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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2009
... by a country hosting the Olym­pics may have an impact on people already active in a sport that does well, but activity ... Community designation, through which groups of active people seek to promote physical activity in their communities ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ken Cooper, CPHIC March 2009
... direct contact exposures, RPEP should also be offered to people awakening to find a bat in their bedroom, even if ... ] The incidence of rabies preventable by providing RPEP to people with unrecognized exposure in the bedroom is thus ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2009
... is a hands-free or handheld model.[ 3 , 5,6 ] When people have cellphone conversations, they are required to ... we are not aware this is occurring. Large numbers of people use cellphones while driving and the numbers continue ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... systems, at a frequency increasing with the number of people served.[ 3 ] Water systems are inspected and operators ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... the 1990s, crack cocaine has become more prevalent in BC. People who smoke crack may develop oral lesions and burns ... pipes, and HCV has been detected on crack paraphernalia. People who share crack pipes may therefore be at increased ... has hardened on the inside pipe wall. It was reported that people were using the plunger of syringes as push sticks, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, May 2009
... me and I see new and expensive houses and cars. Many people I know are going on a winter holiday and yet, as a ... of the lives and well-being of children and young people in 21 nations of the industrialized world.[ 1 ] More ... to an econo­mic argument: better health enables more people to participate in the economy, reducing the costs of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, May 2009
... this June. “Family physicians treat the vast majority of people who have mental health issues, and these issues are ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... compared with the elderly.[ 2,3 ] In the United States, people over the age of 50 years have made up only 5% of ... of influenza-related complications among young children, people over the age of 65, pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions.[ 4 ] Proper infection ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH September 2009
... and irritation. • Reduced lung function. For most people air pollution may be a relatively minor risk, ... reduce exposure. When considering where to live and work, people should ideally choose a location that is more than 150 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Samir K. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, September 2009
... acute care setting, when compared with younger cohorts. People age 65 and older accounted for 13.2% of the Canadian ...