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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD March 2019
... for a particular disease, and the number or portion of people progressing through each stage, thereby helping to ... BC demonstrates continued gaps in treatment uptake among people with a history of injection drug use.[ 4 ] Curing hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs can prevent transmission to others, ...
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 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 April 2019
... of treatment, management of sepsis for the 30 million people who develop it each year relies on infection control ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH April 2019
... infectious agent.[ 1 ] In 2017, an estimated 10 million people developed TB disease globally, resulting in an ... deaths, with 300 000 of those deaths occurring in people living with HIV.[ 1 ] TB is not just an international ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP April 2019
... carbon monoxide (CO) levels (see Box). CO 2 is emitted by people working in the office building. An excessive ... an inadequate amount of fresh air for the number of people in the space. Elevated levels of CO 2 commonly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW April 2019
... and her parents. She is nonverbal and gets very upset if people talk about her in her presence. Harpreet is only ...
News May 2019
... nursing and allied health resources, and work to attach people in need of regular primary care. In addition, once ...
News May 2019
... Dr Emily Krauss, who specializes in nerve transfers for people with spinal cord injury. He approached Dr Daniel ...
News May 2019
... individuals aged 40 years or older, heterosexuals, people living in remote areas, and people who had ever injected drugs were more likely to have ...