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News / BY: Gayl Sarbit, MEd, September 2010
... Oliffe (UBC Vancouver), developed in collaboration with health care providers and community partners, and supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, these booklets feature innovative approaches ...
Obituaries / BY: Mark Schonfeld, MD, September 2010
... submission and response to the Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs in 1991. He also served as director of ...
Obituaries / BY: Kenneth G. Atkinson, MD, September 2010
... this he served as a physician with the Public Service Health Department of the federal government until his ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD September 2010
... input to GC. BC has a history of leading the way in health promotional initiatives.  We had sufficient ... of the resolution topics. We endorsed collaboration with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to investigate the deleterious ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Manal Hasan, MBBS, MD, October 2010
... conflicting and inconclusive.[ 13 , 14 ] Clearly, other health issues are of concern when determining wheth­er ... less conclusive.[ 15 , 16 ] Physical activity Although the health of cartilage and other joint tissues requires regular ... to OA.[ 24 ] Conclusions OA of the hip and knee is a major health care issue in an ever-aging population. OA of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Hawkeswood, MD, October 2010
... treatments rather than on passive therapies delivered by health professionals. Subsequently emphasis should be placed ... improvements in function, quality of life, and mental health were found in patients with both hip and knee OA, ... 27 ]  In British Columbia, the Vancouver Coastal Health Osteoar­thri­tis Service Integration System (OASIS) ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2010
Recent industry concerns over Health Canada’s backlog of roughly 10000 so-called natural ... awaiting pre-market review[ 1 ] have not gone unheeded by Health Canada.  In a move reminiscent of a Kafka novel, the nation’s foremost health protection agency has decided to address the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2010
... is lots of evidence that being overweight is bad for your health and I am concerned about you.”)  Next, I got Bob ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD October 2010
... type 2 diabetes in youth is emerging as a serious public health concern. It is associated with increases in morbidity ... the importance of preventing obesity and promoting health. It was es­ta­blished in 2005 as a cross-government health promotion initiative and their mandate involved ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC October 2010
... antibiotics in our livestock should be of great concern to Health Canada. —H.C. George Wong, MD Vancouver Letters Re: ...