British Columbia, like many Canadian provinces, has areas of both high and low population density (oral communication, P. Blumel, cartographer, Province of BC, 22 September 2005). People living in... Read More

The global health of Aboriginal people is suboptimal when compared with the health of the general North American population, and many disease processes, some with a genetic component, appear to be... Read More

Background In Canada, mosquitoes are mainly considered to be nuisance pests—their bites causing a pruritic irritation that itches for a day or two and then subsides. Until recently, there were no... Read More

Background Genetic counseling and testing for recognized cancer-related gene mutations is offered in most provinces in Canada. It is believed that only a small proportion of eligible subjects... Read More

For nearly 20 years I worked at regular intervals in the far northwestern part of British Columbia—first as a family physician and then as a psychotherapist focusing especially on “trauma-spectrum... Read More