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… Maintaining a Healthy Relationship With a Loved One Who Has a Mental … at times, especially when the illness makes it harder for your loved one to manage their emotions and behaviours. Here are some things that you can do to help keep your relationship healthy. Learn about the condition. …
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… Healthy eating guidelines for people taking warfarin … Vietnamese Certain foods and beverages can affect how your warfarin works. This handout will help you to plan your … vegetables (for example, you eat more vegetables in the spring and summer). You get the flu and are unable to eat …
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… make sure you're exercising safely. On this page: Assessing your readiness Using equipment safely Exercising safely … Readiness Medical Examination (ePARmed-X+) . Ask your health care provider or qualified exercise professional … Stay active year-round. For instance, do gardening in the spring and snow shoveling in the winter. This helps avoid …
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… decreases over time, particularly in older people, so a spring COVID-19 vaccine booster will ensure people stay … available throughout the province at pharmacies, regional health-authority clinics, some primary-care offices, and … a mask in crowded public spaces, and cough and sneeze into your elbow Cleaning your hands regularly Avoid touching your …
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… Tick Bites On this page: Overview Check Your Symptoms Self-Care Preparing For Your Appointment … birds and animals. Tick bites occur most often during early spring to late summer and in areas where there are many wild … carry diseases, and most tick bites don't cause serious health problems. But it's important to remove a tick as soon …
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… (parvovirus infection) Last updated October 29, 2024 HealthLink BC File number 54 Download PDF Document English … cheek" disease. It’s most common in late winter to early spring. What are the symptoms of fifth disease? Many of the … discharge of a person with the disease and then touching your own eyes or mouth (for example from a wet tissue, a …
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… Quitting Smoking On this page: Overview Health Tools Why Do You Smoke? Benefits of Quitting Smoking … start to feel real benefits over time. Within a few hours, your blood pressure will go down and you'll have more … want to try again, such as next week, next month, or next spring. Or you don't have to wait. If you're still motivated …
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… Bed bugs Last updated September 3, 2024 HealthLink BC File number 95 Download PDF Document English … such as anxiety and insomnia. If you are concerned about your physical or mental health symptoms, please consult your … especially bedroom furniture, including mattresses and box springs Under lamps and other items on nightstands You can …
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… Nitrate in well water Last updated March 1, 2021 HealthLink BC File number 05a Download PDF Document English … and odorless, you cannot tell if you have nitrate in your well water unless you test for it. Nitrate is more … your well water for nitrate at least once per year in the spring and/or fall, when concentrations are the highest. …
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… infection (cyclosporiasis) Last updated November 24, 2023 HealthLink BC File number 121 Download PDF Document English … South America and Asia. However, nearly every year in the spring and summer, B.C. residents are affected by outbreaks … with cyclosporiasis. How do I prevent cyclosporiasis? Wash your hands before, during and after preparing food Wash …
