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President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2013
For many people, the new year is an opportunity for new beginnings, ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD March 2013
... forefront of their minds when counseling patients. When people feel good about their lifestyle, they are more likely ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD April 2013
... Norovirus causes a mild self-limiting infection; most people will recover within 1 to 3 days without medical ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2013
... cost of living, and often a close-knit community where people can depend on each other. For physicians specifically, ... or even at medical or other types of meetings. Fewer people, but stronger connections.  As well as developing ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, May 2013
... symptoms, hearing or vision loss, or even strokes in young people—is on the increase. In 1992 the neurosyphilis rate ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mel Krajden, OBC, MD, FRCPC June 2013
... injections are a common source of infection.  Aboriginal people and individuals who have been incarcerated are also ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) June 2013
... the country or around the world. I truly believe that people in a position of abundance—whether financial ... world.  For me, it’s the impact of working with select people or groups in areas of our society where health issues ... First Nations, those with mental illness, and homeless people. Here we have an opportunity to make a lasting impact. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... overboard a boat within the harvest area.[ 1 ] In 2011, 62 people became ill during the first recorded outbreak of ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) September 2013
... practice modalities, and communicate with many different people throughout the course of the day.  Professionalism is ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) October 2013
... on end-of-life care. Due to advances in technology, many people at the end of life suffer from multiple complex ...