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7 Ways to Use Your Mind to Strengthen and Heal Your Body

WEBThere’s a clear connection between the way your brain thinks and the way your body feels. And just as you can use your body to reduce your psychological …

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An 85-year Harvard study found the No. 1 thing that makes us …

WEBThe researchers gathered health records from 724 participants from all over the world and asked detailed questions about their lives at two-year intervals. Contrary …

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Connection and Community: 2SLGBTQIA+ Student Mental Health

WEBMany 2SLGBTQIA+ students encounter these barriers, contributing to mental health concerns. The pandemic made this problem even worse, with 2SLGBTQIA+ …

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Physical Activity Myths and Facts

WEBPhysical Activity Myths and Facts. Myth: Weight lifting is only for people who want to “bulk up”. The truth: The Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines recommend that …

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Indigenous Health in Medicine: The best is yet to come

WEBBy: Christina Torrealba (she/her), Graduate Student in Community Health and Epidemiology Featuring: Hannah Asprey, Mercedes Stemm and RJ Roggeveen . …

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Looking Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg

WEBIn summary, global health is more than what meets the eye; it transcends surface-level barriers to health and wellbeing. What we see on social media and within …

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100 Objects – A Piecemeal Look at Public Health

WEBThe Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was established in June, 1916 and has grown into the largest public health training facility in the United …

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Global Health Office

WEBDr. Neal is a leader who has encouraged others to find creative solutions to complex issues. Through his research and advocacy work Dr. Neal has inspired his …

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Worlds Together: Indigenous Medicine and the Canadian Health …

WEBIndigenous medicine encompasses a holistic worldview. This has only recently become the more progressive understanding of health in Western medicine, …

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Welcome our new PLANS Manager, Sarah Upshaw!

WEBThe Global Health Office (GHO) in happy to introduce Sarah Upshaw as the new Program Manager for the Promoting Leadership in health for African Nova Scotians …

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Why are metaphors important in healthcare

WEBMetaphors are important for healthcare providers when communicating information to patients. Describing the brain as a computer, the heart as a pump, or the kidneys as a …

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Where are you from

WEBFor Indigenous health researchers, positioning is a key consideration in how we plan and develop research projects, how we gather knowledge, and how we analyze and interpret …

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Why do we feel the need to body shame

WEBThe implication Michaels is making is that a person needs to be thin to be healthy, and if we aren’t thin, then we don’t really love ourselves. Michaels is, in essence, drawing parallels …

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From report to reality: Actioning Solution Six of Nova Scotia’s …

WEBAction for Health is made up of six intertwined solutions that can be reviewed in detail here, with the last solution – Solution Six – arguably the most …

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Health Promoting Schools model in Nova Scotia: The building blocks

WEBRome was not built in a day, and the same goes for the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) model. In fact, the model in Nova Scotia is already 18 years old since being formally …

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7 Strategies to Improve Your Employees’ Health and Wellbeing

WEBSeveral studies have found that giving workers more choice or control over their work schedules improves their mental health. This can involve simply permitting …

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Black Health and Black Excellence: The 2022 International Black …

WEBThe 2022 International Black Health Conference was held in Halifax from October 6-8, 2022. The health conference was a ground-breaking event that allowed …

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World Blood Donor Day – 8 Facts About Blood Donation

WEBHere are 8 facts about blood donation, in hopes of increasing your knowledge, and encouraging you to donate! The volume of one unit of blood is approximately 450 …

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Faculty of Health Professions

WEBCongratulations to Leslie Hill of the School of Health Sciences who is the winner of the 2012 Urram Award presented by the Nova Scotia College of Medical …

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Student Spotlight: Alison MacPherson

WEBAlison MacPherson is a second year MBA student, who completed her Corporate Residency with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., in Montreal, Quebec.

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Celebrating the winners of the inaugural Dalhousie Top Co-op …

WEBWednesday, March 22 nd marked the inaugural Dalhousie Top Co-op Awards, a joint collaboration between Dalhousie’s Management Career Services, …

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Commercial Textbooks Present Challenges in an Online Environment

WEBAs we approach the fall 2020 term, the Dal Libraries are working to provide alternative access to the print course reserves collection. Among the readings on course …

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