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Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD June 2006
... component, appear to be more prevalent. The 1991 to 1999 BC Vital Statistics Report states that deaths from chronic ... racial groups. [2]  Furthermore, a retrospective study of BC Transplant Society data found that indications for liver ... of the overall liver transplant cohort. From 1989 to 1998, BC First Nations people were significantly more likely to ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Krawciw, MD July/August 2006
... process and at several rehabilitation facilities across BC. •  Evidence-based guidelines—The WorkSafeBC/BCMA ...
Obituaries / BY: Carolyn McGhee, MB BS, July/August 2006
Born in Princeton, BC, and raised in Trail, Jack and his younger brother, ... exam in 1962 and the London FRCS in 1964 and returned to BC in 1965 with me (his wife, Carolyn), also a physician. ... in 1995 and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC in 2000. During his working life, his many hobbies ...
Obituaries / BY: Cliff Henderson, MD, July/August 2006
... his directorship: In 1956, Kelowna was the second city in BC to fluoridate its domestic water supply; in 1962, SOHU ... compulsory pasteurized milk health unit and appointed BC’s first provincial dental hygienist; in 1965, the Union ... to public health in Canada. He was the chairman of the BC Health Officers Council in 1979, director of the ...
News / BY: Mark Bigham, MD July/August 2006
Protecting the blood supply from West Nile virus—BC update, 2006 Since July 2003, Canadian Blood Services ... WNV activity is relevant to blood safety in BC because blood products from other provinces—particularly ... over this period, although no SU testing was performed on BC donations.  For the 2005 WNV season, the criteria used by ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) July/August 2006
... always subtle. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC chose Dr Angell as the keynote speaker at its Ethics ... Association of Complementary and Integrative Physicians of BC (ACIPBC) —Carol Douglas MD, FRCP Vice-President, ...
Letters / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd July/August 2006
... to defend. —Adam Lund, MD Royal Columbian/Eagle Ridge/ BC Children’s Hospitals * ACS = Acute coronary ...
Letters / BY: Richard Loomer, MD, July/August 2006
... and control” are not compatible. This is why the BC Medical Association has decided to enter the picture and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) July/August 2006
... and alternative medicine (CAM) is reported to be common in BC as it is in Canada in general. With the assistance of the BCMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, members of the BCMA Allied Health and Alternative ... The response profile matched that of physicians in BC overall. Doctors were asked about how often they enquired ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2006
No West Nile virus (WNV) activity was detected in BC in 2005; however, activity in the rest of Canada was ... with WNV suffer adverse pregnancy outcomes. Risk in BC Surveillance data, including climate information, vector ... population data, and the presence of avian amplifiers in BC suggest once WNV is introduced into the province it is ...