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BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD
March 2024
... with direct acting antivirals cures more than 95% of people with chronic HCV infection and is associated with ... Agency of Canada set targets[ 7 ] for the proportion of people living with chronic HBV or HCV infection in Canada to ... of 2023, five working groups were formed, each including people with lived experience of HBV or HCV infection, along ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE
Early online
... costs to the health care system.[ 1 ] In BC, the number of people living with chronic disease is increasing. Among ... incidence (new cases) and prevalence (the total number of people living with a condition) are sourced from the BC ... and Métis Peoples in BC, see other reports.[ 4,5 ] People living with chronic conditions were disproportionately ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Eiko Waida, MD, FRCPC, FAAP*
March 2024
... and the organization. The IHA PQI dyadic model activates people’s agency on an interpersonal level with the hope and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc
April 2024
... 6 days,[ 17 ] in BC, which has a population of 5 million people and more than 90 000 hospital visits for chest pain ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM
April 2024
... their property and belongings when they die to certain people/entities under the will; (2) the person understands ... his death and before his last will, Edna discouraged other people from seeing or talking to Jack, especially his ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD
April 2024
... whenever wildfire smoke is affecting air quality. Most people spend the majority of their time indoors, so cleaner ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC
April 2023
... increase.[ 3 , 4 ] Between January and December 2021, 7560 people died from opioid-related toxicity in Canada.[ 5 ] Gaps ... care affect youth Mental health concerns affect young people disproportionally. In BC, one in four young people live with a mental health or substance use disorder ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FCCM, FRCPC
November 2023
Between 2009 and 2020, 20 546 people in Canada were reported to have tuberculosis.[ 1 ] ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 /
BY: Amritpal Maniani, BSc
April 2023
... fentanyl, we wanted carfentanil.” (Participant 6) “People are shocked when I say this. I’ve lost count of the ... risks of overdose. This qualitative study suggests that people who use illicit opioid drugs rely on their support ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC
April 2023
BC Cancer Lung Screening Program: Insights on a risk model–based approach for primary care providers
... worldwide.[ 1 ] In British Columbia, an average of seven people die of lung cancer every day; in Canada, more people die from lung cancer than from breast, colon, and ... annual low-dose computed tomography screening in people 55 to 74 years of age who currently smoked or had quit ...