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Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD November 2018
... weather events.[ 1 ] As a result, interactions between people, the environment, and pathogens will change. Here we ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... Spanish. Since moving to Vancouver I try to care for people in their first language, and in return they correct my ... spot, there is a mismatch between the jobs we are training people for and the jobs that are available. That is why I’m ... their work and personal lives and continue to grow as people and healers. They want models of support that allow ...
News October 2018
... masters athletes should stop exercising. She recommends people see their doctor for regular checkups, including blood ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Emma Cumming, MSc January/February 2018
... Beach on English Bay. Crowds have grown from around 10 000 people in 2012 to 40 000 in 2017.[ 2,3 ] After noticing a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MD May 2018
... of trained personnel.[ 2 ] It is estimated that people living on reserve are 90 times more likely to lack ... and Hudson found that in remote Indigenous communities, people often rely on bottled water even though it is ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... remain the preferred source of health information for many people.[ 1 ] Last year, the CMA’s General Council passed a ... questionnaire, they likely overrepresent the number of people who are adequately physically active. Even if we take ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC March 2018
... naloxone by providing no-cost take-home naloxone kits to people at risk of witnessing or experiencing an overdose. ... supportive-housing staff, and those who work directly with people at risk of overdose. This interactive, self-guided ... and pharmacies. Patients, friends, or family of people at risk of opioid overdose can complete a thorough ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2018
... post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). PHN is more common in older people, affecting 4% to 15% of zoster cases in people aged 50 to 59, 7% to 26% of cases in people aged 60 to 69, and 14% to 29% of cases in people 70 ...
News / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH June 2018
... public health threat.[ 1 ] In 2016, about 10 million people fell ill with TB, and about 1.7 million died worldwide ... killer globally and the leading killer of people living with HIV.[ 3 ]  Approximately one-quarter of ... population has latent (or dormant) TB, which means that people have been infected with the TB bacteria but the ...
News / BY: Mariel Ang, MPH, BA Kin September 2017
... is an evidence-based conservative management program for people with hip or knee OA that addresses the recommended ...