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Health Promotion

• Summer 2010 Dr. Roxanne Cooper takes cervical screening on the road this summer

• Spring 2010 CBS Physician named province’s top screener for cervical cancer

• Spring 2010 Canada's two-tiered library system is not acceptable

• Spring 2010 Nicotine replacement products safe, effective for most tobacco users

• Spring 2010 Physicians, nurses recognized for efforts to increase cervical screening rates

• Winter 2009 Smoking –The Preventable Pandemic

• Winter 2009 Kinesiology studio provides preventative and rehabilitative services

• Winter 2009 Breastfeeding Coalition launches new campaign

• Fall 2009 Pesticide Coalition urges MDs to voice their concerns

• Fall 2009 Regulated nurses in Canada

• Fall 2009 Proud to be Smoke Free!

• Summer 2009 One smile makes all the difference

• Summer 2009 Weekly Pap test clinic works well for busy family doctor and her patients

• Summer 2009 Kids Eat Smart celebrates nutrition month

• Spring 2009 Conference addresses pandemic planning

• Spring 2009 New central intake number for child/adolescent mental health

•  Spring 2009 Helping immigrants navigate the health care system

• Spring 2009 Arthritis Society calls for chronic disease management strategy

• Fall 2008 Living with stroke

• Fall 2008 See your risks more clearly and change the face of cervical cancer

• Fall 2008 See your risks more clearly and change the face of cervical cancer

• Fall 2008 Report shows more work needed to help smokers quit

• Summer 2008 Arthritis Society honors rheumatology pioneer

• Summer 2008 New campaign targets problem gambling

• Summer 2008 Western Health butts out

• Summer 2008 Addressing tobacco epidemic requires policy change

• Summer 2008 Million dollar mark for Kids Eat Smart

• Summer 2008 Call for essays combats stigma of mental illness

• Spring 2008 Physicians urged to join fight in banning smoking in cars with children

• Spring 2008 New services to treat individuals with eating disorders

• Spring 2008 Physicians needed for eating disorder community capacity building project

• Spring 2008 Physicians recognized for screening activity

• Spring 2008 Cervical screening launches mapping statistics profiles for communities

• Spring 2008 Target hypertension for stroke prevention

• Spring 2008 Thiazide diuretics as first-line treatment for hypertension

• Winter 2007  Nicotine vaccines for smoking cessation

• Winter 2007 New recommendations for helping smokers quit

• Fall 2007 Changing the face of cervical cancer

• Fall 2007 Pap clinic grants

• Fall 2007 Family physicians have key role in stroke strategy

• Fall 2007 Olympian encourages kids to eat well

• Fall 2007 CMA honors Kids Eat Smart Foundation

• Fall 2007 Physicians are an important link to help smokers quit

• Fall 2007 Lessons from the Canadian celiac health survey

• Fall 2007 No fever - no malaria test!

• Fall 2007 Bridging the gap of social isolation

• Summer 2007 Cancer Society’s Daffodil Place a place to call home for patients

• Summer 2007 Early referrals to allied health essential to prevent deformities in inflammatory arthritis

• Summer 2007 New book traces challenges of living with Crohn’s Disease

• Summer 2007 New study shows long-term effects of smoking in the home

• Summer 2007 NLMA unveils public information campaign

• Spring 2007 Kids Eat Smart helps kids make the grade

• Spring 2007 Arthritis: The disease that keeps on taking

• Spring 2007 Government sends message to restrict youth access to tobacco

• Spring 2007 Smokers’ Helpline shares strategies to help youth ‘kick the habit'

• Spring 2007 VON offers palliative care volunteer program

• Spring 2007 Information for physicians with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered patients

• Winter 2006 Questions about influenza

• Winter 2006 New edition of CMA's fitness-to-drive guide ready

• Winter 2006 Get SMART: New in-home exercise program starting for seniors

• Winter 2006 Healthy pregnancy means being smoke free

• Winter 2006 “Mr. Minister: Take down those power walls”

• Winter 2006 MUN medical students working to help refugee population

• Winter 2006 Top 10 reasons for giving blood this holiday season

• Winter 2006 Physicians invited to refer patients with alcohol problems to AA support groups

• Winter 2006 Informing drug therapy options for osteoporosis in women

• Fall 2006 Become a Partner in Healthy Living

• Fall 2006 New school food guidelines sweeping nation… where are we?

• Fall 2006 Pap tests: Reducing embarrassment and increasing screening

• Fall 2006 Family caregivers essential partners in care

• Fall 2006 Rural mental health program launched this fall

• Fall 2006 Movement Disorder Clinic helps treat Parkinson's patients

• Fall 2006 Early Parkinson’s prompts woman to action

• Summer 2006 Report confirms effectiveness of Smokers’ Helpline

• Summer 2006 New member program helps doctors tackle “invisible epidemic”

• Summer 2006 Poor adherence to blood pressure medications may fuel growing epidemic

• Summer 2006 Cervical screening program expands

• Spring 2006 Family doctor offers advice on how physicians can increase cervical screening

• Spring 2006 Lewisporte MD recognized for contributions to women’s health

• Spring 2006 Health promotion pilot gives resources to physicians, patients

• Spring 2006 Survey finds drugs often incorrectly prescribed

• Spring 2006 Working together towards healthy pregnancy outcomes

• Spring 2006 Building community supports for province’s “invisible heroes”: Unpaid family and friend caregivers

• Spring 2006 Smokers’ Helpline recognizes top referring physicians

• Winter 2005 Active schools initiative targets childhood obesity

• Winter 2005 Diabetes in Newfoundland and Labrador: Together we can make a difference

• Winter 2005 Referral program simple, effective tool to help smokers

• Winter 2005 Preparing for pandemic influenza in Newfoundland and Labrador

• Winter 2005 Health coalition advocates for healthy school strategy

• Fall 2005 Survey shows women know they should have a pap test… so why aren't they?

• Fall 2005 Nutrition first mantra of Kids Eat Smart

• Fall 2005 Celiac disease: The hidden epidemic

• Fall 2005 Resource kit to help physicians help problem gamblers

• Summer 2005 Cervical cancer: I want to tell you what I never talk about

• Summer 2005 I’ll have what she’s having

• Summer 2005 Thrombosis web site offers practical guidelines

• Spring 2005 New vaccines added to childhood immunization program

• Spring 2005 Physicians to receive Cancer Awareness month package

• Spring 2005 Study supports value of school breakfast programs

• Spring 2005 CMA plans new fitness-to-drive guide

• Spring 2005 Pilot study to look at ways to prevent complications from kidney disease

• Winter 2004 A New Life: Series of booklets for parents revised

• Winter 2004 Government commits to smoke-free province

• Winter 2004 Physician referrals to Smokers’ Helpline continue to climb

• Winter 2004 Enteric illness fact sheets now available

• Winter 2004 Reaching injection drug users

• Fall 2004 Physician referrals to Smokers’ Helpline to triple number of people helped

• Fall 2004 Program recognizes top referring physicians

• Fall 2004 Medical community partners with Kids Eat Smart to support community response to child nutrition

• Fall 2004 Cervical screening success in Springdale

• Fall 2004 Pap test awareness week

• Fall 2004 Report offers insight into adolescent sexual health

• Fall 2004 NLCHI health information reports

• Fall 2004 “Oh, my aching neck! Doc, what can you do for me?”

• Fall 2004 Registry provides support to people diagnosed with Alzheimer disease

• Summer 2004 Physicians invited to help kids eat smart

• Summer 2004 Physicians encouraged to refer patients to Smokers’ Helpline

• Summer 2004 Lessons learned from SARS outbreak

• Summer 2004 Alzheimer and related diseases registry

• Summer 2004 Health information for your patients at their fingertips

• Summer 2004 NLMA partners with Lung Association to help smokers break the habit

• Winter 2003 The use of controlled drugs for the treatment of pain

• Winter 2003 NLMA car seat program going strong

• Winter 2003 Refusal main barrier to improved cervical screening: survey

• Winter 2003 Recruitment under way for Huntington study

• Winter 2003 Advice line offers support to cancer patients and their families

• Winter 2003 NLMA president joins Kids Eat Smart Week celebrations

• Winter 2003 Smokers: There is good news!

• Winter 2003 Fast Facts on the health status of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians

• Winter 2003 Health Canada project to improve arthritis care

• Fall 2003 Elder abuse guide being developed

• Fall 2003 Artists, writers 'fill a plate for a child' in support of NLMA partner Kids Eat Smart

• Fall 2003 Campaign to promote annual Pap screening

• Fall 2003 Program assists low-income pregnant women and families

• Fall 2003 Alzheimer Society introduces central registry

• Fall 2003 Mediation: On the healing edge

• Summer 2003 Cervical cancer screening and HPV

• Summer 2003 Smokers' Helpline service available to everyone

• Summer 2003 An open door: The Seniors Resource Centre

• Summer 2003 Alcoholics Anonymous

• Spring 2003 ACT launches new anti-tobacco campaign

• Spring 2003 Smokers Helpline extends hours

• Spring 2003 Cervical cancer screening program goes province wide

• Fall/Winter 2002 Cervical screening program