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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD March 2019
... for a particular disease, and the number or portion of people progressing through each stage, thereby helping to ... BC demonstrates continued gaps in treatment uptake among people with a history of injection drug use.[ 4 ] Curing hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs can prevent transmission to others, ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP April 2019
... musculoskeletal pain is common in our society. One in five people suffer with chronic pain in Canada. We need ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH April 2019
... infectious agent.[ 1 ] In 2017, an estimated 10 million people developed TB disease globally, resulting in an ... deaths, with 300 000 of those deaths occurring in people living with HIV.[ 1 ] TB is not just an international ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2019
... patients often look to their GP for care. In fact, 80% of people with mental health issues receive care in the primary ... cases of financial hardship). Each cohort accepts up to 15 people, and sessions run between 90 and 120 minutes. The ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC June 2019
... the prime purpose of these power structures is to employ people, not to decrease infections. A small first step in ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP June 2019
... an innovative methodology that can significantly benefit people living with chronic pain. In your December 2018 letter ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM June 2019
... (MMR) vaccine is safe and effective, and most people have no adverse reaction following receipt of this ... or recent travel history, do not test for measles. Do people born before 1970 need to be immunized against measles? ... routine use will need to rely on vaccine-derived immunity. People born before 1970 are generally considered immune to ...
Letters / BY: Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD July/August 2019
... with the issue. A picture is worth a thousand words! People may forget the text but are more likely to remember ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... consumption and subsequent excretion in urine or when people flush pills into the wastewater system.[ 3,5,10 ] ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2019
... can aid decisions on subsequent antibiotic therapy. Many people with minor reactions who receive the same agent years ...