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The
Association plans to publish a Voter's Guide on Health Care Issues
and has put in place a grassroots contact program between physicians
and political candidates. |
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In order to sustain the positive momentum to date, we must
be very deliberate in our planning efforts and our commitment to
achieve the goals we set for ourselves.
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A new guide
to help service providers identify possible cases of elder abuse and
make the appropriate referrals is currently being developed at the
Seniors Resource Centre. |
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What can
some of Newfoundland's finest artists, writers, and craftspeople do
about type-two diabetes in children, childhood obesity and other
juvenile ailments? |
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Overall,
feedback received from physicians regarding the revised form 8/10
has been positive. |
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It's
time to discuss what has happened over the summer and introduce how
PIPEDA, as it is presently understood, might impact on your
practice. |
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The
Provincial Cervical Screening Initiatives office will launch a
province-wide campaign this fall to promote Pap Test Awareness Week,
October 19-26. |
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The
MBNS is a monthly benefit provided to eligible low income pregnant
women and families with children under the age of one, to assist
with the extra cost of eating healthy during pregnancy and
throughout the child's first year. |
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We
need to provide smokers with the help and tools they need to succeed
in what could be the hardest thing they'll ever do. |
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The
provincial government is in the process of developing a health
charter which will set out the responsibilities both the government
and the public have with regard to our health care system. |
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Enjoying your retirement while minimizing
tax takes careful planning. By the end of the year you turn 69, you
will have to decide what to do with your RRSP. |
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The
recently published book, The Labrador Memoir of Dr Harry Paddon,
1912-1938, is a medical saga, recounting the story of the
Paddons in Labrador. |
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The
Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) has
completed a project scope for a provincial person-specific pharmacy
network. |
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A
central registry of people with Alzheimer Disease and other
dementias is now in place through the Alzheimer Society of
Newfoundland and Labrador. |
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Physicians
are often the first people that people turn to when they are in a
crisis, and therefore play an important role in referring people to
other community services, including mediation. |
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It
is said that doctors inevitably distrust politicians. Just as
inevitably however they have to deal with them. |
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Nexus
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Nexus
DEFINED
A connected group or series; a bond, a connection.
Nexus is
published quarterly for Newfoundland and Labrador's physicians. It is a forum for
the exchange of views, ideas and information for members.
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