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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... ] Food security means more than having enough to eat. Even people depending on soup kitchens may get enough food, but ... exists where you may not expect it. New immigrants, people who lack food skills, working families, pensioners, university students, people with limited mobility, and residents of new suburban ...
News January/February 2014
... about who is responsible for the care of Aboriginal people. The report says that little attention has been paid ... health care for Aboriginal seniors and other Aboriginal people, citing the transfer of health authority to the new ...
News January/February 2014
Approximately 7000 people living in BC have an inherited heart rhythm condition, ...
News January/February 2014
... a condition that severely limits the vision of about 5000 people in North America. The development of this potential ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Daljeet Mahal, MSc, March 2014
... will outnumber the world’s population of 7 billion people.[ 1 ] The use of mobile communication technology such ... study exploring vulnerability among young Aboriginal people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Prince George, and ... and service utilization among young, transient Aboriginal people living with and at risk for HIV. This study will ...
News May 2014
... for pain relief. These jaw disorders affect about 10% of people at some point in their life and the pain can be so ... eating glutamate caused pain and he asked young, healthy people to ingest 12 grams of the amino acid and watched what ...
News May 2014
... help better predict whether a drug will be effective on people, at a lower cost. Dr Wadsworth and his colleagues have ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2014
... Salmonella  infection reported, up to 37, 47, and 49 people, respectively, are infected in the community. ...
News June 2014
... professionals to work more effectively with Aboriginal people and organizations. The centre will aim to boost ...
News June 2014
... distracted by salient but irrelevant information when people want to focus on a particular item or task. Dr John ... 2009. But, until now, little was known about how it helps people ignore visual distractions. Authors of the study ... are now turning their attention to understanding how people deal with distraction, and looking at when and why ...