Clinical Articles /
BY: Michelle Horn, BA,
March 2012
... this increase is not limited to adult patients.[ 2-5 ] In British Columbia between 1996 and 2010, a 4.5-fold ... first-generation antipsychotics declined.[ 7 ] In British Columbia, approximately one-third of prescriptions ... increasingly being prescribed by general practitioners in British Columbia. Although these medications are less likely ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
March 2012
... the 5 years prior to 20 September 2010, an average of 113 British Columbians died annually in alcohol-related motor ... laws launched a legal challenge in the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Sivia v. British Columbia).[ 24 ] This class action suit challenged ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
March 2012
... raising its regulation standards to match those of the British and Singaporian health authorities, as well as those ...
News
March 2012
... on Health titled “Charting the course: Designing British Columbia’s health care system for the next 25 ...
News
March 2012
... inspiration and a challenge to the medical profession in British Columbia. Nominees may have achieved distinction in ... Medical Service The award may be made annually to a British Columbia doctor who is judged by the selection ... inspiration and a challenge to the medical profession in British Columbia. Only one award will be made in any one year ...
News
March 2012
... 2011 RACE received the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC) Top Innovation Gold Apple Award. ...
President's Comment /
BY: Nasir Jetha, MD,
March 2012
... those boards. Closer to home, the current composition of British Columbia doctors is 30% female and 70% male. However, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD,
April 2012
... women will have died from breast cancer in 2011.[ 1 ] In British Columbia, these figures mean 2800 women will have ... Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon, to the University of British Columbia (Carolyn Gotay, principal investigator). The ... 2800 women will have been diagnosed with breast cancer in British Columbia in 2011, and 600 women will have died from ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David Creighton, MSc,
April 2012
... 20 ] According to a phone survey conducted in 2008, 60% of British Columbians reported having used a supplement ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
April 2012
... caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi . In British Columbia the Pacific black legged tick, Ixodes ... and reporting of Lyme disease among physicians in British Columbia ...