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Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP January/February 2020
... long way behind those in Ontario. So, good luck to all the people who want to improve primary care. Babylon Health, pot ...
Letters / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2020
... and provincial levels. I believe we have the right people at the right tables to work through the challenging ...
Letters / BY: Helen Hays, MD, CCFP, FCFP January/February 2020
... are not useful for injured workers unless they help people get back to work. This article [ BCMJ 2019;61:176,179 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Hetesh Ranchod, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... Loss. Support groups: In-person and telephone groups for people in the early stages of dementia and groups for ... Minds in Motion: A social and fitness program for people with mild cognitive impairment in the early stages of ... access to community resources. A study has shown that people who were referred directly to First Link by health ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC March 2020
... dozens of patents to his name, but with enough publicity people like him can easily become gurus, which is not good. I ...
Letters / BY: Jonathan M. Winner, MD March 2020
... in walk-in clinics, where they could see large numbers of people with relatively minor complaints and would not have to ... boom, and in a few years, there will be thousands more people living here. Who is going to look after all of us? ...
Letters / BY: Marisa Ponzo, MD-PhD, FRCPC April 2020
... (SCARs) in specific at-risk populations, primarily people of East Asian descent. SCARs include Stevens-Johnson ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Derek C. Chang, MD April 2020
... 1 ] Moms Stop the Harm,[ 2 ] the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs,[ 3 ] and the City of Vancouver,[ 4 ] ... of recovery. I truly believe that decriminalization of people who use drugs and safe supply save lives. We need to ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2020
... the role of fomites (objects that are touched by multiple people) is another factor. In some instances, the role of ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc June 2020
... we need to bring sensible policies to protect our young people from devastating effects of COVID-19. The American ... clinical guidance to highlight the well-known risk. People who smoke or use e-cigarettes have a significantly ... respiratory infections like the coronavirus, and people with decreased lung function caused by smoking or ...