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Clinical Articles / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP October 2006
... the number of people employed. Wine industry workers in BC face specific health risks associated with their work. In ... Fungicides:  The most commonly used fungicides in BC vineyards consist of the various sulfur preparations. ... a nonselective contact herbicide sometimes used in BC vineyards, can be highly toxic if improperly used. ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... the reader in a compelling way. The McCreary Society of BC has been collecting data for over a decade on how BC youth view their own health. It is unique data, acquired ... the rates of pregnancy, suicide, and smoking among BC youth seem to be decreasing. For anybody interested in or ...
ICBC / BY: Martin Ray, MD, November 2006
... care through increased communication between ICBC and BC’s medical community. The articles will focus on specific ... I will be available to medical practitioners throughout BC facing specific problems with injury management and will ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD November 2006
... experienced while in an internment camp in the interior of BC during the Second World War. She had never told anyone ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc November 2006
... Clinical Preventive Health Care urge you to do what many BC physicians have been doing since 1990: use the help of the BC Stop Smoking Program. We have provided provincial health ... information, and consultation. Two population surveys of BC smokers have shown that by taking a few seconds or minutes ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brian Phillips, November 2006
... significantly enhances the risk for those who smoke. In BC, elevated levels of radon in homes and other buildings are ... the interior regions of the province. The new guideline in BC would not change the areas of concern in the province but ... a non-smoker, the risk is 2% (a 1 in 50 chance). Impact on BC Data on testing in BC (see  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brenda Kosaka, MD November 2006
... children.  Obtaining a neuropsychological assessment in BC Finding out where to obtain a neuropsychological ... you recommend a neuropsychological assessment be done. The BC Psychologists Association has a referral registry ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC November 2006
... high as 40%. [5] In 2005, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC sponsored a conference on traumatic brain injury. A group ... of these articles will be stimulating for physicians in BC and will, more importantly, lead to better outcomes for ...
News December 2006
... a limited number of health care workers. The government of BC has undertaken a major pandemic planning initiative by the ... plans that can be implemented when a pandemic hits BC. As important, the hope is to develop response models that ... please send your comments to  communications@bcma.bc.ca . —Geraldine Vance, APR Director, BCMA Communications ...
Letters / BY: Margaret McGregor, MD, December 2006
... put forward another point of view. A substantial number of BC physicians, including myself, found the prospect of the ... the country that not all doctors here are comfortable with BC’s choice to represent the public face of Canadian ...