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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... Sales approached US$1 billion in the United States in 2018, and the market is projected to reach US$6.2 billion by ... (including children and pregnant women), as consumers may often be unaware that there is alcohol in kombucha.[ 5 ] ... BC Centre for Disease Control’s recent study into this issue[ 5 ] recommends that: Labeling must clearly indicate ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP April 2021
... Health Authority. I wanted to study this patient-based issue through a quality-improvement lens, with value-based ... residents’ food complaints by 20%. Beginning in March 2018, I started measuring how much food was being wasted at ... than the dishware, cutlery, or environment that others may deem important. With social isolation more extreme due to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... from locations near urbanized areas around Puget Sound. In 2018 investigators reanalyzed mussel tissues collected in ... of opioids, the Washington study illustrates the larger issue of CECs in the environment and their potential adverse ... impacts. CECs of greatest concern include those which may not pose an immediate effect through acute exposure, as ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tom Brocklehurst September 2019
Canada’s legalization of recreational cannabis in October 2018 reignited the issue of workplace impairment for many employers and workers ... not assign impaired workers to activities where impairment may create an undue risk and must not permit workers to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Helen Thi, BA March 2018
... while considering the effects that medical conditions may have on the functions necessary for driving. Family ... of a Condition Affecting Fitness and Ability to Drive. The issue of assessing a patient’s ability to drive may be ... Introduction of the Enhanced Road Assessment As of 1 March 2018, RoadSafetyBC will be using a new Enhanced Road ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi July/August 2018
... as many as 60% of youth who are worried about a health issue do not consult a health care provider and avoid going to a doctor’s office.[ 2 ] This may be due to barriers like transportation challenges for ... doctors have been providing weekly clinics since January 2018. Shuswap North Okanagan According to school district ...