Every year in Canada, 125 000 car crashes result in over 12 000 serious injuries and 2400 fatalities.  Drinking drivers are at increased risk of crashing. The crash risk doubles at blood... Read More

The term “evidence-based medicine” first appeared in the medical literature in the early 1990s. Today the concept is almost ubiquitous in clinical practice, with its attendant high expectation of... Read More

BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) has recently joined Environmental Health Services (EHS) at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). Together we provide comprehensive medical and public... Read More

WorkSafeBC encourages and supports the development and use of the best scientific evidence on a broad range of workplace health and safety issues. In 2000, the WorkSafeBC Research Secretariat was... Read More

According to an article in the April issue of The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, the use of placebos is now facing growing backlash from the medical community. In addition to being perceived as... Read More