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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE Early online
... well-being and result in significant costs to the health care system.[ 1 ] In BC, the number of people living ... and are available by age group, sex, and geographic health region. Information on gender is not available. For ... BC Observatory for Population & Public Health, BCCDC Notes The BC Chronic Disease Registries are produced by the ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... initiative with representation from all regional health authorities that sought to implement several ... Services Committee, a partnership of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. Translating evidence-based medicine ... techniques for colorectal surgery. These clinical guidance notes have been reviewed and shared with the BC ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... become pregnant should discuss all travel plans with their health care provider to assess their risk for Zika exposure ... and unclear duration of persistence in tissues, the Public Health Agency of Canada recommends that women returning from ... that her pregnancy might be affected. The patient notes that she and her husband did get a few mosquito bites ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC December 2007
... I started what would become a lifetime career in public health, in the ear­ly 1970s, at Vancouver’s Pine Street ... media and in the public’s mind with the idea of public health. Francis John Blatherwick has de­fined public health ... to his four children, a “real doctor.” Wikipedia also notes that he is a “scrappy” hockey player. I have known ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J.L. Benedet, MD, FRCS, April 2007
... was a prominent feature on these trips. He provided notes and short lectures on a variety of topics such as the ... in all manner of things. Enjoy your retirement in good health with Melanie and your family at what you have ...