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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 ] ...
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 ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
March 2007
I read with concern the Vancouver Sun article of 4 January 2007, in which Dr Penny Ballem states that she has good data ... to aggressively “treat to target,” so a patient may not be started on oral agents early enough or, if a ... for glycemic control, but diabetes management is a complex issue and isn’t just a question of blood glucose levels. ...
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 ...