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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE June 2024
... lifetime, up from 59% and 47%, respectively, in 2002/03.[ 2 ] The prevalence of multimorbidity—having two or more ... prevention and management. The Chronic Disease Dashboard[ 2 ] is a publicly available interactive data tool with ... the BC Chronic Disease Registries, with approximately 1 in 2 females and 1 in 3 males having a record for a related ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2024
... safe roadways, safe vehicles, and safe road users.[ 2 ] Safe vehicle speeds are crucial to prevent serious ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... able to decrease wait times by almost 70%, or 75 days![ 2 ] The Specialist Services Committee also created new fee ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc June 2024
... presence and subtleties often incomprehensible to humans.[ 2 ] The utility of such tools is exciting; however, concerns ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Curtis May, MD, MPH, CCFP June 2024
... claims, corresponding to an extreme heat event that year.[ 2 ] Heat generation or exposure may be caused by factors ... (1) environmental factors (e.g., temperature, air flow), (2) individual factors (e.g., acclimatization; certain chronic ... large portion of the workforce performing work outdoors.[ 2 ] Preventing heat-related illness in the workplace In ...
Premise / BY: Lauren Whitehead, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... findings, and testing also contribute to its diagnosis. [2] With this more inclusive definition, patients who require ... (for example, same-sex female couples), are addressed. [2] The impact of infertility stretches beyond the ability to ... While this news is exciting, a budget of $64 million over 2 years leaves many questions unanswered. In BC, we are in a ...
Letters / BY: Thomas J. DeMarco, MD June 2024
... from esophageal surgery for a Zenker diverticulum, and 2 days off work after a total hip replacement (I cycled to ...
Letters / BY: Daniel Y. Dodek, MD, CCFP, FCFP June 2024
... that bring meaning to our work and give us purpose. On day 2, participants were asked what aspect of their work makes ... and valued. This was the start of what I call CME 2.0. Medical education and conferences are more than ...
Editorials / BY: Maziar Badii, MD, FRCPC, MHSc June 2024
... osteoarthritis care of Indigenous patients. Article 2 : Alenezi and colleagues provide an overview of the ...
Premise / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM June 2024
... her weight is 133 kg (293 lb.), and her BMI is 46 kg/m 2 . She carries her weight quite uniformly. An orthopaedic ... of women and 17% of men in Canada live with arthritis.[ 2 ] Between 2020 and 2021, 55 300 total hip arthroplasties ... 1 ] currently defined as a BMI greater than 30 kg/m 2 . Obesity is a risk factor associated with the development ...