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Welcome to Interior Health!
Promoting healthy lifestyles and providing needed health services in a timely, caring and efficient manner, to the highest professional and quality standards |
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Let’s have a heart to heart … before it’s too late!
According to recent research, less than half (46%) of women are aware that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. And only 38% of women have discussed heart health with their physician or healthcare provider.
A healthy lifestyle, including regular physical activity and good nutrition, helps prevent chronic disease and improve the quality of life. Interior Health is encouraging people to take a proactive approach to health. This is another way that our region can locally show its support to the provincial government’s ActNow BC goals of increasing healthy living and physical activity among British Columbians.
Interior Health offers these simple tips to help you recognize the signs and steps to a healthy heart:
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Know your numbers. Talk to your physician or health care provider and know what is right for your blood pressure, cholesterol, and sugar levels.
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Don’t smoke, or if you do, quit. Female smokers are two to six times more likely to suffer a heart attack. For help, visit www.quitnow.ca or call 1-877-455-2233.
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Get moving. Aim for 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity on most days of the week. Ten minutes for three times a day or 30 minutes all at once is equally good.
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Eat right. Watch your weight and choose a diet low in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol and moderate in total fat. For info, call Dial-a-Dietitian at 1-800-667-3438.
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Know the signs and seek help without delay. They can be different for men and women:
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Men
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Chest pain or pressure or discomfort
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Pain in arm, neck, jaw or back
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Sweating, nausea |
Women
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Vague or crushing chest pain that can spread to arm, neck, jaw and shoulders
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Nausea, vomiting, or indigestion
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Extreme onset of weakness, shortness of breath, sweating
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Feelings of anxiety, denial or fear |
If you have a heart problem, get more information on our Chronic Disease Health Improvement Networks at www.interiorhealth.ca.
Interior Health Heart to Heart News Release
February is Heart Month – keep your's healthy!
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Hillside Psychiatric Centre in Kamloops is now officially open. Click here for details and photos of the new facility.
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It’s Flu Season!
BC HealthFiles Resources:
· How to take care of myself
· When to call the doctor
Is it a Cold or is it the Flu?
· Colds develop a runny nose and don’t often develop a fever.
· Influenza starts with muscle ache, headache and fever and often develops a dry cough.
If you suspect you have the flu, stay home, drink plenty of fluids, get lots of rest and consult your family physician if your symptoms don’t improve – especially if you have other health concerns. You can still get a flu shot.
For Interior Health Flu shot guidelines, facts and elegibility, click here. |
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Searching for health services in your community? Looking for a medical specialist or a family doctor? Check out our newly updated ServiceDirectory.
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Interior Health "Health Centres" (Link) |
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Mental Health Resources (link) |
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