Letters /
BY: Anthony Walter, MD
October 2025
... of subspecialty training, with 1 year out for serious health problems. That is 18 years (well over one-third of ...
Editorials /
BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC
October 2025
... in the history of one of the world’s foremost public health institutions, was a direct response to the dismissal ... a tipping point and reflect larger patterns: public health programs and related sciences are under fire. The ... CDC walkout followed months of rollbacks across several US health and scientific institutions. In addition to the CDC, ...
President's Comment /
BY: Charlene Lui, MD
October 2025
... and ingenuity, despite the mounting pressures in our health care system—the dedicated physicians who step up ... Dr Christie Chan, who secured federal funding for a mobile health unit to reach remote communities and encampments, ... stories of physicians who action creative solutions to health care challenges are not rare; they are the norm in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Arianne Albert, PhD
October 2025
... Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Office of the Provincial Health Officer initiated systematic surveillance of the ... 5 ] These complexities are compounded by concurrent public health emergencies in British Columbia along with COVID-19, ... and aging population and other co-occurring public health emergencies. Wide confidence intervals for ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP
October 2025
... links nutrition to frailty, sarcopenia,[ 1 ] and overall health in older adults. Malnutrition is a common yet often ... (1 October). —Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP Council on Health Promotion Member Acknowledgments The author thanks Ms ... BOX. Additional resources on older adult nutrition. For health care providers Screening tools: Explanations of ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Harvey Koochin, MD
October 2025
... as strengthening and stretching, often guided by community health care providers, as well as analgesia, which can be ...
Interviews /
BY: Tara Lyon
October 2025
... have the interest, trust, or time to engage with a health care provider. It’s the lowest-barrier access point ... families do stay in focus in the literature. Addressing health care for children and families is a powerful preventive measure for health care issues that show up later in life. We have a ...
MDs To Be /
BY: A. Gangji, MEd
October 2025
Climate change is a global health emergency, with over 200 scientific journals coming ... together to call for action from political leaders and health professionals to recognize the impacts of climate change on human health.[ 1 ] Medical schools are an appropriate place for ...
News
October 2025
Doctors of BC’s biennial Health Authority Engagement Survey is open until 30 October ... feedback about their experiences with their regional health authority—what’s working, what challenges remain, ... of BC’s advocacy efforts to shape a more resilient health care system for physicians and patients through ...
Review Articles /
BY: Adam P. Sage, MD, MSc
November 2025
... youth with the aim of providing a clinical resource for health care providers. To that end, we describe presenting ...