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Letters / BY: Jane Dyson, September 2014
... and are trying to help their clients by "lying to have people collect unjustified income supplements." While we ... view that it would be wrong for any organization to help people fraudulently obtain benefits, we are writing to ... you with a different perspective. The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) has been assisting ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ahmad Al-Sarraf, MD, FRCPC, September 2014
... Services Plan only covers routine eye examinations for people who are under 18 or over 65 years old.[ 5 ] ... covered by MSP in most circumstances. The average age of people living in the DTES is roughly 45 years old, 10% of the ... over 65 years old.[ 6 ] This suggests that the majority of people in the DTES are not covered for routine eye exams for ...
News / BY: Shannon Waters, MD, September 2014
... (FNHA) supports frequent HIV testing for Aboriginal people in BC. The new BC HIV testing guidelines urge health ... 5 years for the general population.[ 1,2 ] Aboriginal people are included in “populations with a higher burden of HIV infection,” together with gay men, people who inject drugs, people who work in the sex trade, ...
Obituaries / BY: Gordon Olsen, MD September 2014
... and his wife, Pat, lived life to the fullest. They loved people and had friends everywhere. They traveled extensively ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2014
... such as children, youth, pregnant women, nursing mothers, people with heart conditions, and the elderly.[ 9 ] Despite ... will be a gateway to conventional cigarette use in young people by exposing them to nicotine[ 11-12 ] and by ...
News / BY: Ian A. Cameron, MD, October 2014
... of the day. At the end of the book, his interviews with people who lived and worked at William Head are an engaging ...
News October 2014
The quality of health care that people receive may be as important as controlling the risk ... Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study tracked more than 156 000 people in 17 countries and revealed that low-income countries, where people have the lowest risk factors for cardiovascular ...
News&Notes / BY: Neil Pollock, MD, October 2014
... a lifesaving procedure, it is a fortune in a country where people live on $1 or $2 a day." Just 72 hours after ... about the mission, I had the money needed--proof that many people care about the desperate situation in Haiti, and a ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2014
... have such fun with her patients and her practice that people often asked whether there was a party going on in her ... development. Shirley quickly learned that the issues people bring into emergency are not always straightforward. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... morbidity and mortality,[ 1 ] especially among elderly people, who are more likely to have comorbid conditions and ... of medication effects in older patients. Elderly people living in residential care facilities are at ...