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Back Page / BY: Conrad Moralis, MD, May 2008
... in Vancouver, at times approach­ing sleeping homeless people, leaving a cup by their side and walking away.  When ... husband wanted to call him Jesus, but the Vital Statistics people told us that Jesus was not a proper name for a child ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD May 2008
For most people in British Columbia, the family physician provides an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, May 2008
... in­creases significantly after age 50.  More than 700 people die of CRC annually in BC alone, each losing an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... in many circumstances, they can be less effective with people who are not of Northern European heritage.  The ... disease, or stroke) there may be as many as 1.5 million people, or up to one-third of the BC population, who require ...
News&Notes / BY: Mel Petreman, MD, July/August 2008
... break down. It is, therefore, essential that at least two people in the clinic be interested and keen in learning how ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... are always looking for ways to improve. Health promotion People in BC want to take responsibility for their own health ... • We eat better. • We exercise more than most people in the world.   • We have a world-class cancer ...
Back Page / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS July/August 2008
... The vast examination hall resembled a railway station with people scattered about, some in groups and others in twos and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... may present as challenging behaviors.  Because many people with developmental disability have limited verbal ... in­creased prevalence of mental illness and dementia in people with developmental disability compared with those in ... In BC, specialized community mental health services for people with developmental disability are provided by each of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... there are 111 family practice physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ] less than 1% of family ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... central Bri­tish Columbia serves a population of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 ...