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Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... 1 ] by Dr Gibson and colleagues, published in the May issue of the BC Medical Journal . While we share the ... homelessness increased by 11.5% in 2021 (compared with 2018), and over 40% of homeless individuals identified as ...
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 ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... did not want to acknowledge that fertility is a serious issue for female physicians. Turns out that our benefits ... privilege of being guest editor to discuss fertility. In May and June 2018, the journal published articles on infertility, ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD January/February 2019
Dr Ur, in his editorial for the November 2018 diabetes theme issue [ BCMJ 2018;60:436-438 ], suggests we are grossly ... very expensive new patented medications when generic ones may suffice.  —John Sehmer, MD, MSc Vancouver This letter ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2019
... a news article in the BCMJ reported “Daily ibuprofen may prevent Alzheimer disease” ( 2018;60:191 ). It was followed by a letter raising the ... the generations and may date back as far as 1959, to issue 1, volume 1. The naming convention you accurately ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...