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News January/February 2024
... over the next 3 years by age group, starting with people 55 and older. All self-collected samples will be ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2024
... This month, we address you as workers yourselves: people who face unique physical and psychological risks at ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... also known as decarbonization, is imperative to protect people from these harms. One of the most pressing issues in ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC April 2024
... emotional reactions. Anxiety, fear, and confusion drive people to accept false information—especially those in ...
Letters / BY: Min Jung Kim, BHSc January/February 2024
... may affect the mental and emotional health of Indigenous people. For instance, one study identified that environmental ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC March 2024
... that we are setting a very poor example for young people by normalizing drug use. Contrary to the editorial, I ...
Letters / BY: Michael Cooper, MD, FRCPC May 2024
... lives. Artificial intelligence will be a game changer for people with ADHD, but having a basic understanding of ...
Letters / BY: Mark Mallet, MD, CCFP March 2024
... [ BCMJ 2023;65:365-366]: “as many as 225 000 [people] are at risk of poisoning from unregulated drugs, [but] only 4476 people were prescribed safe supply medications in July ... The impression these numbers give is that fewer than 5000 people out of 225 000 are receiving treatment. In both Dr ...
Letters / BY: Jill Norris, MD, CCFP May 2024
... and have come to this conclusion: good health care enables people to live their best lives. Good health care shows up ...