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News May 2021
... on Rural Issues (JSC), a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government, has announced significant changes to the Rural ... 2018. Facilitated by the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, nearly 600 rural physicians were consulted via ...
News, COVID-19 May 2021
Doctors of BC has prepared a series of scripts and articles for doctors ... The information is available on the Doctors of BC website at ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... raised concern among Canadian and US health agencies, the BC Centre for Disease Control among them.[ 3 ] Indeed, class ... there is alcohol in kombucha.[ 5 ] What do we do now? The BC Centre for Disease Control’s recent study into this ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2021
In BC, doctors have a unique opportunity to get involved with ... first-of-its-kind partnership in Canada between Doctors of BC and the BC government. The JCCs bring together doctors, government, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... were found in 20% of opioid samples checked by the BC Centre on Substance Use and 50% of samples from the ... were detected in 50% of illicit drug toxicity deaths in BC in December 2020 and January 2021.[ 2 ] Benzodiazepines ... not detect all benzodiazepines. Point-of-care screens in BC will detect etizolam but their reported sensitivity is 50% ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Janice Mason, MD, BSc, Dipl Sport Med (CASEM), May 2021
... licensed with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. Many are accredited in sports or occupational medicine, ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... age of 80 report feelings of loneliness.[ 6 ] While the BC government recognizes the importance of social and ... that target social isolation.[ 7 ] Additionally, the 2019 BC Centre for Disease Control report on social isolation ... for seniors was not a priority for most municipalities in BC.[ 8 ] The literature on loneliness among older adults ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc June 2021
... received a clinical research stimulus award from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute to help cover ...
Obituaries / BY: Harvey Lui, MD, FRCPC June 2021
... hair disorders and also ran our pediatric hair clinic at BC Children’s Hospital. Robert enthusiastically shared his ... and sharp memory led to many interests. He climbed many BC mountains, although the Cuillin mountain range on the Isle ...
Letters / BY: Brenda Hardie, MD June 2021
... and is evidence-informed. Maybe we will see Doctors of BC promote this more widely. Doctors of BC could also be targeting and measuring its success in ... up this conversation in a meaningful way for Doctors of BC and all of us in the province. I look forward to reading ...