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News March 2020
... sample of BC physicians and relevant specialists, and 2) emails to a group of key partners in areas such as ...
News March 2020
... as prescribed have a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to lupus patients who do not. There is no ... has the ability to potentially reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Using BC health data that include information on ... those who did had a 39% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. From prior research, researchers know that an ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD March 2020
... my friend, and on day 1 everything was great, but on day 2 I awoke to a chill in the air. It was a crisp January ... patients with respiratory symptoms related to perfume,”[ 2 ] concluded that perfume induces a dose-dependent non-IGE ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ernest Salcedo March 2020
... exposures and occupational diseases. Over the last 2 years, our outreach program has reached over 400 MOAs and ... a medical advisor in your nearest WorkSafeBC office. 2.  Questions about your patient’s claim or other ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP March 2020
... people received infected blood products in the 1980s.[ 1 , 2 ] During the past 20 years, the role of Canadian Blood ... of the adult registry with more mixed-race units [ Figure 2 ]. Currently there are more than 3000 cord blood units ...
Premise / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC March 2020
... tools of neocortical brain development were sharpened.[ 2 ] These Marks are probably conscious. The Marks develop a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: JoyAnne Krupa, MD March 2020
... globally. A real-world pollution study from Barcelona[ 2 ] and an epidemiological study in Copenhagen[ 3 ] have also ... other factors. A 2019 report measuring air quality over 2 years in Vancouver and Toronto reveals that Vancouver has ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP March 2020
... cold water immersion, drowning, and other injuries.[ 2 ] Over the longer term, loss of coastal land will lead to ... Food security Sea levels are predicted to rise by up to 1.2 metres in the Fraser River Delta by 2100,[ 6 ] where BC’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hilary Drake, BSc March 2020
... ice maintenance had been conducted from 8:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with the ice resurfacing machine operating for ... ice arenas is known to be a source of health complaints.[ 2-9 ] Ice rinks at indoor facilities are typically cleaned ... commonly done more frequently—as often as every hour.[ 2 ] Air pollutants Older models of ice maintenance equipment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew Boroditsky, BHSc March 2020
... and cardiac outflow tract anomalies.[ 1 , 2 ] DiGeorge syndrome was later grouped with other ... G/BBB syndrome, and Cayler cardiofacial syndrome).[ 1 , 2 ] With the advent of cytogenetic testing in the 1980s and ... microdeletion was identified in all these syndromes: 22q11.2 deletion. The condition now known as 22q11.2 deletion ...