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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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2014
... reaching a record high in the developed world. Many more people are now surviving illnesses that were previously ... patients with multiple complex comorbidities. Elderly people in hospital are at high risk not only for functional ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, January/February 2014
... of British Columbia’s Medical Undergraduate Program, people are generally focused on three areas of interest: the ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2014
... And yet above all else, it is physicians who see the people who desperately need to be physically active for their ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rebecca Gordon, BSc, March 2014
... HIV/AIDS in the community by educating and engaging young people. •    To decrease risky sexual behavior in the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD May 2014
... lecture halls, on the hands of strangers and the faces of people we love most dearly. There will be no unseeing. To ...