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News / May 2008

Travelling soon?

By: Sandie Braid, CEBS

With the Canadian dollar at or close to par with the US currency, a growing number of Canadians are planning trips in the US and around the world, and are in need of travel health insurance. To... Read More

News / May 2008

Wipe Out: head injury documentary

You’re invited to the premiere of the documentary Wipe Out, which shows the social and economic costs of head injuries in young people.  The film will be screened at the Vancity Theatre (part... Read More

WorkSafeBC / May 2008

Preventing needless work disability

By: Peter Rothfels, MD

New guideline looks at how employers and insurers can work more effectively with health care providers to reduce the impact of injury, illness, and age on people’s lives and work, and help them... Read More

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BC Centre for Disease Control / April 2008

Remember to think of malaria: an old world disease, a new world threat

By: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM, Quantine Wong, BSc, Judith Isaac-Renton, MD, DPH, FRCPC

Malaria is a protozoan parasitic disease caused by in­fection of the red blood cells with one (rarely two) species of the genus Plasmodium: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale or P. malariae.... Read More

Council on Health Promotion / April 2008

Fat and fit?

By: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP

A recent study suggests that you’re better off being fat and fit than thin and inactive. If you are anything like me (one of those average people who put on weight in their thirties and forties),... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959