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News / BY: Tara Hamilton April 2023
... at thamilton@doctorsofbc.ca or 604 638-6058 (toll free 1 800 665-2262). —Tara Hamilton Senior Advisor, Audit and ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... in Canada, especially during periods of transition.[ 1 ] Most recently, the importance of mental health has come ... and aftercare services,” as described in Indicator 3.5.1 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.[ 9 ] A ... occur less often, if any at all. I am grateful that the 1:1 sessions with [the Foundry Work and Education Program ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC April 2023
... leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada and worldwide.[ 1 ] In British Columbia, an average of seven people die of ... 7 ] However, when lung cancers are diagnosed at stage 1, the 5-year survival rate is between 73% and 90%; hence the ... in the Box . A 6-year lung cancer risk score greater than 1.5% is required to participate in the screening program. ...
News April 2023
... is canceled, MEDOC is reissued to you automatically each 1 September. Even if your travel plans are last minute, your ... learn more and get a quote, contact Johnson Insurance at 1 866 606-3362 or www.johnson.ca/travel-insurance . For other ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... mental health issues, and substance abuse disorders.[ 1-4 ] In a series of point-in-time counts conducted in ... facilities on its Housing Listings web page;[ 17 ] Figure 1 shows the locations of those sites. Access to supportive ... tenants in three supportive housing sites in Kelowna to (1) clarify the existing needs of tenants, including those ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP May 2023
... to constitute 4.6% of the global carbon footprint.[ 1 ] When compared with the health care systems of 47 ... to the Fraser Canyon and has an estimated population of 1.9 million.[ 8 ] We also estimated the prevalence of overuse ... PharmaNet data for Fraser Health region residents from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021 via the Health Data ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Carol-Anne Vallée, MD May 2023
... direct obstetric deaths were related to unsafe abortion.[ 1-3 ] In 1969, the Criminal Code was amended to make ... and access to abortion care during the pandemic [ Box 1 ].[ 19 ] According to these guidelines, medical abortion ... with BC’s confidential abortion provider services. Box 1 lists resources for primary care providers who wish to ...
News April 2023
... prescription birth control free to its residents. Starting 1 April 2023, PharmaCare will cover the full cost of many ... . News Free contraceptives beginning 1 April: Information for doctors ...
Obituaries April 2023
... 22 December 1961–22 January 2023 Dr Lee-Anna Huisman 1 August 1981–3 November 2022 Dr Chong Won Lim 20 June 1932–4 June 2022 Dr James Robert MacLean 1 July 1925–14 March 2022 Dr Michael Mbuye Mthandazo 7 ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2023
... there are over 5.3 million people in British Columbia,[ 1 ] and nearly one-quarter of them are women 45 years of age ... prompts the question: for a condition that affects nearly 1.3 million people in our province, why aren’t we talking ... hormones for longer than 5 years had a relative risk of 1.26 for developing breast cancer. As Dominus points out in ...