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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2013
... the number of re­ported gastroenteritis outbreaks across BC compared with previous seasons. The number of reported ... To track the transmission patterns of norovirus in BC, the environmental microbiology laboratory genotypes ... Authority   This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has not been peer reviewed by ...
News April 2013
... are: •    Dr Xuesen Dong, Vancouver Pros­tate Centre. Dr Dong’s research fo­cus is androgen receptor ... •    Dr Anthony Joshua, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto. Dr Joshua’s research focus is exploiting ... , or read our  BCMJ  blog post on Movember . News BC researcher wins prostate cancer research grant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce Fleming, MD May 2013
... program is delivered in communities throughout BC, at UBC’s Vancouver campus, and at campuses in Prince ... stakeholders in many communities. Clinicians through­out BC have stepped forward to train our medical students in the ... time Chil­­liwack was already established as a teaching centre for postgraduate trainees in the Family Medicine ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, May 2013
... several global jurisdictions over the past two decades. In BC, the recent numbers are alarming. In 2012 the rate was the ... adults. The most recent congenital syphilis diagnosed in BC was in 2009. Neurosyphilis, however—which can lead to ... is 604 707-5606.  — Richard T. Lester, MD, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia ...
News May 2013
The new Complex Chronic Disease Program (CCDP) located at BC Wo­men’s Hospital and Health Centre is now accepting patient referrals. The CCDP assists ... 604 875-2061 or faxing 604 875-3738.      News First BC Complex Chronic Disease Program opens ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC June 2013
... requires an integrated, interdisciplinary approach at a centre offering advanced diag­nostics, a full range of ... 5 , 11 ] In recognition of the need for such care, the BC Wo­men’s Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis was ... in the province has been provided by two gynecologists at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. Over time it has ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mel Krajden, OBC, MD, FRCPC June 2013
... fail to materialize. In order to stem the HCV epidemic in BC we need to unite the voices of affected communities, ... into action.  —Mel Krajden, MD PHSA Laboratories, BC Centre for Disease Control —Julio S.G. Montaner, MD BC ...
News June 2013
... team is led by Dr Poul Sorensen, senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre and scientist at the Child and Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH).  The Vancouver team has ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... we be concerned about commercially harvested shellfish in BC? Definitely. Three separate outbreaks of shellfish ... sought care in hospital emergency departments. Thus far in BC, marine biotoxin illnesses have been limited to paralytic ... Contact the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre for inquiries around unusual toxic ex­posures (1 800 ...
News July/August 2013
... electronic hepatitis C resources is now available from the BC Centre for Disease Control to help people affected by the ...