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Quitting smoking

… illness, like heart and lung diseases, throat and oral cancer, and emphysema Improve your finances by saving the … by half. 10 years after quitting, your risk of lung cancer decreases by half. After 15 years smoke-free, your … support to guide your quit. Features include: Creating a personalized online quit plan Motivational support …

Protecting your baby against hepatitis B at birth

… Hepatitis B is also one of the main causes of liver cancer, which can be fatal. This is why getting protection … include permanent liver damage, which can lead to liver cancer and death. When you get your child immunized, you …

Clean-up after a flood

… cleaning up after a flood, especially before handling or eating food. Use hand sanitizers Throw out canned goods if …

Hepatitis B Vaccine

… such as permanent liver damage, which can lead to liver cancer and death. When you get immunized, you help protect … Hepatitis B is also one of the main causes of liver cancer, which can be fatal. Hepatitis B virus is spread from …

Hand washing Help stop the spread of germs

Roseola

… Keep clothing light, just a shirt and shorts or a diaper Treating the fever. Your child should rest in bed until the … Food is less important. If your child is hungry, then eating is fine; but if your child does not have an appetite, …

HTLV-1 Virus

… infected. People who get sick may develop a rare blood cancer called adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), or have …

Burns and scalds in young children

… or hospital. For more information BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit www.injuryresearch.bc.ca BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund: Prevention – Too Hot for Tots Course https://burnfund.org/prevention … Burns and scalds in young children …

Understanding harm reduction Substance use

… prevent harms from substance use include: Impaired driving prevention programs. These programs increase awareness of … This helps prevent brain injury and death Overdose prevention services. These services help prevent drug … who use substances HealthLinkBC File #118 Naloxone: Treating opioid overdose Ministry of Health and Addictions – …

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CJD

… out of shape. They attack the brain, killing cells and creating gaps in tissue or sponge-like patches. Once these … (BSE). It is thought to be passed to humans from eating cow parts infected with BSE prions. For more …