“We are all captives of the picture in our head . . . our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.” — Walter Lipmann, American writer and political columnist. We’ve often talked about separate realities, a term Sydney Banks used to describe the difference in each individual’s response to any given … [Read more...]
The vaccine for HPV, or human papillomavirus, is available at the Sun Peaks Health Centre. This one-time vaccination program is being offered to women in B.C. who were born in 1991, 1992 and 1993 to protect them from HPV infections that are known to cause almost all cases of cervical cancer. It's estimated that the vaccine can prevent up to 70 … [Read more...]
In attempts to stave off the development of skin cancer later in life, the B.C. government has banned commercial tanning bed use by persons under the age of 18. Nova Scotia was the first province in Canada to adopt a similar regulation, in May 2011. “After a great deal of consideration of clinical evidence, commissioning a report to provide … [Read more...]
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