Health Information
The following links contain a vast amount of health information and resources for Canadians.
My Food Guide
is an interactive tool that will help you personalize the information found in Canada's Food Guide. There are lots of foods to choose from in each of the four food groups, so be sure to try different combinations when creating this tool that illustrates how you can eat well with Canada's Food Guide.
In addition to English or French you can choose to print this tool in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (traditional or simplified), Farsi, Korean, Russian, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil or Urdu.
Canadian Health Network (CHN)
is a national, non-profit, bilingual web-based health information service. CHN's goal is to help Canadians find the information they're looking for on how to stay healthy and prevent disease. This network of health information providers includes Health Canada and national and provincial / territorial non-profit organizations, as well as universities, hospitals, libraries and community organizations.
Cancer
keep up to date on the latest cancer information, statistics, research and risk reduction.
Health Canada Online
is the single point of entry into the federal Department of Health where you can keep on top of breaking news including health advisories and warnings, learn about new developments in health research and disease, and visit the Healthy Living, Just for You, and It's Your Health sections for practical advice and tools to help improve your health.
Heart Health
provides reliable information on heart disease, stroke and healthy living. Develop your own blood pressure action plan, calculate your heart and stroke risk factors or search healthy recipes!
Immunization schedules
provides information on immunization schedules, thorough information on vaccine preventable illnesses and vaccines.
Infectious Diseases
detailed information and answers on all areas of infectious disease including: hepatitis, lyme disease, influenza, tuberculosis, and many more.
Injury Prevention
looking for information on how to create a safe and healthy environment? This site provides information on injury prevention, statistics on injury rates and injury reports on specific types of injuries.
Men's Health
site provides information about the health issues that affect men and boys throughout their lives. You'll find resources on a broad range of issues, including parenting, relationships and health resources.
Nutrition and Healthy Eating
website is designed to help you check out your food choices, activity patterns, and healthy weight. It provides you with personalized feedback to help you achieve your healthy eating and active living goals and answers your nutrition questions.
Public Health Agency of Canada
sponsored by the Government of Canada, this site provides a number of publications on chronic and infectious diseases, injury, surveillance, emergency preparedness, health promotion, travel health and immunization.
Travel Health
information on travel advisories, travel clinics, news from international public health authorities and travel health recommendations.
Women's Health
contains current information on health research, news, issues and health topics relevant to women.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Care by Dr. Bruce Holub
His research program is focused on dietary omega-3 fatty acids from fish/fish oils, plant oils, and resulting nutraceuticals plus functional foods for human health and the prevention/management of cardiovascular disease and other chronic disorders.
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