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Letters / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... the provision of medical care to trans and gender-diverse people is controversial in some quarters, but it is the ... competent health care to transgender and gender-diverse people. Dr Leising[ 1 ] has written a detailed response[ 7 ] ...
News June 2022
... articles, head and shoulders above the rest at 79% of people’s top five favorite sections. Case studies, features ...
News September 2022
... Rena Caron of Prince George is one of 14 exceptional people being appointed to the Order of British Columbia in ... to improve cancer outcomes and wellness among Indigenous people by examining the stories and needs of Indigenous ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC March 2022
... put the number of MRIs done in BC annually at 1 per 21 people, and 1 per 18.5 nationally. Within the central NHA ...
News / BY: Erin Connors September 2021
... cesarean section. These types of claims are available for people who are insured through the government-funded ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... bloodstream. Oxygen levels below 95% are found among people with pneumonia—another symptom of a severe COVID-19 ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Walter, MD January/February 2021
... ] notes the steady decline in the proportion of people over 65 being started on opioids and the harm that ...
News November 2021
... recognition of the rise in cases of lung cancer in people who have never smoked. When communicating with ...
News September 2021
... death in North America. While most people affected will fully recover, new research from ... becoming dangerously ill or dying due to the infection are people ages 65 and older who take antibiotics, along with individuals with a prior C. diff infection and people who are hospitalized or living in long-term care ...
News July/August 2021
... patient decision aid now being used throughout BC to help people who have previously had a C-section make ... navigating their next pregnancy and birth. Over 75% of people in BC who have had a C-section are good candidates for ... to start discussing options with their care team. People want to learn about their options for their next birth ...