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Letters / BY: Gary C. Jackson, MD April 2025
The article “Cervical screening in BC—Change inspired by First Nations and Métis ... of patients who would require transportation to a larger centre for colposcopic assessment. Screenings could take ...
Original Research / BY: Jennifer Kask, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2025
... community on northern Vancouver Island and the referral centre for several outlying communities—or in other ... This is particularly relevant following a change to the BC Cancer Cervical Cancer Screening Program that has resulted ... with testing available at 17 LifeLabs locations across BC.[ 17 ] An individual can register online, print a lab ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM May 2025
... by sporadic cases across the US and Canada. In 2024, BC identified the first occurrence of a small cluster of ... (from May to October). How do I test for CSG viruses? In BC, laboratory diagnosis of CSG viruses is available through ... Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC BC Centre for Disease Control What you need to know about ...
Premise / BY: A. Wellar May 2025
... Canadians have died from an opioid-related poisoning.[ 1 ] BC has been particularly affected, having the highest rates ... hospitalization and death rates are multifactorial, in BC, the key contributors are the toxic nature of the drug ... by the Michael Smith Health Research BC–British Columbia Centre on Substance Use Partnered Scholar Award and the ...
Original Research / BY: Emily Meagher, MPH June 2025
... Chronic Diseases Program (CCDP), established in 2012 at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre in Vancouver, was the first tertiary care service of ... Registry provided a unique opportunity to characterize BC patients with complex chronic diseases and evaluate the ...
Premise / BY: Catherine Joanne Binda, MD June 2025
... youth with complex health and developmental conditions at BC Children’s Hospital. We call on readers to engage in ... and role-modeling respect for children’s rights. Many BC organizations provide resources and opportunities to ... and youth. The authors also thank the RayCam Co-operative Centre community, the Responsive Intersectoral Child and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael Joseph Lee, PhD June 2025
... species to thrive in new regions. Cyanobacteria in BC In BC, there is a poor understanding of the burden of illness ... from 2012 to 2024, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre recorded 34 calls about 43 individuals exposed to ...
Letters / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD June 2025
... letter about our article on new long-term opioid use in BC.[ 1 ] Our understanding is that they are concerned our ... our article, we aimed primarily to describe the specific BC data we had access to, and we were cautious to provide ... 7 ] We used the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology’s Anatomical ...
Obituaries / BY: Gaylene Vickery June 2025
... Germany. In April 1953, they immigrated to Prince Rupert, BC, and a year later, Kurt moved to Vancouver to pursue his ... to 2002, he was an attending physician at George Derby Centre, and he later worked as a full-time surgical assistant at Burnaby Hospital and False Creek Surgical Centre, until his retirement in 2016. Kurt was predeceased by ...
Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... program, with the support of the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc), launched the Hands-On Ultrasound Education ... designed to meet the unique needs of rural physicians in BC.[ 8 ] The program was developed with an understanding and ...