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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD May 2012
... of farm pollution damage to land and waterways, and health care costs, then the economical answer is local, ... with little concern for quality, sustainability, and the health and welfare of livestock, not to mention the end user, ... about it, it is odd that something as important to our own health and well-being as food is sold strictly on the basis ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2012
... with antibiotics for a postoperative pneumonia at a Fraser Health facility. I rationalized that the spread of ... a group of Burnaby physicians wrote a letter to the Fraser Health Authority outlining their concerns around the issue of ... this matter. These physicians were concerned for the health of their patients and chose to speak out.  Their ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... by the manufacturing company. It is imposed by government health authority, with thorough research in homeopathy and ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Malthouse, MD, May 2012
... homeopathy [Homeopathic medicine (arsenic and aconite) and Health Canada,  BCMJ  2012;54:66 ] in which he quotes ... by 22%. This remarkable study should make Canadian Public Health officials sit up and pay notice. There have been ...
News May 2012
... has presented 2011 BC Quality Awards to four Provincial Health Services Au­thority researchers and physicians. The awards recognize individuals, health care teams, and facilities that have implemented ... The result was a new model for interdisciplinary mental health care that would provide a structure for clinical ...
News May 2012
... Hot for Tots DVD and bro­chure are being distributed to health units around the province.  For more information, and ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS May 2012
... to all current insureds, regardless of their current health status, as well as new applicants. Coverage maximum: ... last for their lifetime may do so without proof of good health at any time up to their 70th birthday (limitations ... apply on coverage issued without proof of good health). Previously the maximum amount that could be ...
News / BY: Clare O'Callaghan, May 2012
... physicians across BC are working together to improve health outcomes and the patient journey through the health care system. Two Shared Care programs highlighted ... notes for physicians, registered nurses,  and allied health professionals. More than 1500 GPs and 125 specialists ...
News May 2012
... a study investigating uncertainty in medical diagnosis. Health services researcher Dr Jude Kornelsen and family ... physicians and patients for this Canadian Institutes of Health Research–funded study.  Current diagnostic models ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, May 2012
... a group of physicians who are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of their patients. Within that larger ... in the end, we all want the same relative goals—a health care system that works for our patients and for the ...