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… Healthy Eating to Lower High Blood Pressure Last updated April 25, … your arteries over time and increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. Another term for high blood pressure is … your overall health. For more information: Healthy Eating Guidelines for Lower Sodium Eating: …
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… Hand, foot and mouth disease Last updated July 29, 2024 HealthLink BC File number … Spanish Document Vietnamese What is hand, foot and mouth disease? Hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by enteroviruses. It’s most common in …
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… Fifth disease (parvovirus infection) Last updated October 29, 2024 … File number 54 Download PDF Document English What is fifth disease? Fifth disease is an infection caused by a virus called parvovirus …
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… Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Last updated September 1, 2019 HealthLink BC … Spanish Document Vietnamese What is pelvic inflammatory disease? Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection … can have an STI and not have any symptoms. Finding and treating an STI reduces the chances of passing infections on …
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… Heart Healthy Eating for People with High Cholesterol Last updated May 25, … attack or stroke. To help lower LDL, follow a Portfolio eating pattern that is rich in soluble fibre, nuts, soy … questions. What else can I do to lower my risk of heart disease? Reach and maintain your best weight Be physically …
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… Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) Last updated October 29, 2024 HealthLink BC … an abnormal prion attacks the brain, killing cells and creating gaps in tissue or sponge-like patches. The vCJD prion … supply. None of the reported cases of vCJD resulted from eating Canadian beef. How does a cow get BSE? The abnormal …
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… Managing eating, chewing and swallowing difficulties in care … Document Punjabi Document Spanish Document Vietnamese Eating, chewing and swallowing difficulties can occur in … like dementia, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis …
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… you can help your child learn important food skills and eating habits. You can also help shape positive attitudes towards food and eating. Healthy eating is about more than just what we eat. … foods for babies and toddlers (#69i) Vegan feeding guidelines for babies and toddlers (#69j) Vegetarian feeding …
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… be done safely. In rare cases, animals can spread serious diseases to people. Which diseases are commonly spread from … can spread from hands to mouth. This can happen through eating, sucking fingers or when children put toys into their … touching the ground Right after leaving animal areas Before eating or drinking After cleaning and removing boots or …
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… in watches, calculators and handheld games How can I make eating safer for a child? Until children are at least 4 … Always supervise babies and young children when they are eating: Offer food in small amounts to prevent children from … foods for babies and toddlers (#69i) Vegan feeding guidelines for babies and toddlers (#69j) Vegetarian feeding …
