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World Salt Awareness Week
(March 10 - 16)
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World Action on Salt & Health
is launching its 2014 awareness campaign on March 10th. They have identified that in order for people to take control of their own health they need to know what they are eating in the first place. The theme this year aims to show that there are options for consumers that want 'less salt please!', and to help make it easier to choose them by highlighting the importance for individuals to take personal responsibility for their long term health and identifying steps that they can take to reduce their salt intake, including checking labels, identifying high salt ingredients and cooking more food at home. See more at:
http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/awarenessweek/
Ontario Sodium Alliance
invites you to support the "Cut the Salt' Ontario campaign. Read more about the OSA Media Release.
In the news
OTTAWA (February 24, 2014)-Bill Jeffery, LLB, National Coordinator of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest made the following comment on Bill 162, the Making Healthier Choices Act, tabled today in the Ontario legislature by the Minister of Health and Long-term Care: Mandating calorie labelling on restaurant menus is a step in the right direction, but it is a costly mistake to ignore sodium. Read more here. |
Member Publication of the Month: Each month we provide a summary of members' publications for the previous month. Review the February Member Publications. Below is one of the publications you may find interesting:
Canadian Society of Nephrology 2014 clinical practice guideline for timing the initiation of chronic dialysis.
Nesrallah GE, Mustafa RA, Clark WF, Bass A, Barnieh L, Hemmelgarn BR, Klarenbach S, Quinn RR, Hiremath S, Ravani P, Sood MM, Moist LM.
CMAJ. 2014 Feb 4;186(2):112-7. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.130363. No abstract available. PMID: 24492525 |
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Vascular Network Announcement
 Hypertension Canada, represented by CEO Angelique Berg, was pleased to be recognized as key partner in one of three new health networks announced by Federal Minister of Health Rona Ambrose on February 24th in Ottawa. The much-anticipated Vascular Network, led by Scientific Director Dr. Duncan Stewart, is intended as a catalytic source of funding to firmly establish collaborative, integrated research and training programs. As a key funding partner, Hypertension Canada's investment to the Vascular Network is in the interest of supporting trainees and the future of hypertension research.
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