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Heart attack risk from smoking due to genetics
03 January 08 03:49 PM
Common genetic defect lowers age of first heart attack in smokers Rochester, N.Y. – December 19, 2007 – Heart attacks among cigarette smokers may have less to do with tobacco than genetics. A common defect in a gene controlling cholesterol metabolism Read More...
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Stem Cell Injection Protects Against Nerve Cell Death After Stroke, Study Suggest
23 November 07 10:54 AM
Scientists have tested the capabilities of cellular therapy for ischemic stroke treatment on rats. It has turned out that intravenous transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells restores cerebrum blood supply and protects its nerve cells from death. (Science Read More...
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Headlines for September 7
07 September 07 02:25 PM
It’s a busy time of year at OPC and we’ve accumulated a bit of a headline backlog! I’ll try to put some pictures in to break things up a bit. Parents everywhere are saying “I told you so!” to this: Food Dyes and Preservatives Read More...
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1-2-3 IDM Best Practices Quick Start
30 June 07 02:08 PM
Barbara Kahan recently announced a new feature on the Interactive Domain Model (IDM) Best Practices website. This new feature is 1-2-3 IDM Quick Start for using the IDM best practices approach for health promotion, public health and population health. Read More...
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Implications for Ontario: Awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
26 June 07 01:39 PM
Best Start Resource Centre would like to announce the release of the report “Implications for Ontario: Awareness of FASD” in French and English. The report is available in English at: http://www.beststart.org/research/index.html. For the French Read More...
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Conference board of Canada report: shift focus to prevention.
20 June 07 10:19 AM
In its 11th annual report card released last week, the Conference Board of Canada evaluates the country’s performance in six key areas -including health- and compares it to 16 other industrialized countries. It concludes that Canada is a land of Read More...
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Health Promotion Surveys looking for respondants
17 May 07 10:02 AM
There’s two surveys that need the responses of Canadian health promotion practitioners. Please take a few minutes to help out! The Canadian Health Network’s Health Promotion Affiliate wants people to come to the Health Promotion online collection Read More...
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