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April is Cancer Awareness Month: What’s happening in Manitoba?

Posted on April 9, 2014 by mhiknet

On April 1 Minister Selby announced the addition of six new cancer drugs to the Manitoba Formulary and the Manitoba Home Cancer Drug Program. Coverage for these drugs will begin on April 16, 2014. [CancerCare Manitoba news item] “The new … Continue reading →

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Sugar: Draft Guideline from WHO

Posted on March 26, 2014 by mhiknet

Recently the WHO has released a draft guideline recommending sugar intake is not more than 25g per day in adults. The guideline has been showing up in news items and I thought it was worth having a closer look at … Continue reading →

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Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted on February 20, 2014 by mhiknet

Manitoba has one of the highest rates of Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Renal Disease of any province in Canada. Here are some recent websites and articles on the topic. If you are looking for more information on this … Continue reading →

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Why dieting doesn’t usually work

Posted on February 4, 2014 by mhiknet

Getting patients to adopt healthy lifestyle choices can be challenging. By this time many New Years Resolutions have been broken.  This newly released TEDTalk by Sandra Aamodt (neuroscientist) has a compelling argument for making positive lifestyle choices if an individual … Continue reading →

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Evidence Informed Practice: reviewing literature search results

Posted on January 23, 2014 by mhiknet

When it comes to evidence informed practice everyone agrees that it sounds like a good idea but to many people are not sure what articles they should be considering. There is a great deal of variety in what the experts … Continue reading →

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Windchill, Hypothermia & Frostbite

Posted on January 9, 2014 by mhiknet

With the latest windchill alerts questions may be coming in from your patients about frostbite injuries, hypothermia and other concerns relating to windchill. Here are a few  recent articles which may be of interest to those treating or who might … Continue reading →

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Holidays & Health

Posted on December 18, 2013 by mhiknet

With MHIKNET staff contemplating a well-deserved holiday break, we thought you’d be interested in a few web sites and articles on health and the holidays. Most of the sites are from the Government of Canada’s Healthy Canadians web site and … Continue reading →

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Into the long dark: Vitamin D

Posted on December 11, 2013 by mhiknet

With the Winter solstice rapidly approaching (21 Dec) many of us are mourning the loss of sunlight and the decent into the long dark winter nights. I thought it would be interesting to provide you with a list of recent … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Health Promotion

Posted on November 27, 2013 by mhiknet

Quick question…. do you or does your organization Tweet? We’d love to know about it (@mhiknet) . If you’ve never been on Twitter the opportunity for collaboration and discussion in the field of health care is amazing especially in the … Continue reading →

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Dignity and Patient Care

Posted on November 20, 2013 by mhiknet

I was happy to see so many (350) attending the Health Innovation Conference this week. Thank you to all who stopped by the booth and asked your questions. It was a pleasure to meet you. The keynote speaker was Dr. … Continue reading →

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