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Letters / BY: Anne Pousette, MD, MPH December 2021
... of BC’s comprehensive physical activity strategy, Active People, Active Places,[ 1 ] and the 2020 update[ 2 ] ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2021
... highs. Despite pleas from our provincial health officer, people continue to travel and are propagating viral spread ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB October 2021
... from worry). It isn’t only thanks to having some special people in my life. I believe that many of us are starting to ... nevertheless frustrated, like the rest of you, that some people are choosing to remain unvaccinated. We have all heard ... working at a vaccine clinic recently, I reassured some people, tongue in cheek, that the vaccine they were receiving ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2020
... that this article will have unintended consequences for people who should be receiving opioid-based therapy.  ... in the article do not apply to a significant number of people. The figure in the article is titled only “acute and ... family doctor. Pain is prevalent in 30% to 50% of people who receive cancer-directed treatments and over 70% of ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC March 2020
... dozens of patents to his name, but with enough publicity people like him can easily become gurus, which is not good. I ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2020
... denouncing the often-violent treatment that people of color face when dealing with law enforcement. This ... norm. My parents were, by most accepted standards, good people who taught me to respect and treat everyone the same, ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2020
... Campaign. Kash is always ready to contribute to other people’s efforts, and is often the instigating force behind ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc June 2020
... we need to bring sensible policies to protect our young people from devastating effects of COVID-19. The American ... clinical guidance to highlight the well-known risk. People who smoke or use e-cigarettes have a significantly ... respiratory infections like the coronavirus, and people with decreased lung function caused by smoking or ...
Letters / BY: Jonathan M. Winner, MD March 2020
... in walk-in clinics, where they could see large numbers of people with relatively minor complaints and would not have to ... boom, and in a few years, there will be thousands more people living here. Who is going to look after all of us? ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2020
Indigenous people in Canada suffer far worse health outcomes than the ... are we failing so badly at our attempts to help Indigenous people? To better understand the issue, I spoke with Dr Terri ... and initiatives directed at “fixing those Indigenous people.” Unfortunately, she pointed out, “Indigenous ...