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News / BY: Laura McLean November 2024
... contact us directly at (604) 638-7914, toll-free at 1 800 665-2262 ext. 7914, or email insurance@doctorsofbc.ca . ...
Letters / BY: Liz Ewart, MD, FCFP November 2024
... establishment and 24.4 days after its establishment),[ 1 ] and this could be used as a model of care for other ... on one day. This model schedules in a single appointment: (1) nurse and physician assessment, (2) breast diagnostic ...
Obituaries / BY: BC Women’s Hospital Sexual Assault Service team November 2024
On the 1-year anniversary of Dr Tracy Pickett’s passing, we would ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Amy Booth, MPH December 2024
... cervical screening in BC has plateaued at less than 70%,[ 1 ] lower than the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer’s ... Over 18 months, 38 WIC were screened, and an average of 5.1 years had passed since their last screening. In total, 2.6% ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA December 2024
... the first cervix screening program in the world in 1955.[ 1 ] Since the implementation of cervix screening, the ... of cervical cancer in BC has decreased by more than 70%.[ 1 ] Prior to the availability of cervix screening, 28.4 in ... women were diagnosed with cervical cancer annually.[ 1 ] The 2020 incidence rate in BC was 8.1 in 100 000.[ 2 ] ...
Premise / BY: Chloe Gao, BHSc December 2024
... of color There is a colorism problem in dermatology.[ 1 ] Colorism is defined as differential or discriminatory ... treatment of an individual based only on skin shade.[ 1 ] Among racialized communities, colorism is far too often ... the adverse consequences of unsupervised skin lightening.[ 1 ] In light of the association of skin lightening with ...
Premise / BY: Martina Scholtens, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2024
... named Bagster prescribes books for various afflictions.[ 1 ] However, the “reading cure” was in use a century ... reported a mean effect size of 0.82 (95% CI, 0.50-1.15) for six studies comparing cognitive-behavioral therapy ... dementia, and child and adolescent mental health [ Figure 1 ] . Each illness category was divided into nonfiction and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC December 2024
... and most well-resourced companies in the world.”[ 1 ] The CPS reminds us that the safe amount of screen time ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monica Durigon, RN(C), MSc December 2024
... are on the rise in BC. In 2012, BC saw 369 cases (8.1 per 100 000).[ 1 ] In the 4-year period from 2018 to 2022, rates of ... (18.6 per 100 000) to 1971 cases (36.8 per 100 000).[ 1 ] While gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Patrick Wong December 2024
... report to WorkSafeBC at 604 233-9777 (or toll-free at 1 888 922-8807). Billing fee code 19927 when WorkSafeBC ...