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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... contribute to breakthrough varicella in immunized people after the first dose. Several US outbreak ... in the past 15 years have affected First Nations people living on reserve.[ 6 , 7 ] The largest of these four ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2012
... lesion, erythema mi­grans, develops in 60% to 80% of people with LD and may be accompanied by fever, arthralgia, ... symptom (n = 68) and physician-observed sign (n = 58) in people treated for LD. Rash, fever, and arthritis were ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, May 2012
... grow, resulting in conflict. Conflict will arise when people are dependent on others in order to complete a task, ... individual needs are advocated over the needs of others. People who tend toward this style take a firm stand, know ... needs. •    Compromising is an approach in which people give and receive by trading off in an effort to at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... takes many forms including take-home-naloxone programs for people who use illicit drugs in Europe, Australia, and over ... in the US; as part of a pain-management toolkit for people prescribed opioids; and availability for anyone who ... access in order to prevent harms from overdose among people using both prescribed and illegal opioids.  Current ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... it remains a worldwide scourge. Globally, 25 million people are infected, with an estimated annual incidence of 12 ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD July/August 2012
... agreement has taken years and a lot of hard work from many people.  From the BCMA’s perspective this agreement gets ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... and Immigration Canada (CIC), evaluated TB incidence in people entering BC between 2004 and 2010. A total of 324 TB ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2012
... a long time ago, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed up in overalls and looks like ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2012
... occurred over the past decade, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from communities at risk of fire or ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD December 2012
... Christmas, we settle down to open presents. Like most people, I love the giving aspect of Christmas—the look on ... family fabric, bringing us together even when our favorite people move far away and at some point begin their own ...