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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... not have optimal vaccine health. Additionally, Indigenous people, including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, are at an ... medical care and restore the trust of Indigenous people in the medical system using culturally safe resources ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Hilary Spicer March 2022
... for guitars began at age 16, when he, like many young people, strummed a guitar to Eric Clapton and the Beatles. He ...
News / BY: Sandy Zhang, MPH July/August 2022
... of cancer death in Canada and worldwide. In BC, seven people die of lung cancer every day. With 70% of all cases ... and who are not experiencing any symptoms. This includes people who: Are 55 to 74 years of age. Currently smoke or ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... which, in addition to children, particularly affect people with sexually transmitted diseases and women who’ve ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC December 2022
... screened for syphilis at 28–32 weeks of pregnancy.[ 5 ] People delivering a stillborn infant after 20 weeks’ ...
News October 2022
... Clan, who are traditionally known as the voice of the people. She follows her mother’s and great-grandmother’s ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2022
... Europe and elsewhere, Canada has seen continuous waves of people from different lands and cultures. As of 2011, Canada had a foreign-born population of about 6 775 800 people, representing 20.6% of the population, the highest ... groups surpassing the 1 million mark. Seven out of 10 people lived in Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver.[ 1 ] In BC, ...
News / BY: Catherine Clelland, MD October 2022
... to strengthen family physicians’ ability to care for people living with cancer in their communities. In 2016, FPON ...
News June 2022
... articles, head and shoulders above the rest at 79% of people’s top five favorite sections. Case studies, features ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP October 2022
... 1 ] The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People defines sarcopenia as a muscle disease (failure) ... in the province continues to grow, optimal care for people with sarcopenia is essential to address the high ...