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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... contribute to breakthrough varicella in immunized people after the first dose. Several US outbreak ... in the past 15 years have affected First Nations people living on reserve.[ 6 , 7 ] The largest of these four ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2012
... lesion, erythema mi­grans, develops in 60% to 80% of people with LD and may be accompanied by fever, arthralgia, ... symptom (n = 68) and physician-observed sign (n = 58) in people treated for LD. Rash, fever, and arthritis were ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, May 2012
... grow, resulting in conflict. Conflict will arise when people are dependent on others in order to complete a task, ... individual needs are advocated over the needs of others. People who tend toward this style take a firm stand, know ... needs. •    Compromising is an approach in which people give and receive by trading off in an effort to at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... takes many forms including take-home-naloxone programs for people who use illicit drugs in Europe, Australia, and over ... in the US; as part of a pain-management toolkit for people prescribed opioids; and availability for anyone who ... access in order to prevent harms from overdose among people using both prescribed and illegal opioids.  Current ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... care” can all mean different things to different people.  All of the foregoing labels can be used to describe ... we live in a libertarian society where, within limits, people have the freedom to make choices other than the most ... who will note that the Samueli Institute is headed by people trained in “mind/body methods, spiritual healing, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... reduce the risk of recurrence and improve survival of people with cancer (and thus, substantially reduce overall ... since high distress levels are common among people living with cancer. In a recent study of over 3000 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... it remains a worldwide scourge. Globally, 25 million people are infected, with an estimated annual incidence of 12 ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD July/August 2012
... agreement has taken years and a lot of hard work from many people.  From the BCMA’s perspective this agreement gets ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... and Immigration Canada (CIC), evaluated TB incidence in people entering BC between 2004 and 2010. A total of 324 TB ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2012
... a long time ago, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed up in overalls and looks like ...