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BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Ken Cooper, CPHIC
March 2009
... direct contact exposures, RPEP should also be offered to people awakening to find a bat in their bedroom, even if ... ] The incidence of rabies preventable by providing RPEP to people with unrecognized exposure in the bedroom is thus ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
May 2009
... the 1990s, crack cocaine has become more prevalent in BC. People who smoke crack may develop oral lesions and burns ... pipes, and HCV has been detected on crack paraphernalia. People who share crack pipes may therefore be at increased ... has hardened on the inside pipe wall. It was reported that people were using the plunger of syringes as push sticks, ...
News
May 2009
... new MDR-TB cases each year, but that fewer than 30 000 people were detected and notified last year and only 3681 are ... Africa, India, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Armenia. News People with drug-resistant TB neglected by governments ...
News
May 2009
... program provides the training and equipment required for people with end-stage kidney disease to do their own dialysis ... largest of its kind in Canada and currently supports 145 people on home hemodialysis across BC. Today Couture is the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
July/August 2009
... compared with the elderly.[ 2,3 ] In the United States, people over the age of 50 years have made up only 5% of ... of influenza-related complications among young children, people over the age of 65, pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions.[ 4 ] Proper infection ...
News /
BY: S. William A. Gunn, FRCSC,
July/August 2009
... these are not substantiated by documents. Yes, like most people, Chisholm had his weaknesses and hobby horses, and he ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH
September 2009
... and irritation. • Reduced lung function. For most people air pollution may be a relatively minor risk, ... reduce exposure. When considering where to live and work, people should ideally choose a location that is more than 150 ...
News
September 2009
The 5-year survival rate for black people with melanoma is 59% compared to 85% for white people. “While people of color are less likely to become afflicted with skin ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kevin Elwood, MD
October 2009
... that this medical surveillance process does indeed select people at increased risk of developing active disease. In BC, approximately 1800 people are referred for postlanding surveillance annually. ... medical is effective for the most part in excluding people with active infectious disease coming to Canada, but ...