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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2019
... I feel less guilty because I remind myself that making people laugh has been his lifelong mission. Recently friends ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2018
... recently, nor has she had contact with other symptomatic people. A stool C&S performed at a walk-in clinic was ... and symptoms persist, a second O&P may be necessary. People are infected by ingesting contaminated food or water. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD October 2018
... of as the provision of sterile injection supplies to people who use drugs or supervised consumption sites, harm ... and delivery of policy, programs, and services to benefit people who use substances, their families, and the community ... needle exchange in BC. From 2007 to 2016, HIV diagnoses in people who inject drugs declined from 118 to 16 cases, ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB July/August 2018
... administration of health care. Unfortunately though, the people charged with deciding how health care dollars are spent are not the people who actually provide the health care. Those of us on ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2018
... a good thing?” “My advice is to hang out with people who get the flu shot and stay away from the sickies. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Emma Cumming, MSc January/February 2018
... Beach on English Bay. Crowds have grown from around 10 000 people in 2012 to 40 000 in 2017.[ 2,3 ] After noticing a ...
Editorials / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC November 2018
... is one of Canada’s wealthiest provinces. So why do people with diabetes fare so poorly here? A stark picture was ... estimating that 29% of British Columbians (1.4 million people) are living with diabetes or prediabetes.[ 1 ] ... agreed-upon rights and self-care responsibilities for people living with diabetes, health care providers, and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC March 2018
... naloxone by providing no-cost take-home naloxone kits to people at risk of witnessing or experiencing an overdose. ... supportive-housing staff, and those who work directly with people at risk of overdose. This interactive, self-guided ... and pharmacies. Patients, friends, or family of people at risk of opioid overdose can complete a thorough ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Erin Fraser, DVM, MSc November 2018
... their feces, raccoon latrines represent a health risk to people and their pets. Baylisascaris eggs take from 2 to 4 ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2018
... example in raising my own children and am proud of the people they have become (not sure this has much to do with ...