Search
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
March 2016
... this isn’t the case for everyone. Each year in BC many people at higher risk of acquiring these infections face ...
Letters /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
April 2016
... in the article, this was a superficial analogy to get people thinking. And it seems to have triggered some thinking ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
May 2016
Immunization of those with no or inadequate immunization records and the role of serological testing
... events than immunizing those who are susceptible; in such people, pre-existing immunity will interfere with replication ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Hortense Tabien Nsoh, MD
July/August 2016
... Pregnant women. Infants, young children, and elderly people. Are air cleaners effective? Air cleaners with HEPA ... wildfire smoke, so the best defence is to be prepared. People with chronic diseases should carry rescue medications ...
Letters /
BY: Stephen Shore, MD, CCFP
September 2016
... of addictions or those with psychiatric illness or young people, whoever that applies to, can’t suffer severe pain? ... antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). (It is said more people die from NSAIDS in Canada than all of the traffic ...
Letters /
BY: Andre C. Piver, MD, FCFP
September 2016
... of our (ideally) complex relationships with real people (patients) on the ground. Bonus incentives for ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: Joanne Jablkowski
September 2016
... very active embassies in the UK at that time, recruiting people to bring their talent, come overseas, build a new ... in the 1980s, what prompted your move to Canada? Most people will probably anticipate that I chose to move because ... by how different medicine appeared to be. In South Africa people would arrive at hospitals or community clinics with ...