AHS Podcasts

Proper food and nutrition is essential to achieving the best health outcomes for patients and clients. Eating wholesome, well-balanced meals also plays an important role in promoting overall health and reducing the risk of chronic disease. In this podcast, Andy Jones talks about how hospitals must have the highest standards in place for food preparation and service in order to ensure patients who come to hospital malnourished do not leave malnourished. He's leading a movement to achieve this goal by promoting a patient- and family-focused food service that involves not just food services but also health care providers, support staff, patients and families.

Dr. Clarence Wong talks about colorectal cancer, one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Canada, and the importance of early detection and screening.

Pharmacy technicians are now regulated health care professionals and some pharmacists are allowed to prescribe medication to patients. Pharmacy Technician Brenda Lambert and Pharmacist Tiffany Woo tell more.

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Teens can see prescription meds as a safer way to get high, but they can be dangerous. Find out ways to lock up your meds, have frank conversations with your teen and create strategies to help them say no.

More than 1,300 children between the ages of one and four end up in Alberta emergency departments every year because of unintentional poisoning. Find out ways to prevent poisoning and protect your children.

Dr. Darren Brenner, an Epidemiologist with CancerControl Alberta at AHS, talks about a recent study that shows 45% of cancers in Alberta are linked to preventable factors and tells us what we can do to help avoid these factors.