News
September 2011
... respiratory medicine at Vancouver’s Pacific Lung Health Centre and the specialist lead on the RACE program, and Ms ... 682-2344, ext. 66522, e-mail mwilson@providencehealth.bc.ca , or visit www.bcma.org/partners-patients . News RACE wins Excellence in BC Health Care Award ...
Obituaries /
BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC
September 2011
... in the New York City Department of Health. He came to BC in 1988 and worked as a clinician in the Division of Tuberculosis control at the BC Centre for Disease Control until 1997, although he continued ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kevin Elwood, MD
October 2011
... Director, TB Control This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has not been peer reviewed by the BCMJ Editorial Board. BC Centre for Disease Control Those other mycobacteria ...
Letters /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
October 2011
We thank Ms Souch for her ongoing dialogue with the BC Centre for Disease Control about Lyme disease in British ... of the many Lyme-related studies that have been done in BC and was intended to provide physicians with an update and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC,
November 2011
In general, men in BC have poorer health outcomes than women. Traditionally, ... and associated metabolic syndrome are not routine in BC. • Men age 65 to 84 consume the lion’s share of the ... group men’s health session in a fitness club or yoga centre. Such sessions of 8 to 12 men, ideally all younger ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stacy L. Elliott, MD,
November 2011
... The author acknowledges her colleagues at the BC Centre for Sexual Medicine at Vancouver Coastal Health as ... Shannon Griffin, RN, of the Men’s Health Initiative of BC for their expertise, and Dr Leela John, PharmD, for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm),
November 2011
... is centralized through the Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) at the BC Centre for Disease Control, a division of the Provincial ... Gair, BSc (Pharm), CSPI, Poison Information Pharmacist, BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) —Debra Kent, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
December 2011
Now available in BC: E-cards patients can use to notify sex partners to get ... with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) every year in BC. It is important that their sex partners be tested and ... can best be used and promoted, and researchers at the BC Centre for Disease Control are working with public health ...
Editorials /
BY: S. Larry Goldenberg, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS
December 2011
... the need for a compehensive men’s health program in BC, and the treatment of erectile dysfunction and ... issue are concerns of the Men’s Health Initiative of BC (MHIBC), a nonprofit umbrella organization that serves as a brand name and a single point of contact at the centre of a diverse network of stakeholders. The MHIBC was ...
News /
BY: Arlene Cristall, MSc,
December 2011
... seeking. —Arlene Cristall, MSc, RD Program Coordinator Centre for Healthy Weights, BC BC Children’s Hospital News Book review: Overweight: What ...