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Clinical Articles / BY: Lauren MacDonald, BScH, MSc, December 2010
... survival rate, many survivors face long-term negative health, educational, and social consequences of their cancer ... that they may face significant long-term risks to their health and well-being.[ 2 , 6-8 ] These “late effects” ... until many years after treatment.  The most serious health risks are late recurrence of disease, as well as ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2010
... 1 ] Exposure to forest fire smoke has well-documented health ef­fects,[ 1 ] including asthma exacerbations[ 2 ] ... particulate matter was highest, like Cariboo-Chilcotin Health Service Area (Wil­liams Lake) ( Figure 1 ). After ... also observed during the same period in the Fraser North Health Service Area, which includes New Westminster, Burnaby, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, December 2010
... asthma.  I ask a few questions about Susan’s general health and development and examine her. She has not attended ... of course, has a significant influence upon that child’s health, well-being, learning, and behavior, and the effect ... healthy as they can be is hardly a new concept. The public health movement (1880–1920) brought in reforms that had an ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD December 2010
... not just a number but a very reliable predictor of future health problems. For example, many of us forget that one of ... to the extent that this denial has negative effects on health and lifestyle. Let me give some examples.  • A ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2010
... and Mail we are amazed by the brilliance of the BCMJ.org Health Notes. DRR  Aw, shucks. G&M  I see that the Health Notes section of the web site provides physicians with ...
Interviews December 2010
... at the University of British Columbia.  A champion of health promotion, Dr Wilson has been the chair of the British ... care for patients, meaningful contributions to the health and well-being of communities, and dedication to ...
Letters / BY: Gwen Isaacs, MD, December 2010
... to perform screening colonoscopies, and our provincial health plan does not cover that procedure anyway. I was ... developing colon cancer.  In­stead of wasting limited health care re­sources on studies of the usefulness of ... the incidence of this cancer and would be a huge saving of health care dollars that would have been spent on the care of ...
MDs To Be / BY: Kristin DeGirolamo, Pharm MD December 2010
... and medical procedures in conjunction with the Providence Health Care Palliative Team. Various medical, surgical, and ... October. Two other videos from the 2010 project, Hands for Health and Scrubbing In, both by Ms Jennifer Yam, Mr Steven ...
News December 2010
... the University of Bri­tish Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute shows that statins, the family of ...
News December 2010
On 22 October Health Canada and Food and Consumer Products of Can­ada ... and in national media. Consumers will be directed to Health Canada’s educational web site,  ...