TEAM BASED PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE TO REDUCE LONG TERM RISK OF DISEASE By Nicole Aubertin
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t may sound a bit like a paradox but when you’re healthy that’s just the time to start thinking about a prevention plan. Often when we’re feeling great we fail to consider our wellbeing and ways to continue staying healthy. It’s only when we fall ill that we start thinking about what we could have done better and wondering why we didn’t take steps to reduce our risk of disease. But with a little planning it doesn’t have to be that way.
COPEMAN HEALTHCARE
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Ultimately our goal is to reduce the long-term impact of disease
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Dr. Pollie Lumby, Family Physician
Most chronic illnesses occur slowly over many years or decades often without symptoms or warnings. These illnesses progress through some of the healthiest years of life when we’re not paying attention to what we’re eating, how much we’re drinking or how little we’re exercising. When we’re young and getting by on minimal sleep, coping well with stress and still feeling wonderful, it’s easy to believe that it will always be that way. Wouldn’t it be great if we could carry on feeling that way for many, many years to come?
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