BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD
January/February 2019
... elevated blood lead at 5.60 umol/L (115.94 ug/dL). The BC Drug and Poison Information Centre was contacted, and chelation therapy with succimer was ... ). The two BC laboratories that test clinical samples for metals analyze ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Afsaneh Moradi
January/February 2019
... the BCMJ (“ Building interprofessional maternity care in BC ”)[ 1 ] describes how the Shared Care Maternity Network, ... of family practice, supports maternity providers in BC communities to improve interprofessional collaboration and ... www.pentictonmaternity.com ). The South Okanagan Maternity Centre provides Penticton maternity patients with ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Maxwell Moor-Smith, BSc
January/February 2019
... A. phalloides specimens were first collected in BC in 1997 from under European chestnut trees at Lake Errock ... landscaped grounds of Government House, the residence of BC’s lieutenant governor. A. phalloides was detected in ... or have a green or yellow hue, and is often darker in the centre. A. phalloides specimens typically feature white gills ...
Obituaries /
BY: Elizabeth J. Watt, MD
March 2019
... sleep on 29 December 2018 at the age of 94 in Abbotsford, BC. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, (Victoria) ... the next 24 years traveling to UCC medical outposts from BC to Newfoundland negotiating the building of new hospitals ... in Vancouver, Don served on the boards of St. Michael’s Centre, Chalmers Lodge, St. Stephen’s United Church, and ...
News /
BY: Jessie Wang
March 2019
... out there for medical students. I knew that my Doctors of BC membership is free during my 4 years of medical school, ... I knew that I received free life insurance with Doctors of BC through my 4 years of medical school as well, but as of ... bursaries applied through the UBC Student Service Centre (up to $250 000 is donated each year), but I was not ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: John Fan
March 2019
... a survey of 660 patients visiting the Diamond Health Care Centre Outpatient Laboratory at Vancouver General Hospital ... of a recent survey completed by 18 endocrinologists in BC indicate a good understanding of biotin interference ( ... from a recent survey completed by endocrinologists in BC indicate a good level of understanding where biotin ...
Letters /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
April 2019
... with a focused practice in chronic pain in Victoria, BC. At the time I write this letter, myoActivation is also ... at the CHANGEpain Clinic, the Downtown Community Health Centre (Downtown Eastside), and the Complex Pain Service at BC Children’s Hospital. It has been shown to be effective ...
News
April 2019
Researchers with the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the University of ... C. It is the first online sexual health service in BC and is available to people living in Metro Vancouver and, ...
News
April 2019
... patients at the Vancouver General Hospital Skin Care Centre and studied the changes that occurred to this light ... and dermatology at UBC and a senior scientist at both BC Cancer and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research ... not a replacement. This is a joint project between UBC, BC Cancer, and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW
April 2019
... trying to access support services. Service delivery in BC is fragmented, with the health authorities and different ... [Toronto, Ontario], 7 July 2017). Literature review In BC before the 1990s, children with neurodevelopmental ... Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health), and the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health (Island Health). The ...