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News / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP January/February 2015
... and friends, we are also intimately connected to the people and communities around us. We are often the first ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2015
... initiative. BCRPA is all about providing opportunities for people to be physically active, and the local RPAs across the ...
News March 2015
... for patients on the organ transplant wait list. Over 450 people in BC are currently waiting for a lifesaving ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, April 2015
... of controlling for tolerance, and the fact that many people use multiple psychotropic medications. Benzodiazepines ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD June 2015
... loss of land that is suitable for growing crops to feed people. Soil creation occurs through the breakdown of ...
News June 2015
... the importance of the procedures. With a growing number of people accessing health information online,[ 2 ] the BC ... the best way to communicate complex health information to people with low health literacy, and that this approach does ...
News June 2015
... and is located at a different point in time for different people. Some may never cross the line and others may cross ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2015
... are from legal fatal prescriptions. The vast majority of people still choose to die naturally. The concern is that in ... of our society is discernible in how we treat vulnerable people. —Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP, FCFP —Maria Chung ...
News / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2015
... do not read it. It explains the harms of turning people into patients—or worse, consumers—and the ... bias that more is better. “Doctors tend to be vocational people who want to do good things: if you found out that your ... care, and gathering the courage to joyfully care for people the way you’ve always known was right. —Jessica ...
News July/August 2015
... 9-1-1 right away. The FAST theme is an easy way to remind people of the major signs of stroke and the urgency of ...