year’s resolution about physical activity, you are not alone. Many Canadians make resolutions, and most focus on… 01/27/2023
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Canada must take action now on dementia: Recommendations to help lower risks in an aging population
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There is a great deal of sobering news for Canadians in the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s new study. The recently released first volume of Navigating… 11/04/2022
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Mixed messages: Is coffee good or bad for us? It might help, but it doesn’t enhance health
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Coffee is good for you. Or it’s not. Maybe it is, then it isn’t, then it is again. If you drink coffee, and follow the… 08/12/2022
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Top 3 reasons to add plant-based proteins into your diet
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March 6, 2022 Fostering sustainable food systems is an urgent global priority. Sustainable diets are a part of food systems with important implications for human… 03/11/2022
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Nutrition researchers saw malnourished children at Indian Residential Schools as perfect test subjects
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The discovery of hundreds of children’s remains in Kamloops, Brandon and Cowessess have exposed the absolute devastation settlers inflicted upon Indigenous children, families and communities… 07/09/2021
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From COVID-19 to Type 2 diabetes—what’s new in breastfeeding?
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UBCO expert discusses latest breastfeeding research during National Breastfeeding Week Breast is still best for babies, even during a pandemic, according to one UBC Okanagan… 10/09/2020
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Inquiry into coronavirus nursing home deaths needs to include discussion of workers and race
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COVID-19 has most severely affected elderly residents and their caregivers in long-term care nursing homes. In Ontario, coronavirus has claimed the lives of well over… 07/24/2020
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Gut reaction: How the gut microbiome may influence the severity of COVID-19
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By Shirin Moossavi Postdoctoral Fellow, International Microbiome Centre, University of Calgary By Marie-Claire Arrieta Assistant Professor, Physiology, Pharmacology and Pediatrics, University of Calgary The… 07/10/2020
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