November 2013
Making the Connection:
A Call to Action on Vascular Health

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Vascular 2013 host organizations released a Vascular Declaration calling for urgent action on vascular disease.

Leading Canadian experts working in the field of vascular health have signed and committed to a Vascular Declaration, a collective approach to reducing vascular disease in Canada. Direct action is required at all levels to achieve meaningful impact.

 

Making the Connection: A Call to Action on Vascular Health, calls for an integrated, multifaceted approach to address the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and end-of-life care for people with vascular disease.

 

Ninety per cent of Canadians are facing an unacceptable risk of developing vascular disease. We have to act now to reduce its increasing burden.  Click here for more information.

 

Read the Declaration. Join us. Be part of the solution.

 

Member Publication of the Month:
Each month we provide a summary of members' publications for the previous month.  Review the October Member Publications. Below is one of the publications you may find interesting:

 

Patterns of engagement with the health care system and risk of subsequent hospitalization amongst patients with diabetes.

Ronksley PE, Ravani P, Sanmartin C, Quan H, Manns B, Tonelli M, Hemmelgarn BR. 

BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Oct 9;13(1):399.

PMID: 24103159

  
IN FOCUS

Each year, Hypertension Canada recognizes individuals and organizations making significant contributions in Canada to increase awareness, prevention and control of hypertension..

 

On October 19, 2013 at the annual meeting, the following awards were presented:

 

George Fodor AwardDr. Brian Haynes
Distinguished Service Award
Dr. John Floras
Senior Investigator Award
Dr. Geoffrey Pickering
New Investigator Award
Dr. Robert Quinn
Certificates of Excellence

Ms. Jill Bruneau

Chef Louai Maleh

Dr. Donna McLean

Dr. Martin Myers

Come on Nova Scotia...Check It!

C-CHANGE

Canadian Hypertension Advisory       Committee

 

Congratulations to all the awardees and our thanks for your contributions.

Nominations for 2014 Recognition Awards will open Feb 17, 2014.

Up & Up

Update & Upcoming Events

December 3, 2013
Train the Trainer Workshop
Hypertension Management
in conjunction with the
64th McGill Annual Refresher Course for Family Physicians.
For program updates and more detailed information, please visit www.course-mcgill.ca
  
December 5, 2013
Train the Trainer Workshop
C-CHANGE - Harmonized Guidelines for Management of Patients with CV Risk in Primary Care - For more info
 
May 17, 2014
World Hypertension Day
    
May 16, 2014 - May 20, 2014
Hilton New York, New York   
  
June 13-16, 2014
25th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension (joint with European Society of Hypertension)
Athens, Greece
  
October 16 - 19, 2014

Canadian Hypertension Congress

Chteau Cartier, Gatineau, Qu�bec 

 



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