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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, June 2011
... promise that m-health can be used as a tool to help people quit smoking and to effectively support treatment for ... control and prevention of communicable diseases among the people of BC and to defend and promote health among ... Technology that is fun, fast, easy to use, and makes people feel engaged has the best chance to make measurable ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2010
... North, population 597659) can affect larger numbers of people than a large increase in exposures in small ... season serves as a reminder that forest fire smoke affects people all over the province, even those distant from the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH September 2009
... and irritation. • Reduced lung function. For most people air pollution may be a relatively minor risk, ... reduce exposure. When considering where to live and work, people should ideally choose a location that is more than 150 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD October 2009
... that this medical surveillance process does indeed select people at increased risk of developing active disease. In BC, approximately 1800 people are referred for postlanding surveillance annually. ... medical is effective for the most part in excluding people with active infectious disease coming to Canada, but ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ken Cooper, CPHIC March 2009
... direct contact exposures, RPEP should also be offered to people awakening to find a bat in their bedroom, even if ... ] The incidence of rabies preventable by providing RPEP to people with unrecognized exposure in the bedroom is thus ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... the 1990s, crack cocaine has become more prevalent in BC. People who smoke crack may develop oral lesions and burns ... pipes, and HCV has been detected on crack paraphernalia. People who share crack pipes may therefore be at increased ... has hardened on the inside pipe wall. It was reported that people were using the plunger of syringes as push sticks, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... compared with the elderly.[ 2,3 ] In the United States, people over the age of 50 years have made up only 5% of ... of influenza-related complications among young children, people over the age of 65, pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions.[ 4 ] Proper infection ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM April 2008
... a major public health problem worldwide. Over 2.4 billion people in more than 90 countries—40% of the world’s ...
Index December 2008
... and the injured worker (wsbc) 10:572  Rowe TC: Good people, good work (ed) 3:120; Flying lessons (ed) 4:181  ...
Index December 2008
... archive: Dr Wallace Wilson (pu) (Suraliwalla K) 2:73 Good people, good work (ed) (Rowe TC) 3:120 MEDICAL HUMOR A ...