Hashtag Health: A Health and Medical Podcast

Welcome back to Hashtag Health! This is part 2 of our 2 part series on physical activity promotion. In this episode, Dr Jonathan Fowles returns to the show to discuss how healthcare providers can promote physical activity through the use of physical activity prescriptions. Join us as we discuss the impact physical activity prescriptions are having on health outcomes, as well as some of the challenges in making these more mainstream in Canada!

Exercise is Medicine Canada website: https://exerciseismedicine.org/canada/

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Welcome back to Hashtag Health! This is part 1 of our 2 part series on physical activity promotion. We are joined by Dr Jonathan Fowles, the Scientific Director for Exercise is Medicine Canada and a professor at Acadia University, to talk about his outlook on and work in physical activity promotion. From the campaigns that have been launched to increase physical activity in our communities, to the successes and challenges facing many of these initiatives, we have plenty to unpack on today’s episode.

Exercise is Medicine Canada website: https://exerciseismedicine.org/canada/

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Welcome back to Hashtag Health! This is part 2 of our 2 part series on innovations in microsurgery, a surgical technique that requires the use of microscopes. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Ike Ahmed. He is an accomplished glaucoma, cataract, and anterior segment surgeon, with a special interest in complex eye conditions. Dr. Ahmed is not only a highly skilled ophthalmologist, he is also an innovative researcher in the field of advanced microsurgical tools and techniques. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers and made over 1000 scientific presentations. Today we speak about both his surgical journey and his ground-breaking work in microsurgery.

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Welcome back to Hashtag Health! This is part 1 of our 2 part series on innovations in microsurgery, a surgical technique that requires the use of microscopes. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Ike Ahmed. He is an accomplished glaucoma, cataract, and anterior segment surgeon, with a special interest in complex eye conditions. Dr. Ahmed is not only a highly skilled ophthalmologist, he is also an innovative researcher in the field of advanced microsurgical tools and techniques. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers and made over 1000 scientific presentations. Today we speak about both his surgical journey and his ground-breaking work in microsurgery.

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Welcome to our final episode of three where Hashtag Health host Ari Tang interviews Dr. Nadolsky about weight in medicine, its treatments, and the stigma present within our healthcare community. Tune into learn more!

Welcome to our second episode of three where Hashtag Health host Ari Tang interviews Dr. Nadolsky about weight in medicine, its treatments, and the stigma present within our healthcare community. Tune into learn more!

Welcome to our first episode of three where Hashtag Health host Ari Tang interviews Dr. Nadolsky about weight in medicine, its treatments, and the stigma present within our healthcare community. Tune into learn more!”

Welcome back to Hashtag Health! This is part 2 of our 2-part series on collaborative mental health care. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Heather Sylvester, a Stratford based family physician with additional training (a “plus one”) in mental health. Dr. Sylvester works within a family health team to offer psychiatric services to patients, and she explains today the benefits of this novel approach to the provision of mental health care, notably its ability to combat the backlog of psychiatric patients.

Music by Davide Ventulieri
Sources used in podcast:
https://www.camh.ca/en/driving-change/the-crisis-is-real/mental-health-statistics
https://www.cfpc.ca/CFPC/media/Resources/Mental-Health/Collaborative-mental-health-care-2011-49-web-FIN-EN.pdf
https://archive.org/details/mental_hospital
https://www.cfp.ca/content/69/2/81
https://archive.org/details/DrugAddi1951

Welcome back to Hashtag Health! This is part 1 of our 2-part series on collaborative mental health care. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Heather Sylvester, a Stratford based family physician with additional training (a “plus one”) in mental health. Dr. Sylvester works within a family health team to offer psychiatric services to patients, and she explains today the benefits of this novel approach to the provision of mental health care, notably its ability to combat the backlog of psychiatric patients.

Welcome back to Hashtag Health! This is part 2 of our 2 part series on refugee health. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Allison Henderson, a family medicine physician working at the Refugee Resettlement Clinic in London. She offers practical tips for healthcare providers working with refugee populations, and gives us more insight into what refugee health entails.

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com