Category Archives: Videos

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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Video: What does the spleen do?

Posted on March 12, 2014 by mhiknet

What Does the Spleen Do? Harvard Medical School [4:10 min] The students of the Harvard Medical School have created this spoof of “The Fox (What does the Fox Say?)” by Ylvis to explain the shape, appearance and function of the … 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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Friday Fun: Giving

Posted on December 13, 2013 by mhiknet

This viral video has been swamping the news lately, WestJet providing Canadian passengers with their own Christmas Miracle [5 min 25 sec]. Far more profound is the gift of caring that health care providers like yourselves give to your patients.  … 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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Friday Fun: Quick, entertaining video advocating for evidence based decision making

Posted on November 29, 2013 by mhiknet

I sent an email out a while back promoting a video on a catchy way to explain evidence-based health care.  A colleague let me know that James McCormack, the video’s creator, has another video out describing “using evidence to help … 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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Need a catchy way to explain evidence based healthcare?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by mhiknet

Just ran across this wonderful YouTube video (4:18 min]

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