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Clinical Articles / BY: Thomas M. Lampinen, PhD January/February 2006
... paid to its health effects on youth and young adults in BC. Use of MA represents a shift from organic stimulants (for ... half the tablets and capsules presently sold in BC as ecstasy contain methamphetamine; and since 1999, ... Pacific AIDS Education and Training Centre Fact sheet for clinicians working with methamphetamine ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... motion in the federal parliament by the way), the BC Minister of Health, and every other provincial Minister of ... guessed it, the Alberta Minister of Health was front and centre and made no bones about how important it was for her ... about political appropriateness. However, at least in BC the very visible absence of the BCMA president can likely ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... Taunton named chief medical officer for 2010 University of BC sports medicine doctor, Dr Jack Taunton has been selected ... and director of the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre at UBC and has served as the chief medical officer for ... cardiopulmonary research. Thommasen book wins BC Book Prize In 2005 Dr Harvey Thommasen and his co-authors ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC March 2006
... 19% to 45%. Thankfully, MDR-TB still remains unusual in BC, representing less than 2% of our active cases. The most ... A study from 1983–1998 in a tertiary care referral centre reported a mortality of 12% in drug resistant TB. The ... MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC —Victoria Cook, MD, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control ...
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 ... Life, taking place on June 10 at the Ukrainian Catholic Centre in Vancouver. This much-anticipated event will include ...
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 ...
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 ... been developed collaboratively by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, the BC Association of Medical Microbiologists, BC infectious ...
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 ... and Gynaecology and broadcasted to every maternity centre in BC in late February 2006. A dialogue was held in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ralph J. Maddess, PhD May 2006
... issues on a large scale was made in the 1970s when the BC government funded a research project to look into this ... Government of British Columbia, 1977. RJM visited most of BC’s mental health centres outside of Vancouver Island and ... who were requesting, but did not have, a mental health centre or satellite centre. Extensive structured interviews ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC May 2006
... knowledge, and good practice. [1] In January 2005, the BC Ministry of Health Services provided funding for the ... a steering committee with a broad membership that includes BC experts in the fields of infection control, medical ... office at 604 660-6152. —Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC BC Centre for Disease Control, Laboratory Services —Elizabeth ...