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Clinical research has established exercise as a safe and effective intervention to counteract the adverse physical and psychological effects of cancer and its treatment. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia is the first to recommend exercise as part of regular cancer care. (Unsplash/curtis macnewton)

Exercise is medicine, and doctors are starting to prescribe it

Scott Lear, Simon Fraser University

From weekend walks with your doctor to free gym memberships, there is a global movement afoot.
Manipulating environmental exposures to optimize a healthy microbiome may hold the promise of preventing chronic inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. (Shutterstock)

Why we all need to be proactive about our bowels

Gilaad Kaplan, University of Calgary; Joseph W. Windsor, University of Calgary, and Stephanie Coward, University of Calgary

Halting the rapid rise in inflammatory bowel disease will require a proactive approach to medicine, and a focus on the gut.
Our rapidly aging society will place even greater pressure on the already expensive and mediocre Canadian health-care system. (Shutterstock)

How healthy is the Canadian health‑care system?

Chris Simpson, Queen's University, Ontario; David M.C. Walker, Queen's University, Ontario; Don Drummond, Queen's University, Ontario; Duncan Sinclair, Queen's University, Ontario, and Ruth Wilson, Queen's University, Ontario

Bold leadership is needed to adapt Canada’s expensive and mediocre health-care system for an aging population struggling with chronic disease.

Related Topics

  1. access to care
  2. Chronic diseases
  3. COVID-19
  4. Doctors
  5. Doctor shortage
  6. Family doctors
  7. Health care
  8. Health-care workers
  9. Patients
  10. Primary care

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