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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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP March 2019
... doesn’t decry failure—surely we can find ways to allow people to give their time, ideas, and feedback. Sure, there ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2019
... I feel less guilty because I remind myself that making people laugh has been his lifelong mission. Recently friends ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monica Dahiya, BSc March 2019
... major public health concern, with an estimated 71 million people being chronically infected with the virus ( ...
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 ] ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP April 2019
... musculoskeletal pain is common in our society. One in five people suffer with chronic pain in Canada. We need ...
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 ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2019
... divorces, aging parents, and so much more. These people are my rocks and I know they have my back through ... of work colleagues. I have spent more time with these people than I have with most of my family and friends, yet I ...