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This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re borrowing a few famous movie spoilers. But here’s one that’s worth knowing ahead of time: breast cancer screening can help find cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment may work better.

It’s an important reminder that some information is worth knowing sooner and a regular screening appointment is one way Albertans can take an active role in their health.

Learn more at GetAMammogram.ca

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Did you know the influenza vaccine may also help reduce your risk of a heart attack?
Join us tonight for our free webinar, Making Sense of Vaccines, to learn more surprising facts about vaccines and your health! Register at uab.ca/dom.
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Primary Care Alberta has launched a new interactive guide to help people navigate screening recommendations for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. They also offer a lung cancer screening program.

Early detection can make a life-changing difference. As CEO of Primary Care Alberta, Kimberly Simmonds expressed, “Screening can detect cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment may be more effective.”

Check out the guide and other screening information today at screeningforlife.ca!

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We came for a movie night. We left talking about the importance of breast cancer screening.

Last week, our community of ambassadors, supporters and partners joined us at @cineplexmovies for a “Double Screening” event.

Before the movie began, we asked our community what screening means to them.

Here’s what we heard. 💜

Breast cancer screening can help find cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment may work better.

Learn more through our link in bio!

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Compassion Care Day

Thank you to Primary Care Network for the kind invitation to Compassion Care Day. NEOVIA Wellness was honoured and happy to participate in such a meaningful and wonderful event.

It was inspiring to connect with others who share a passion for compassionate, person-centred care and building healthier, stronger communities.

Thank you for creating a space that celebrates compassion, connection, and the importance of caring for one another. We’re grateful to have been part of it! 🌿✨

#CompassionCareDay #PrimaryCareNetwork #NEOVIAWellness #CompassionateCare #CommunityHealth #Wellness #Healthcare #TogetherWeCare

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Honoured to support Compassion Care Day at the Alberta Aviation Museum yesterday. 💙
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This event brings critical resources, healthcare, personal care services, and warm support directly to community members who need it most. It is a day rooted in dignity and community care. We are so grateful to the organizers for bringing everyone together and creating such a welcoming, impactful space.
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Our crew was proud to help behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly. We had staff monitoring the entrances, team members keeping the venue clean throughout the day, and an active booth sharing all about our services. Our drivers also ran a shuttle bus with stops across the city so folks could get to and from the event safely.
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Thank you to @primarycarealberta and the Compassion Care Day organizers and volunteers for all your hard work. You show what true community support looks like.
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𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩? 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥.𝘤𝘢!💙

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This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, let’s keep screening top of mind.💜

Staying up to date on breast cancer screening can help find cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment may work better.

Book the appointment. Ask the questions. And send this to a friend to remind them to do the same.💌

Learn more at GetAMammogram.ca

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September 30 is a day to honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home and recognize the ongoing impacts of residential schools.

Those impacts continue to shape the health and healthcare experiences of Indigenous Peoples today.

Métis Elder Dr. Elmer Ghostkeeper recently shared teachings about this history and its connection to health and wellness, inviting participants to listen, learn and reflect on what they can do differently in their own work.

“Learning is not only about receiving information. Learning also requires us to pause and to reflect what we have heard,” says Jamie Harmon, health promotion facilitator with Primary Care Alberta.

Across Alberta’s healthcare system, we join others in honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by taking time to listen, learn and reflect.

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Health-care practitioners: learn about hypersomnolence after CPAP, pediatric recurrent RTIs, occupational asthma, bronchiectasis, Global Initiative for Asthma updates, tobacco cessation, COPD management, immunodeficiency syndromes, and more. Sign-up by Sept. 18: uab.ca/dom

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Health-care practitioners: learn the latest in diabetic feet, hyperthyroidism, male hypogonadism, osteoporosis, gender medicine, hypertension, and more. Early bird deadline: Oct 12. Learn more at uab.ca/dom.

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We're excited to work with the Edmonton Public Library to counter confusion about health information! The 1st session on GLP-1 medications is TONIGHT at 6 pm MT. Sign up now for this FREE Zoom webinar! Read more at uab.ca/dom (see Department News, "U of A, Edmonton Public Library team up to counter confusion about health information").

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Alberta’s recognition of obesity as a chronic disease in 2025 was an important step.

But recognition should change what happens when someone actually seeks care.
That’s why Obesity Canada and @primarycarealberta are working together to help move evidence into Alberta’s primary care system.

This collaboration will explore stronger care pathways, education for primary and community care teams, clinical guidance grounded in current evidence, and ways to reduce weight bias and stigma.

Because for people living with obesity, progress should be felt in the care they receive.

Swipe through to see what this could mean for obesity care, then read the full story at the link in our bio. 🔗 Meghan Belland from Primary Care Alberta and Lisa Schaffer from Obesity Canada are standing near a podium with a microphone, both smiling. Image text reads: "Alberta recognized obesity as a chronic disease. Now, we’re working together to improve real-world care." Logos for Obesity Canada and Primary Care Alberta are visible.

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