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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 ... nationwide have complete smoke-free policies by July 2018.[ 1 ] On a personal level, getting the 75% strata vote ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... pairing to heighten your meal experience?” On 17 October 2018 marijuana will become legal and will join alcohol as a ... parallels to alcohol consumption in our province. Adults may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis in a public place. If ... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... helps raise awareness of the impacts of stigma and may increase motivation to change stigmatizing behaviors and ... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... for tackling stigma in the health care setting In April 2018 the Interior Health Authority launched the Use Safe ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... Yet, for the person receiving the diagnosis, it may turn out to be not only a label for a condition, but a ... that are given their own diagnosis. Opportunities to issue diagnoses are further expanded as some issues in human ... expanding disease and producing disease. J Eval Clin Pract 2018;24:978-982. Lea M, Hofmann B. Dediagnosing – a novel ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... to themselves. In some situations the exhausted physician may even consider the symptoms to be a mark of heroism, of ... cowardliness in the line of fire) is a legitimate health issue. Monday, 10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day. ... reading Lynn Holden. ABC Bookworld. Accessed 10 September 2018. https://abcbookworld.com/writer/holden-lynn.  Blog ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... brought my attention to an article in the 2 December 2017 issue: “Gay twin may offer an answer to mystery of our sexuality.” The ... in his home town of Winnipeg, he took his own life.  In 2018 we are still in the dark about the way our sexual ...
Blog / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
... distribution.[ 2 ] Inequality has become a hot button issue in the politics of Western liberal democracies. It has ... amplify results. Farnum Street [blog]. Accessed 15 May 2019. https://fs.blog/2017/11/power-laws .  2.   ... cities, and countries. New York, NY: Penguin Books; 2018. 3.    Piketty T. Capital in the twenty-first ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... What brought this to my attention was a report in a recent issue of the Economist , “Not enough is known about the ... discs, or other hygienic products. Each of these devices may need changing several times a day over 4 to 6 days each ... Medieval to modern menstruation. Kt by Knix. 23 May 2018. Accessed 4 January 2023. ...
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