Better Nutrition for Better Lives

Response: Toward Better Lives

Lucy Zammarelli: I like the way the article pulls substance abuse treatment into a standardized medical perspective. Quality of life is typically a goal in treating many diseases other than substance abuse. In the drug abuse field, it provides a broader, more encompassing gauge of success than just whether the client used a drug or how much. Dave Ross: The issue is extremely important. Quality ...

Toward Better Lives

From ancient history to recent times, philosophers, writers, self-help gurus, and now scientists have taken up the challenge of how to foster greater happiness. This chapter discusses why some people are happier than others, focusing on the distinctive ways that happy and unhappy individuals construe themselves and others, respond to social comparisons, make decisions, and self-reflect. We sugg...

Challenges for Better thesis supervision

  Background: Conduction of thesis by the students is one of their major academic activities. Thesis quality and acquired experiences are highly dependent on the supervision. Our study is aimed at identifing the challenges in thesis supervision from both students and faculty members point of view.   Methods : This study was conducted using individual in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussi...

Rehabilitation through Better Nutrition

Making lives better through practice and research.

Expert knowledge is the defining feature of any profession. Research is the currency by which ownership of that knowledge is vested. Among the nations, Canada rightfully stands as the historical champion for expertise within the chiropractic profession. As the evidence has accumulated and the era of competition engaged, Canada has again taken leadership through its efforts to integrate chiropra...