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News June 2015
... scientists from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) were able to successfully stop swelling in ... MacVicar, co-director of DMCBH with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the study’s principal ... research was co-sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Brain Canada, Genome British Columbia, the ...
News June 2015
Presenting complex health information to a diverse population with varying levels of health literacy can be challenging. Of particular concern is the correlation between lower health literacy and the underusage of preventive health ...
News June 2015
... Society  and was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Canadian Blood Services. News Researchers ...
News June 2015
... reasons for crossing the line of insurability are many: health, lifestyle, travel. But what can you do if you become ... and confirm whether you could apply in the future if health or circumstances improve. Review all current policies ... feature that allows you to increase coverage with no health checks if you exercise the options at prescribed ...
Obituaries / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD June 2015
... Dr Singh was also founding chair of the Council on Health Economics and Policy. The profession is stronger and ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB June 2015
... for our profession, for our patients, and for our health care system as a whole. Another priority is to ... their conditions and, in turn, better manage their health. Not only will this improve patient care, it will make ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc June 2015
... with no treatment and high mortality? From the public health point of view, the primary benefit of the EMC is ... and aggressive action can result in an increased risk to health care workers and seldom changes the ultimate outcome ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD, July/August 2015
... was estimated to be over $4.3 billion, or 2.4% of total health care expenditures.[ 8 ] The main contributors to this ... Clinical Research Ethics Board and the Vancouver Coastal Health Richmond Research Advisory Committee. To be included ... to the team bariatric psychiatrist was made if the mental health screening questionnaire indicated this was needed. All ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... US,[ 2 ] these recent deaths represent an emerging public health concern in BC. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is ... 8 ] Illicit fentanyl abuse represents a considerable health risk to people who use drugs in BC. While the increase ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS July/August 2015
... while another tool, UpToDate, is available from most BC health authority libraries and the provincial Divisions of ... services by librarians at either the College Library or BC health authority libraries offer timeliness and expertise in ... for physicians are offered by librarians in six of the BC health authorities and for the entire province by the College ...