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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 ...
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 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 / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... areas:  Chronic disease management : As of 1 April 2007 physicians receive a $125 incentive per patient per year ... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... TT-WNV WNV developing within 4 weeks of blood transfusion may be transfusion-associated. Suspected cases of TT-WNV ...
News July/August 2007
... be read on its own. Those not facing a terminal illness may wish to focus on the introduction as well as the sections ... Open Enrollment will be coming your way in the September issue of the  BCMJ. —Sandie Braid, CEBS Assistant ... mental health resources printed in the May issue ( BCMJ  2007;49:181 ), Richmond now has an early childhood mental ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD September 2007
In this year’s April issue of the BCMJ ( 49[3]:146-147 ), I reported on the ... describes a model that identifies factors that may predispose individuals to the development of anxiety ... by the Board of Directors of the BCMA, effective July 2007. I look forward to seeing the new goals and directions ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, June 2007
... director is nearing the end, with a decision expected in May. The successful candidate will oversee the implementation ... CEBS BCMA Benefits Correction: Mr Garth Evans In the March 2007 issue we incorrectly added the letters “MD” after Garth ...