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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC March 2006
... been aware of the environment as a factor affecting human health. More recently, the physical environment has been recognized as one of the determinants of health. In recent decades there has been a substantial ... studies linking environmental factors to effects on human health. Traditional environmental health programs—dealing ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD March 2006
... is more serious and complicated. Getting buy-in from health care workers about reporting and discussing medication ...
Letters / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2006
... extend beyond the individual to improve the collective health of our communities. There is a body of medical ... reduction, and clinical intervention. The BCMA Council on Health Promotion is interested in striking a new committee to ... Munro at the BCMA.   Bill Mackie, MD Chair, Council on Health Promotion Letters Addiction medicine ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2006
... to the premium paid on your behalf by the Ministry of Health for this benefit in 2005 will be included as a taxable ... initiative of BC Children’s Hospital, is a child-centred health promotion program targeting attitudes and behaviors ... which resulted in significant improvements in students’ health, such as an overall reduction in BMI and blood ...
Obituaries / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, March 2006
... to 1996 and served a concurrent term as coordinator of the Health Sciences from 1992 to 1995. Along the way, Dr Webber ...
Obituaries / BY: O.N.M. Panton, MB March 2006
... to returning to Ontario. He was in excellent spirits, his health was good, and it was, indeed, a great shock to all of ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD March 2006
... care has changed significantly due to the new regional health authorities. We as physicians need to have a structure in which we can interact effectively with the health authorities, and influence the decisions they make, as ... and more closely involved with the direct provision of health care within their regions. Dr Garg’s committee has ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2006
... human cases reported in eight Canadian provinces. Public health officials regularly monitor mosquito populations and ... with WNV activity in British Columbia. The Public Health Agency of Canada web site ( ... with immunosuppression, are at greater risk for serious health effects. • Evaluate your patient’s risk of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2006
... [1]  in keeping with the high frequency of MRSA in health care institutions. Recent reports also suggest the ... then acted as vectors to reintroduce infection back into health care centres. Strategies to reduce MRSA in both ... no longer a mandate to report these infections. Some major health centres in this province have now become sites with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
... tamoxifen is associated with beneficial effects on bone health and on lipid profile. Raloxifene, also a SERM, has ... therapy. The BC Cancer Agency has informed patients and health care providers of these policies by letter. Further ...