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News / BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc, March 2016
... and join the more than 1.3 million Canadians living with health impacts from heart disease or stroke. If you were ... would you have the financial freedom to attend to your health? The average hospital stay after a stroke is 16.1 ...
News March 2016
Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and UBC have come to a new ...
News March 2016
... Program, an online course delivered by the Provincial Health Services Authority. To learn more about any REAP ...
Obituaries / BY: J.R. Harrigan, MD, March 2016
... part in expanding occupational medicine and industrial health. This occupied at least one-third of his career from ...
Obituaries / BY: Carol P. Herbert, MD, March 2016
... of a Canadian and international champion for adolescent health and a visionary leader for health care. Dr Tonkin graduated from the McGill University ... in 1969. He had a broad interest in child and youth health and a special interest in adolescent health. As a ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB March 2016
... but one of our greatest challenges will be to ensure our health care system can meet the growing needs and demands of ... ourselves. Making sure seniors have access to the right health care and to community supports is very important to ... from being moved to an appropriate ward. I also watched a health care system pay a huge premium to keep him in a place ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Benjamin Millar, MD, March 2016
... sharing medical education and practice approaches among health professionals. A recent article that discussed the ... in leveraging social media for the education of health professional trainees[ 2 ] highlighted a relative lack ... continuing professional development (CPD) for practising health professionals. This article intends to illuminate how ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2016
... (TB) in Canada has been declining. According to Health Canada, in 2012 the national incidence was 4.8 per 100 ... . Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian tuberculosis standards, 7th ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA, April 2016
... physician infrastructure, and the feasibility of using health care resources for large-scale ECG screening.[ 4 ] ... and cost-effectiveness.  In order to make appropriate health care decisions for Canada’s athletes and develop ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
Athletes are thought to represent the pinnacle of health and fitness. When a young athlete suffers a sudden ...