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Beyond Medicine / BY: Jacob L. Stubbs, BKin May 2019
... fire and ambulance is that more often than not we know the people’s names, we’ve cared for them day in and day out, ... you? An easy way to look at harm reduction is as meeting people where they’re at. For the person with sleep ... emergency rooms have barriers for some individuals. Many people in this neighborhood cannot go through the triage ...
News March 2019
A new project aimed at supporting people transitioning back to their communities when they are ... by the BC Coroners Service in 2018. Of those, 10% (333 people) died within their first month of release from a ... throughout BC aim to address this problem by helping people with opioid-use disorders access treatment in their ...
News November 2019
... Canada’s cancer community to take action to ensure fewer people get cancer, more people survive cancer, and those living with the disease have ... provinces and territories; health care professionals; people living with cancer and those who care for them; First ...
News January/February 2019
... include: Life expectancy among Status First Nations people improved between 2005 and 2015, but the life ... groups, but the rate of increase for First Nations people declined, resulting in an overall decrease in the ... jointly monitor the health and well-being of First Nations people in BC for the next 10 years with an expanded suite of ...
News June 2019
... which is then saved, shared, or sold for future use. While people know not to share needles, some use their own needle ...
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
... graduated from the UBC Medical School and cared for the people of Kelowna and mentored new generations of family ...
News January/February 2019
... the University of Waterloo. Researchers found that even if people weren’t good at it, drawing, as a method to help ... of a series of studies, the researchers asked both young people and older adults to do a variety of memory-encoding ... adults. Retention of new information typically declines as people age due to deterioration of critical brain structures ...
News / BY: Arlaina Waisman, RD July/August 2019
... free, comprehensive educational classes aimed at helping people self-manage their osteoarthritis. The interactive, ... Please note that this program services VCH residents and people from other health authorities who have a VCH surgeon. ...
News April 2019
... of treatment, management of sepsis for the 30 million people who develop it each year relies on infection control ...