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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD October 2018
... morbidity and mortality associated with activities that may cause harm. Harm reduction applied to substance use is a ... replaced the policy of needle exchange in BC. From 2007 to 2016, HIV diagnoses in people who inject drugs ... harm-reduction services. Physicians can help address the issue of marginalization by examining their own assumptions ...
Obituaries / BY: Susan Bond January/February 2017
... the medical staff at Cranbrook and District Hospital. In 2007 the Endoscopy Suite at East Kootenay Regional Hospital ... with the College and was a real firebrand on the issue of medical ethics. The ideals of the Hippocratic oath ... 2017 at the Kimberley Elks Club. Donations in his memory may be made to the Kootenay Wildlife Heritage Fund, PO Box ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sophie Y. Wang, BSc, July/August 2014
... antimicrobial resistance demonstrates the severity of this issue and calls for concerted action among all government ... resource-constrained settings.[ 1 ] The use of carbapenems may also accelerate the development of carbapenem resistance, ... of  E. coli  to ciprofloxacin increased between 2007 and 2010 and is reported to be at 25.3% in 2012.[ 2 ] ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
... taken on the attachment challenge. A study conducted in 2007–2008 by Victoria-based Hollander Analytical Services ... Practice Services Committee (GPSC) began work on this issue in 2010 and initially provided funding to three ... With the launch of the attachment initiative, any division may now ac­cess funding for attachment initiatives. Given ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Prabjit Barn, MSc, May 2012
... in the lowest level of a building, such as basements.  In 2007 Health Canada lowered the guideline for annual radon ... (100 Bq/m3).[ 2 ]  Although many homes in BC may have radon concentrations below the Health Ca­nada ... Physicians can champion this important public health issue by talking to their patients about the dangers of radon ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2011
... a total of 221 cases of LD in the previous year, 2007 (range 0 to 5 cases per physician); 1,459 (92%) ... the disease in BC despite it being a low endemic area. One issue identified in the survey was 60% of respondents were ... no laboratory testing is necessary.  The antibody test may be negative early in LD, as it may take several weeks for ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, December 2010
... decided that something had to be done to resolve this issue. In April 1791 Captain George Vancouver ( Figure 1 ) ... 9 ] also suggests the possibility of renal disease, which may have been secondary to a streptococcal or viral infection ... Vancouver Arm in Dusky Sound, New Zealand.  On 22 June 2007 a ceremony at the Vancouver Maritime Museum ...
News July/August 2010
... regions in BC over a 4-year period. Published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the UBC study examined all deliveries in BC between 2004 and 2007 and found an average of 21.2 per 100 deliveries were ... system. The researchers suggest potential reasons may include the differences in practitioners’ responses to ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... Association and referred them to his written report in the 2007/08 annual reports. Following reports by Drs Mark ... of General Practitioners of BC for their patience on this issue. Dr Bryan Norton, president of the Society of General ... membership. We also need to reach out to physicians who may feel disenfranchised.   I firmly believe the BCMA is ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
... a little book about the flu (reviewed in the December 2006 issue) and thinks he is an author. The “Laminator” has ... influenza was conducted in Cranbrook on 20 February 2007. As a member of the Psychosocial Issues Committee of the ... in a responsible manner is often a challenge. Patients may bring in their unused meds to doctors’ offices, and ...