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Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Kierans, BA, MA January/February 2006
... death among newborn infants but also of their subsequent health and well-being. Charts showing the distribution of ... hoped that these charts will provide physicians and other health care professionals with additional clinically ... mix in BC, the availability of medical care and other health-related services for newborns, and the context in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Thomas M. Lampinen, PhD January/February 2006
... in MA use and increasing attention has been paid to its health effects on youth and young adults in BC. Use of MA ... likely to continue to be readily available. Importantly, health care providers need to be aware that approximately ... Lampinen is supported by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Competing interests None declared. ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... and retired), a senator or two, the former Minister of Health of Great Britain, insurers (from Europe and ... me was the conspicuous absence of the federal Minister of Health (this meeting took place prior to the non-confidence ... in the federal parliament by the way), the BC Minister of Health, and every other provincial Minister of Health, except ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... program. This includes developing a basic and emergency health care program for the games and the doping control ... a school-based pilot project to deal with mental health issues affecting youth. He is a recipient of the CMA ... and currently serves as chair of the BCMA Council on Health Promotion’s Child and Youth Health committee. Dr ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC January/February 2006
... [2]  This told me that the complementary and alternative health industry is about $4 billion a year in Canada, and is ... newspaper carried a column recently under Body and Health entitled “Homeopathic treatment can help cat’s ...
Premise / BY: Morley Sutter, MD, PhD January/February 2006
... It led to the development of the National Institutes of Health in the US and to the system of applying for research ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD January/February 2006
... disease, longitudinal care, palliative care, mental health, and nursing home visits, among others, were ranked ... filling in forms, and other paperwork. • Fund preventive health counselling. These are all areas of significant ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP January/February 2006
... entitled to compensation. For a worker to be eligible for health care and/or temporary or permanent disability benefits ... 2005, when the Norwalk virus infected large numbers of health care workers, WorkSafeBC implemented adjudication ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Areta B. Wong, BSc, March 2006
... the social and economic status of women, their access to health care, and the effectiveness of a health care system in meeting their needs. [1]  Although ... in past decades, they continue to be an important public health concern, both at the national and provincial level. In ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janene Spring, RN, BScN, MSCN, March 2006
... to patient care in the past few decades. In BC, all five health authorities have MS clinics to address the unique ... during the disease process. GPs and other members of the health care community need to be aware of the common myths ... MS clinics around the world, and the work of GPs and other health professionals in the multidisciplinary teams caring ...