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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... January/February 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:29,46). The BC Centre for Disease Control corrected an error that appeared ... access to sufficient nutritious food. Still, over 8% of BC residents experience food insecurity,[ 1 ] and food bank ...
Letters / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2014
... medication presents a potential public safety risk.  In BC there are 14572 patients registered[ 3 ] on methadone ... many other commonly used over-the-counter medications. In BC new prescriptions are required starting 1 February 2014.  ... , or contact the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 1 800 567-8911. —Olivia Sampson, MD, MPH ...
News&Notes / BY: Michal Smialowski, MD, January/February 2014
... inauspiciously in the 7-Eleven parking lot in Burns Lake, BC. My wife Leslie and I were returning from a windsurfing ... the federal government.  The West Chilcotin Healthcare Centre in Tatla Lake is staffed by an excellent RN and ... I have also been part of pilot project with the BC Ambulance Service to respond to calls in a wider area. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Daljeet Mahal, MSc, March 2014
... and implementing the WelTel mobile health program, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Oak Tree Clinic at the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre are establishing ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Shelley Perlman, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, March 2014
... condition, its diagnosis and treatment is front and centre in preventing workplace injuries. In safety-sensitive ... depending on the results of the reassessment.[ 4 ] The BC Driver Fitness Handbook for Medical Professionals provides ... least 70% of nights, with objective documentation.[ 5 ] In BC physicians must report to the motor vehicle licensing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2014
... uncommon. In 2013, one such late complication was seen in BC in the form of vaccine-related herpes zosteriform ... vaccine-strain VZV may be involved. In all such cases, the BC Centre for Disease Control laboratory may be consulted. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Joanne Stares, MHSc, April 2014
... Interior Health Authority, Ministry of Health, and BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) deemed it prudent to ... of occurrence of IBD in Trail relative to the rest of BC, Environmental Health Services at the BCCDC calculated ...
News April 2014
... at the University of British Columbia’s Brain Research Centre, part of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research ... neurology at UBC, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon chair in stroke research, anticipates that the ...
Obituaries / BY: Dorothy Shaw, MBChB, April 2014
... Hospital until obstetrics moved to Grace Hospital (now BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre) in 1982. His practice also included the Elizabeth ... He was instrumental in setting up the CARE program at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre 20 years ago and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tom Warshawski, MD, May 2014
... The CHWII has three components: MEND, Shapedown BC, and telehealth. Each program has unique attributes and is ... MEND (mind, exercise, nutrition, do it!) and Shapedown BC are free evidence-based family intervention programs that ... Hospital —Mary Hinchliffe, MD Medical Director, Centre for Healthy Weights–Shapedown BC, BCCH Member, COHP ...