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WorkSafeBC / BY: Greg Meloche, PhD, RPsych June 2008
... and reminders of the event and may: • Avoid activities, people, and places that remind them of the event. ... wariness and being easily startled. Recovery Many people who experience a traumatic event recover and resume ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS June 2008
As summer approaches many people will be planning a well-earned vacation. ... empty by leaving notes on your door saying you’re away. People sometimes do this when they’re expecting deliveries, ... the door when you lock up. You’d be surprised how often people forget! To be extra safe, place a block of wood in the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC June 2008
... fatal motor vehicle collisions in British Columbia—127 people were killed and 3400 were injured.  Injured, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... in many circumstances, they can be less effective with people who are not of Northern European heritage.  The ... disease, or stroke) there may be as many as 1.5 million people, or up to one-third of the BC population, who require ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS July/August 2008
... benefit” designed to protect you while you’re alive. People need to be prepared to survive—not only physically ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2008
... Hardcover, 268 pages. $29.95. “I see dead people” is not only a famous Hollywood line, but a reality ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... may present as challenging behaviors.  Because many people with developmental disability have limited verbal ... in­creased prevalence of mental illness and dementia in people with developmental disability compared with those in ... In BC, specialized community mental health services for people with developmental disability are provided by each of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... there are 111 family practice physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ] less than 1% of family ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... central Bri­tish Columbia serves a population of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... kidney disease (CKD). In BC, there are at least 145 000 people with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of less than 60 mL/min, and about 35 000 people whose physicians have actually identified CKD as a ... if you also include those at highest risk for CKD (people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or both), this ...