Social equity drives health outcomes: BMA headHow can practising physicians address the social inequity that leads to poor health outcomes? Ontario expands MedsCheck—againAs announced during Ontario’s latest drug policy reforms, the government is expanding the MedsCheck program to include three new services. Use HbA1c to diagnose diabetes, U.K. expert says Glycated hemoglobin is reliable, and more practical than traditional tests Advice on ‘functional food’ may get patients’ attention Dietitian offers quick tour of ingredients that may get patients excited about healthy eating Investigate and treat South Asians aggressively Watch for the telltale signs of double chin and ‘buffalo hump,’ researcher advises Target metabolic pathways, not cancer genes Focusing on mutations is too daunting a task, as each patient has hundreds or thousands of them, says researcher New healthy living concept stores from Rexall Innovative Healthy Living prototype stores open at six locations across Canada. Electronic sentinel surveillance network launched System collects data on chronic diseases from doctors’ EMRs Diabetes impairs but doesn’t halt sex Diabetes educators doubt their abilities First Previous 193 194 195 196 197 Next Last
