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Letters / BY: Ruth Habte, MD September 2022
... me one for free.” It quickly became apparent that the issue was not obtaining a prescription or finding a provider ... by taking care of people in abusive relationships, who may be in high-socioeconomic-status households but have no ... savings for this kind of program are well established. A 2010 study from Options for Sexual Health estimated that ...
Letters / BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD January/February 2018
... ] and of course I agree very strongly. You may recall my Premise piece, “Toward smoke-free multi-unit ... various levels of government have done little to move this issue forward over the last 6 years. Things are much better ... unit through various connections (which happened to us in 2010 in another place, ultimately forcing us to move) the ...
News September 2016
... The study examined data collected between 1999 and 2010 by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, ... benefit from hearing screening?” was published in the May/June 2016 issue of Ear and Hearing . News Seniors with undiagnosed ...
Editorials / BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh April 2016
... our pleasure to be guest editors for this two-part theme issue on sports cardiology containing articles aimed at ... for those with known cardiac disease and those who may be at risk for other reasons. The articles highlight our ... is the love child of discussions held during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, when Dr Jack Taunton ...
Editorials / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... increased by 85% from 1985 to 2000 and by 55% from 2000 to 2010, consistent with the concept that the greatest survival ... diseases such as hypertension and coronary artery disease may have a significant negative impact on patients with ... about common issues and available resources. In this theme issue we attempt to bridge some knowledge gaps with four ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB September 2016
... too long. But the complexities of the wait-list issue suggest careful study and planning before we try to solve a problem that may be much smaller than we imagine.” These examples ... study groups around the world have verified this. In 2010, Italian health law expert Giandeomenico Barcellona, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Steve Martin, MD, CCFP, MScOH, FCBOM, DipSportMed March 2015
... deemed acceptable in recreational or sport diving. This issue was highlighted in a BC Coroners Service report from December 2010 related to the death of a dive instructor. More ... If you are concerned about a medical condition that may affect a patient working as a diver, or the ...
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 ] The ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
... Practice Services Committee (GPSC) began work on this issue in 2010 and initially provided funding to three divisions of ... With the launch of the attachment initiative, any division may now ac­cess funding for attachment initiatives. Given ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... Act to target impaired driving.15 Introduced in September 2010, these amendments give police the authority to impose ... in exactly the positive changes that would be expected. In May 2011, opponents of the new laws launched a legal ... of the immediate roadside prohibition program.  At issue was whether the immediate roadside prohibition program ...