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News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2006
... from fellow students Healthy Buddies, an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital, is a child-centred health promotion ... and physical activity. Elementary schools across BC will soon be asked to participate in this program that ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2006
... disease activity. Sources of information about WNV • BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)— www.bccdc.org • ... of the Provincial Health Officer— www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/pho/ • WorkSafeBC— www.worksafebc.com • BC Public Service Agency— ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2006
... laboratories. In this light, a profile published by BC Biomedical Laboratories [3]  itemized  S. aureus  as ... to public health intervention. Acknowledgments I thank BC Biomedical Laboratories for their contribution to the ... and susceptibility results were performed at BC Biomedical Laboratories for this cohort of patients. The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
...   The full guidelines can be viewed at www.bccancer.bc.ca .   Figure. Summary of BCCA Breast Tumour Group ... inhibitor monotherapy, or sequential therapy. The BC Cancer Agency has informed patients and health care ... under “Cancer Management Guidelines” at  www.bccancer.bc.ca . Three strategies can be used to incorporate aromatase ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc April 2006
... such as necrotizing pneumonia. A recent meeting in BC confirmed that there has been broad emergence of MRSA in ... by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, the BC Association of Medical Microbiologists, BC infectious disease practitioners, and the BC Provincial ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Nadine Caron, MD, April 2006
... the Aboriginal Health Committee at  aboriginal@bcma.bc.ca . —Nadine Caron, MD Chair, Aboriginal Health ...
News / BY: Sarah Gilgoff, BSc, April 2006
... is expected to keep approximately 2400 women annually in BC safer and closer to home. Dr Peter von Dadelszen, Sherry ... designed to influence all women with an HDP admitted to a BC health care facility. It is anticipated that the ... The research team engaged in active consultation with the BC Reproductive Care Program to align the integrated model ...
Obituaries / BY: Peter Grantham, MD April 2006
... by two entire generations of practising physicians in BC. How so? Three reasons. First, Bill Webber was a man who  ... academic and practice-oriented medical communities here in BC. Witness his recognition by the VMA as their Osler Orator ...
Premise / BY: Faith E. Hayman, LLB, BA, BEd April 2006
... most people purchase disability insurance. The courts in BC have characterized disability insurance as insurance which ... is designed to secure “peace of mind.” In a leading BC decision,  Warrington v. Great-West , [1]  the BC Court of Appeal quoted the following passage in an Ontario ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD April 2006
... the Tide  (2000, 2001),  Ensuring Excellence: Renewing BC’s Primary Care System  (2002),  Getting IT Right: ... Information Technology  (2004),  Specialty Care in BC: A System in Distress  (2004), and  Working Together: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Care in BC  (2005). CHEP will be releasing its position paper on ...