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President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD January/February 2025
... about fostering long-term solutions that prioritize the health and dignity of every individual. I want to express my ... are invaluable to the resilience and evolution of our health care system. The positive change we want and need to see in British Columbia’s health care system requires strong, unified leadership. ...
Obituaries / BY: Gurdeep Parhar, MD January/February 2025
... and spent 2 years at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (then Grace Hospital) and St. Paul’s ...
Obituaries / BY: Bruce Patterson, MD January/February 2025
... and surgical wards of our hospitals. It brings mental health expertise to the challenges staff and patients face in ...
Obituaries / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD January/February 2025
... Award for Major and Lasting Contribution in Occupational Health from the American Industrial Hygiene Association in ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD March 2025
... and 17.6% in Canada.[ 5,6 ] Within most populations and health care settings, the rising prevalence of long-term ... characteristics (pain, medical conditions, and mental health conditions), sociodemographic influences, and ... and nonfatal) and current substance use disorder; mental health diagnosis; pancreatitis; and prescription factors, ...
News March 2025
... to open-up new pathways for treating mental health and neurological conditions that are centred on ... to learn more: Why is an Indigenous understanding of brain health important for neuroscience? What does incorporating ...
Premise / BY: Lucy Hui March 2025
The tapestry of health care is in a constant state of evolution. Among the ... journey, from the initial point of contact to long-term health management [ Box ]. It starts with patient engagement, ... distill insights from examinations to identify health conditions. Postdiagnosis, the focus shifts to ...
Premise / BY: Leah Rosetti, MD, FRCPC March 2025
... but exclude dementia. Data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), which included assessment ... and address sexuality as part of their patients’ global health. We outline evidence for the desire for rewarding ... this population (driven in part by its usual omission by health care providers), and evidence of the relationship ...
News March 2025
... investigator at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, discovering the highly specialized neuron upends ... that would reshape how scientists approach and treat brain health and disease. The study is published in Nature ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc March 2025
... unnecessary antibiotic use and its complications for oral health indications are presented in the Box . These are also ... MD, FRCPC, MHSc Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Medical Epidemiology Lead for Antimicrobial ... Microbiologist/Infectious Disease Specialist, Interior Health —Lynsey Hamilton, MSc Knowledge Translation and ...