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BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC
May 2019
... This was the first recorded human B. canis infection in BC. B. canis is rarely transmitted to humans; children and ... be at higher risk. Four canine cases were documented in BC in 2017–18, all in imported dogs. The incidence is ... are not routinely verified. If a dog bites a person in BC and has been in an endemic country in the past 6 months, ...
Premise /
BY: Kelly Anne Cox, MD, MPH
May 2019
... (copper), and out-of-pocket costs for an IUD in BC range from $75 for a copper IUD to $325 to $400 for a ... pack ($468 for 3 years),[ 5 ] and a medical abortion in BC ranges from $500 to $750.[ 6 ] LARC is superior to other ... free contraception compared to all other teens.[ 8 ] In BC in 2015, 828 babies were born to mothers under age 20.[ 9 ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Elizabeth Wiley, MD, JD, MPH
May 2019
... climate-related projections, it is important that the BC physician community develop an awareness of the ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Afsaneh Moradi
May 2019
... program has spread to a number of communities across BC, including Vancouver. The Vancouver Division of Family ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Julian Marsden, MD
May 2019
... ambulance crews for other patients. In September 2017 the BC Emergency Medicine Network (EM Network) was launched to ... departments (EDs) and diagnostic and treatment centres in BC.[ 1 ] The EM Network operates under the oversight of a ... able to connect synchronously with another practitioner in BC and be guided through the management of the condition ...
Obituaries /
BY: Jill Ennals, RN
June 2019
... written by this fourth-year student, titled “Trends in BC medical care.” How prophetic was his vision! This was an ... able hand. When medical care insurance was established in BC, the BCMA was very much involved in setting up the honor ... as well, first as vice president and treasurer of the BC Social Credit Party from 1969 to 1970, and as a candidate ...
Letters /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
June 2019
... techniques below. A number of studies are ongoing in BC. I felt that including them in my previous letter would ... being carried out in Prince George (Dr Cameron Grose), at BC Children’s Hospital (Dr Gillian Lauder), and at ...
News
June 2019
... to submitting anesthesia-related articles in the future. BC medical students are encouraged to submit full-length ...
News
June 2019
A study co-led by BC Cancer researchers has found that the use of stereotactic ... over 4 years at 10 centres worldwide (including all six BC Cancer centres), the patient group who was treated with ... could benefit from SABR treatment. The study was led at BC Cancer by Dr Robert Olson, radiation oncologist, along ...