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Surviving the Streets
Theresa Coleman Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’ve been asked to speak today about drug abuse. Well, where there is drug abuse you’ll find me. I’m not sure I can fit the whole story in this time span but I’ll try. Back when I was 20 years old, I (like many young adults) was tempted […]
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Re-Examining Practice
Re-examining Practice : Ethical Principles to Guide the Deliveryof Home Care Nursing to HIV+ Injection Drug Users [a presentation by Susan Giles & Evanna Brennan] T . We owe much to some health-care professionals who have supported us over the years such as Sue Burgess (our outreach physician), Irene Goldstone (BC Centre for Excellence in […]
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The first modern pandemic
INNOVATION VS. THE CORONAVIRUS The scientific advances we need to stop COVID-19. By Bill Gates | April 23, 2020 24 minute read The coronavirus pandemic pits all of humanity against the virus. The damage to health, wealth, and well-being has already been enormous. This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the […]
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Street Feet
Foot Conditions among Homeless Persons: A Systematic Review · Matthew J. To ,· Thomas D. Brothers,· Colin Van Zoost • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167463 EXTRACT: Homelessness is a major public health concern in North America. Recent reports suggest that on any given night, over 700,000 individuals across the United States and Canada are homeless. [1], [2] Homeless individuals have […]