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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Anne Pousette, MD, MPH September 2021
... of these behavior changes on general mental and physical health is clear.[ 1 , 3 ] There is also evidence that ... prevention and mitigation. New guidelines from the World Health Organization for physical activity and sedentary ... in relation to limiting sedentary behavior.[ 6 ] Given the health benefits of physical activity and the increase in ...
Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD September 2021
... practitioner (Section 54). This means that the Ministry of Health is able to recover funds from doctors who order tests ...
College Library / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson September 2021
... about providing care in BC is also available from many health authorities. A notable example is Trans Care BC from the Provincial Health Care Authority ( www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/health-professionals ). The site offers information about the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: L.S. Yefet, MD October 2021
... British Columbia declared this opioid crisis a public health emergency in 2016.[ 15 ] One response to this crisis ... for the study period was created based on the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics ... were included, and each was searched within the Health Canada Drug Product Database. In total, 691 drug ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2021
... of many of them as my friends and care deeply about their health and happiness, but I wonder if this shows? Do they ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB October 2021
... is not absolute. Many of us have had calls from Public Health after a patient tested positive for a reportable ... that communicable disease. When other people’s lives and health are at stake, personal privacy needs to take second ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD October 2021
... from COVID-19; instead, I feared burnout, fatigue, mental health issues, and substance use would take their toll. Even ... has increased exponentially. Since 2019, BC’s Physician Health Program (PHP) has seen a 58% increase in the number of ... Wellness+ Initiative, which directs funds to address the health and wellness needs of physicians and medical trainees ...
News October 2021
... their patients find the services they need within their health region. Content includes listings by health region, trained therapists, fitters, and support ...
News October 2021
British Columbians can now navigate and connect with mental health and substance-use information and supports via the ... available to them. It includes information about mental health and substance use to help support children or youth, ... by people with lived and living experience of mental health and substance-use challenges. News Website to connect ...
News October 2021
... of Canada, GlycoNet, and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. News Innovative coating for blood vessels ...