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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2019
... not a normal part of aging. The first support group for people with dementia was not formed until 1993, and it was ... Only in the past few years have memoirs been written by people with dementia. This pattern is a symptom of the stigma ... to learn from qualitative studies about the experience of people actually living with dementia.  A meta-synthesis ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Brian Hillhouse, MD October 2019
For most people, texting has become second nature as a fast, easy way ...
News May 2019
... nursing and allied health resources, and work to attach people in need of regular primary care. In addition, once ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... consumption and subsequent excretion in urine or when people flush pills into the wastewater system.[ 3,5,10 ] ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Steven Larigakis, MD March 2019
... of psychological, social, and physical aspects, and puts people at risk of adverse health outcomes, including falls, ... although its prevalence does rise with age, from 16% of people 65 years old to over 50% of those over 85.[ 3 ] ...
News December 2019
... graduated from the UBC Medical School and cared for the people of Kelowna and mentored new generations of family ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM June 2019
... (MMR) vaccine is safe and effective, and most people have no adverse reaction following receipt of this ... or recent travel history, do not test for measles. Do people born before 1970 need to be immunized against measles? ... routine use will need to rely on vaccine-derived immunity. People born before 1970 are generally considered immune to ...
News May 2019
... Dr Emily Krauss, who specializes in nerve transfers for people with spinal cord injury. He approached Dr Daniel ...
News April 2019
... (STI) testing removes some of the barriers that prevent people from getting tested while providing key information ... online sexual health service in BC and is available to people living in Metro Vancouver and, in partnership with ... have been completed since it launched in 2014, and 43% of people have used it for testing more than once. While online ...
News December 2019
... (death cap): Death cap mushrooms are believed to kill more people worldwide than any other mushroom. Death caps are ...