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News May 2013
... is now accepting patient referrals. The CCDP assists people with fi­bro­myalgia, myalgic ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Hughes, MD, May 2013
... satisfaction levels. We found that they’re not super-people, just regular people doing their jobs in a really effective way. We ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC June 2013
... poor function may be refer­red to community resources for people living with disabilities, chronic pain, or both. A ... of Victoria, and patient-led organizations such as the People in Pain Network. Work also began in September 2012 on ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mel Krajden, OBC, MD, FRCPC June 2013
... injections are a common source of infection.  Aboriginal people and individuals who have been incarcerated are also ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2013
... understand them myself. Telling patients that 95% of people fall in those normal ranges 95% of the time makes ...
Letters / BY: Jonathan Gravel, MSc, June 2013
... child is much too young to decide for him- or herself.  People need to be informed that highly dilute solutions may ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) June 2013
... the country or around the world. I truly believe that people in a position of abundance—whether financial ... world.  For me, it’s the impact of working with select people or groups in areas of our society where health issues ... First Nations, those with mental illness, and homeless people. Here we have an opportunity to make a lasting impact. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... overboard a boat within the harvest area.[ 1 ] In 2011, 62 people became ill during the first recorded outbreak of ...
Letters / BY: Ann Zanbilowicz, MA, July/August 2013
... about urinary incontinence in long-term care in BC. Many people entering a facility in our province are put into ...
Letters / BY: John Miller, MD, July/August 2013
... seems to be much unnecessary prescribing of statins to people near the end of life.  I would also add that cholesterol testing is being done far too often in people where it isn’t warranted. For example, I saw a ... precious health care dollars are being spent? How many people are having side effects from meds that are unlikely to ...