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Calorie Counter
How many calories should you eat? One-size-fits all recommendation do not work - each plan needs to be customized to each individual.
Science tells us that 1 pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories so, in theory, a daily calorie deficit of 500 should result in 1 pound per week fat loss.
Regrettably, in reality things don't quite work that efficiently.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Shift to Safety offers tips and tools for talking to you healthcare team. Empower yourself with information to help you ask good questions, connect with the right people, and learn as much as you can to keep you or a family member safe while receiving healthcare.
http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/toolsresources/questions-are-the-answer/pages/default.aspx
Cardiovascular disease prevention
Following the work on reducing cardiovascular risk carried out in 2017, INESSS is now making available the Calculator: Prevention of cardiovascular risks Calculator: Prevention of cardiovascular risks
Choosing Wisely Canada
Unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures do not add value to care. In fact, they take away from care by potentially exposing patients to harm, leading to more testing to investigate false positives and contributing to stress for patients. And of course unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures put increased strain on the resources of our health care system.
CTFPHC
Patient Engagement in Guideline Development: The CTFPHC involves members of the public in its guideline development process. Specifically, the CTFPHC uses feedback from the public to guide the search for evidence on the guideline topic and to develop knowledge translation tools to accompany the guidelines
http://canadiantaskforce.ca/tools-resources/videos/
http://canadiantaskforce.ca/general-public/general-information/
CVD Calculator
This Cardiovascular disease (CVD) calculator from the Therapeutics Education Collaboration uses both Framingham and the new ASCVD formulas. It displays benefit estimates for all treatments - diet, lifestyle and medications.
The calculator promotes itself as the BEST tool for calculating cardiovascular risk.
How fit are you?
Everyone agrees that physical fitness is crucial for health, happiness and longevity. Some say that your body's capacity to transport oxygen during fitness is the most accurate measure to determine cardiovascular health.
Calculate your fitness age at www.worldfitnesslevel.org
Journal of the American Medical Association
Lung Foundation Australia
Lung Foundation Australia Primary Care Respiratory Toolkit supports the promotion of lung health as well as the early diagnosis and best practice management of lung disease. Evidence shows that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-managed. The Primary Care Respiratory Toolkit has been developed to redress this.
The Lung Age Estimator has been developed to support clinicians to motivate current smokers to quit, by providing a graphic illustration of estimated lung age.
Measurement of blood pressure
https://guidelines.hypertension.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-22-HT-Guidelines-E-WEB_v3b.pdf
Medstopper
Medstopper is a tool to help clinicians and patients make decisions about reducing or stopping medications. By entering the list of medications a patient is receiving, Medstopper sequences the drugs from "more likely to stop" to "less likely to stop", based on three key criteria: the potential of the drug to improve symptoms, its potential to reduce the risk of future illness and its likelihood of causing harm. Suggestions for how to taper the medication are also provided.
Montreal Jewish Genetic Disorders Fund
The Montreal Jewish Genetic Disorders Fund (MJGDF) is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to increasing awareness of: Jewish genetic disorders and the need for screening, testing options that exist for Montreals, and reproductive choices for couples.
The public health system (RAMQ) covers testing for Tay-Sachs, Familial Dysautonomia and Canavan Disease.
To complete a screening program online, go to: https://muhc.ca/med-genetics-ajprogram/page/screening-program.
More information can be found at: http://testjgd.com/wp/
My CancerIQ
A series of risk assessments estimate your risk of cancer compared with other Ontarians of the same sex age 40 and over. At the end of each assessment you’ll receive a personalized risk assessment and action plan with tips and resources based on your personal risk factors.
Sodium Calculator
The Sodium Calculator provides users with rapid, detailed, personalized information on dietary sodium consumption and identifies the main sources of sodium in your diet.
Sodium and Salt Converter
Convert the sodium listed on food products into grams of salt or vice versa.