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President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD May 2011
... a number of anesthesiologists, including leadership of the BC Anesthesiologist’s Society (BCAS), have become ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... of an infected tick.[ 1 ] The principal tick vector in BC is the Pacific black-legged tick,  Ixodes pacificus ,[ 2 ... is found throughout the highly populated areas of southern BC. This situation is in contrast to eastern Canada and the ... most common vector.  The low incidence of Lyme disease in BC may be explained by the fact that  I. pacificus  is a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, June 2011
... such as diabetes and asthma.[ 5 ] Our aim at the BC Centre for Disease Control is to assist in the control and ... prevention of communicable diseases among the people of BC and to defend and promote health among vulnerable ... most appropriate interventions are brought forward.[ 6 ] BC, with its clinical and public health institutions, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2011
... in the popular Science Probe series of textbooks in use in BC, pages 1 and 2 of every edition from grades 4 to 7 contain ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brendan Abbott, June 2011
... with users eager to see more resources from across BC. “It’s one-stop shopping. All the information is right ... province-wide and made available to all phy­sicians in BC in April 2010. It now contains nearly 30000 referral ... resour­ces both in their local area as well as across BC. Offered in an easy-to-use and fully searchable web-based ...
News June 2011
... work being done by individuals in these areas. This year, BC received three awards.  Vanessa Campbell—Excellence in ... in addiction services in the Fraser Health Authority in BC for over 2 decades, Ms Mumford has been instrumental in ... treatment programs. Congratulations to the winners. News BC shines at Kaiser Foundation Awards ...
News June 2011
Dr Andrew Eisen of Vancouver, BC, received the 2011 Marcel Bertrand Exceptional Support ...
News / BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA June 2011
... can contact me at 604 638-8745; 800 665-2262;  jkwan@bcma.bc.ca ). You should reassess your insurance needs at least ...
Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB June 2011
... Practice Committee. Eight years later he moved to Surrey, BC, to join Dr Terry Fidgeon and his partners in practice; ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Blackman, MD, June 2011
... 13 January 2011 saw the passing of one of northern BC’s finest general practitioners. Hugh was born in ... service, fittingly held at the University of Northern BC. Hugh was a true gentleman. He was a compassionate, ...