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MDs To Be / BY: Madeline McKenzie, BA May 2023
... than in our constituent parts. We should encourage people both to give and to take; both are essential aspects ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC December 2022
... screened for syphilis at 28–32 weeks of pregnancy.[ 5 ] People delivering a stillborn infant after 20 weeks’ ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Hilary Spicer March 2022
... for guitars began at age 16, when he, like many young people, strummed a guitar to Eric Clapton and the Beatles. He ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... thought it would be death caused by China!” and “You people are always causing problems!”[ 1 ] This story ... fight against Asian hate is also joining the fight for all people of color. The Asian population should not be thought ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: BCCDC Overdose Drivers Knowledge Translation Group June 2022
... halt the devastating loss of life. Laws that criminalize people for simple possession of drugs and drug use create ... addressing the unequal impacts of overdose on Indigenous people in BC and Canada. Addressing comorbidities and ... preventing overdose deaths. We have to do better. Engaging people with lived and living experience is necessary to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons) November 2022
Background Four million people currently live with chronic kidney disease in Canada, ...
MDs To Be / BY: Tristan Jeffery, BSc October 2021
... on research, often relational, being inclusive of people’s experiences, spirituality, and culture. Western ... together two ways of knowing to allow a diverse group of people to use all understandings to improve the world. ... has since been used in research projects with Indigenous people across a variety of disciplines, but applications vary ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD November 2021
... ranging from 90 to 130 most days. On 29 June 2021, 380 people died across the province [ Figure ]. There were 1630 ... suggests that high temperatures simply killed hundreds of people who would probably still be alive had the weather ... neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status, where more people live alone and where there is less protection provided ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... response measures are likely to disproportionately impact people with fewer resources, poorer health, and those already ... over time, particularly for younger populations.[ 4 ] People who use drugs are a subpopulation acutely affected by ... to mitigate these unintended harms and better support people who use drugs during the pandemic.[ 7 ] Not all ...