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Letters / BY: Eastside Illicit Drinkers Group for Education July/August 2024
... change to improve access to oral thiamine throughout BC. The inclusion of oral thiamine on the BC PharmaCare Plan C formulary is a logical and attainable first step toward this goal. In BC, intramuscular thiamine HCl injections (DIN 02193221) have ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2024
... Equality for Gays And Lesbians Everywhere) and Trans Care BC  are two resources I’ve found helpful, but there are ... have resources or advice to share. In Vancouver and across BC, we are fortunate to have a vibrant and active LGBTQIA2S+ ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC July/August 2024
Dr Ahmer A. Karimuddin When Doctors of BC was developing our most recent strategic plan, extensive ... access the same participation opportunities in Doctors of BC without barriers and to embed an equity lens in all ... as one of the pillars of our strategic plan, Doctors of BC has undertaken substantial work on the gender pay gap. We ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2024
... 10 ] Food insecurity is about government policy. BC has the second-lowest provincial rate of food insecurity, after Quebec.[ 7 ] BC’s minimum wage has increased from $10.25 in 2013 to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Megan Edwards, PhD, MPH July/August 2024
... viral respiratory illness surveillance, led by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the BCCDC Public ... registries, as well as demographic records in the BC COVID-19 Data Library surveillance platform, a ... PhD, MSc Senior Scientist, BCCDC Public Health Response BC Centre for Disease Control Respiratory virus surveillance ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Amber Sawkins, MSW, RSW July/August 2024
... are available to any employer or person working in BC and to BC-based workers working temporarily outside the province, ...
News September 2024
... in the health care system and in communities throughout BC, and we can continue to manage COVID-19 without the need ... registry to ensure reporting is consistent throughout BC. The requirement to report will be phased in, beginning ... protect people, communities, and the health care system. BC has some of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2024
... population growth and aging. Breast cancer operations in BC increased 28% between 2012 and 2022,[ 2 ] and the number ... as shown in the Breast Health Action Plan developed in BC in 2010 [ Figure 1 ] .[ 5 ] The interdisciplinary nature ... consultation is 28 days.[ 9 ] According to the head of BC Cancer,[ 10 ] the benchmarks for referral to medical ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), CTH September 2024
... and parasitic pathogens [ Box 1 ; Figure 1 ] . The BC Guidelines state that the list of pathogens may be ... in each case.[ 2 ] The minimum pathogen list in the BC Guidelines includes only four parasites, while the number ... intestinal parasites can be countless.[ 2 ] Moreover, the BC Guidelines recommend that if either stool culture or ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Natasha Benson, MD, FRCPC September 2024
... 2022, reproductive infectious diseases specialists at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre cared for women with possible cytomegalovirus during pregnancy in a BC Women’s physician-only clinic. Infants diagnosed with ... specialists (and other specialists where needed) at BC Children’s Hospital. Despite being situated on the same ...