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News / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH June 2023
... Vietnamese, and Korean. We want to hear from as many people as possible. The survey takes approximately 20 minutes ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... Letters “Health” requires more than health care for people in supportive housing ...
Letters / BY: Darren Jakubec, MD June 2023
... the existing system. I truly believe it would benefit more people, regardless of income. —Darren Jakubec, MD Smithers ...
News December 2023
... aims to replace the insulin-producing beta cells that people with type 1 diabetes lack. Dubbed VC-02, the small ... News Stem cell–based treatment controls blood sugar in people with type 1 diabetes ...
News June 2023
Starting 1 June 2023, people in BC can get prescriptions from their pharmacist for ... system will be similar to the Get Vaccinated system people used to book COVID-19 and influenza vaccination appointments. People will be able to locate pharmacies that offer the ...
Letters / BY: Rod Densmore, MD December 2023
... need to identify, diagnose, and appropriately support people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their ... families. We need to become FASD aware. When we diagnose people with FASD we can also learn about their family and ... (FASD), and to develop, in collaboration with Aboriginal people, FASD preventive programs that can be delivered in a ...
Letters / BY: Rick Potter-Cogan, MB BCh BAO April 2023
... good evidence for adding vitamins or supplements to most people’s diet [ BCMJ 2023;65:4 ]. People are misled to believe there is a benefit and fall ... scam that wastes the precious income of too many people. People would be healthier with a better ...
Letters / BY: Vaclav Hyrman, MD, FRCPC December 2022
... have become more prevalent in the industrial age when more people got jobs and developed a “job mentality.” “Job ... be a way around it. Having seen (in psychiatric practice) people suffering from symptoms of burnout regardless of their ...
News September 2022
... the history of and ongoing trauma to Indigenous people caused by residential schools and is a time to reflect ...
News March 2022
... January 2022, Two Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people in British Columbia can change gender designations on ... of Gender Designation, which includes a self-declaration. People under 19 will also need to provide proof of parent ... support. News Improved gender designation process for people in BC ...