Search

Physician Spotlight / BY: John Pawlovich, MD July/August 2015
... drive and spirit embodied with a love of the land and people around him propelled the son of Polish and Russian ... islands in the sun. His connectedness with Hawaii and its people grew and remains strong to this day. After completing ... community. Their relationship with Spirt River and the people blossomed over the 7 years JP was there. It was a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD, January/February 2015
... dyslipidemias in BC is estimated to be about 1 in 40 people. An even greater number are affected if people with elevated Lp(a) are counted in this estimate. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Naveed Z. Janjua, MBBS, DrPH January/February 2015
... with HCV.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, approximately 80 000 people have been diagnosed with HCV and many are unaware of ... with end-stage liver disease. Most new infections occur in people who inject drugs. Other HCV-affected populations ... immigrants from HCV-endemic countries and Aboriginal people.[ 3 ] The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2015
... I didn’t just fall off my bike—I was hit by a car. Now people wanted to know if I had an investigator, lawyer, hit man, etc. Advice came from all sides. People started telling me about the exorbitant sums of money that I was entitled to. I actually had people responding in anger when they discovered I didn’t ...
News / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP January/February 2015
... and friends, we are also intimately connected to the people and communities around us. We are often the first ...
Obituaries / BY: Brad Fritz, MD January/February 2015
... of 1980–1981. Mr Trevino was one of the three people interviewed by the Negotiating Committee of the day, ... a post in which he represented the interests of the people of the province and the doctors of BC with great ...
Obituaries / BY: Robert N. Meek, MD, January/February 2015
... in Nanaimo dedicated to the care of the First Nations people, for whom he held a lifelong appreciation and ... and took genuine pleasure in the lives of ordinary people. He and Mary had a large family and always seemed to ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2015
... for a couple of days. On what occasion do you lie? When people ask me about my height. Which words or phrases do you ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2015
... rate among HSCT recipients is 186 and among HIV-positive people is 173 per 100 000.[ 3 ] A record linkage study in ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2015
... initiative. BCRPA is all about providing opportunities for people to be physically active, and the local RPAs across the ...