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January/February 2024
... over the next 3 years by age group, starting with people 55 and older. All self-collected samples will be ...
Interviews /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
January/February 2024
... with in your practice. The feeling I got from a lot of people was that they were at their wits’ end, there was no ... your approach to spreading that optimism to get more people helping you on that journey? I can start at the micro ... ever changed anything in the world is a group of committed people committing to make a difference along a common path. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD
March 2024
... with direct acting antivirals cures more than 95% of people with chronic HCV infection and is associated with ... Agency of Canada set targets[ 7 ] for the proportion of people living with chronic HBV or HCV infection in Canada to ... of 2023, five working groups were formed, each including people with lived experience of HBV or HCV infection, along ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD
April 2024
... whenever wildfire smoke is affecting air quality. Most people spend the majority of their time indoors, so cleaner ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE
June 2024
... costs to the health care system.[ 1 ] In BC, the number of people living with chronic disease is increasing. Among ... incidence (new cases) and prevalence (the total number of people living with a condition) are sourced from the BC ... and Métis Peoples in BC, see other reports.[ 4,5 ] People living with chronic conditions were disproportionately ...
Interviews /
BY: Tara Lyon
December 2023
... nonstop and prolonged nature of it was not something that people anticipated, and that it would be so immersive.” Dr ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Shirley X. Chen, MPH
June 2023
... other chronic disease.[ 2 ] There were 134 deaths among people with schizophrenia in BC during the hottest 8-day ... 8% of all deaths during the event, even though people with schizophrenia represent only approximately 1% of ... in the risk of death.[ 2 ] Despite these striking results, people with schizophrenia are not usually at the forefront of ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
January/February 2023
... settler on the territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people in Victoria, where I’ve spent the last year, and ... if not a lifetime.” There are lots of predictors of why people do rural medicine; for me, it was a combination of ... generalism but also a ton to do with being connected to people, which I’ve always really enjoyed. Is there a story ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
December 2023
... medical conditions were added in later years, including people who are homeless, underhoused, or using illicit drugs, ...