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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD October 2011
British Columbians can now call or e-mail Health Link BC’s Dietitian Services with any nutrition or ... so the potential bacteria are not given a chance to grow. Health Canada has determined that either method should be ... allergies and may even make them more likely to occur. For health reasons other than the prevention of allergic ...
Editorials / BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC October 2011
... in the Alzheimer’s Drug Therapy Initiative in local health areas where workshops took place.  The physicians ... for frail seniors with cognitive problems, all relevant health care professionals need to work together to integrate ... community-supported care plans. Geriatric mental health professionals look forward to continued collaborations ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2011
It is a sad fact that the rationing of health care in Canada extends to the rationing of medical ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, October 2011
... Other PSP modules include advanc­ed access, mental health, chronic disease management, end-of-life care, and ... medical visits (including patient self-management and health literacy). A module is also in development for child and youth mental health. The Shared Care COPD module is the first to involve ...
Letters / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC October 2011
... Lyme disease.  We encourage physicians and other public health providers to consider the diagnosis of Lyme disease in ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2011
... medical treatments.  The US National Institutes of Health has spent hundreds of millions of dollars ...
Letters / BY: Sheri Souch, October 2011
... Denial: The Lyme Disease Epidemic: A Canadian Public Health Disaster , edited by Helke Ferrie.  Within the covers ...
News October 2011
... a private US foundation that promotes a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved ... cost, without radically restructuring the provincial health care system. The Issue Brief was co-authored by GPSC ...
News October 2011
... up dispensation of the painkillers in Canada. World Health Organization (WHO) standards define strong opioids as ...
News October 2011
... access to some medical supplies and equipment from their health authority. The Pharmaceutical Services and Health Authorities Divisions of the Ministry of Health and palliative care physicians would like referring ...