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Obituaries / BY: Barry Turchen, MD January/February 2009
... who asked. He was the voice of wisdom and compassion that people came to when they had a problem, and he took the time ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ken Cooper, CPHIC March 2009
... direct contact exposures, RPEP should also be offered to people awakening to find a bat in their bedroom, even if ... ] The incidence of rabies preventable by providing RPEP to people with unrecognized exposure in the bedroom is thus ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... the 1990s, crack cocaine has become more prevalent in BC. People who smoke crack may develop oral lesions and burns ... pipes, and HCV has been detected on crack paraphernalia. People who share crack pipes may therefore be at increased ... has hardened on the inside pipe wall. It was reported that people were using the plunger of syringes as push sticks, ...
Obituaries / BY: Paddy Cardwell, June 2009
... store of parrot jokes). He touched the lives of so many people. He had a special place in his heart for dogs, and ...
Obituaries / BY: Basil Ho Yuen, MBChB, June 2009
... Fred related well to a wide range of very different people. He appointed faculty from strikingly different ...
Obituaries / BY: Larry Barzelai, MD, June 2009
... receptionist and assistant. He met with the same group of people almost every morning at St. Vincent’s Hospital in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... compared with the elderly.[ 2,3 ] In the United States, people over the age of 50 years have made up only 5% of ... of influenza-related complications among young children, people over the age of 65, pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions.[ 4 ] Proper infection ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH September 2009
... and irritation. • Reduced lung function. For most people air pollution may be a relatively minor risk, ... reduce exposure. When considering where to live and work, people should ideally choose a location that is more than 150 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD October 2009
... that this medical surveillance process does indeed select people at increased risk of developing active disease. In BC, approximately 1800 people are referred for postlanding surveillance annually. ... medical is effective for the most part in excluding people with active infectious disease coming to Canada, but ...