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News / BY: Blake Stitilis, MPH September 2017
... patients on ARVs.  The Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education at UBC recently released  Guidelines ... —Ruth Elwood Martin, MD Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education School of Population and Public Health, UBC Faculty of Medicine  News HIV ARVs called ...
News September 2017
... one of the most challenging forms of addiction facing the health care system in BC and a major driver of the recent ... in the province. In the context of the current public health emergency, there is an urgent need for a provincial ... course intended for all BC physicians, nursing, and allied health professionals, and other care providers involved in ...
Obituaries / BY: Dan McCarthy, MD September 2017
... centre of patient care, in concert with the Ministry of Health, health authorities, our clinical colleagues, and most ... modesty even when in his Maserati. He helped to change health care from a battlefield to one of collaboration based ...
Premise / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... pain clinics, recognition of the role played by mental health, and better management of diseases such as rheumatoid ... a sports injury?” Many patients have longstanding mental health conditions that take hours to assess and treat. It is ... chronic pain disorder than to complete a detailed mental health assessment and identify the life stressors affecting ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD September 2017
Access to mental health care is a huge issue across the province. As with many ... and ongoing support for patients struggling with mental health problems. The consequences of inadequate resources to ... the list goes on. So how do we address provision of mental health care in a way that is practical and sustainable within ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Greg Meloche, PhD, RPsych September 2017
Workers with injuries that have a mental health component can be complex to diagnose, treat, and ... of care, and return to work. WorkSafeBC also has mental health specialists who actively monitor workers at risk of ... the first clinical documentation of a worker’s mental health issues, and initiates a formal assessment and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM October 2017
... British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory (PHL) currently provides testing services ... testing.  Methods   From 2006 to 2015, the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory received 112 samples for TBRF testing from ... tick-borne diseases reported in BC, the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory receives only 5 to 25 samples for testing ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2017
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michelle Murti, MD, FRCPC October 2017
... and advising patients, physicians need to be aware of the health risks associated with cannabis edibles. Edible ... edibles.  —Michelle Murti, MD, FRCPC Council on Health Promotion Pediatric presentations and risks from ...
Letters / BY: David D.W. Twa, BSc October 2017
... on how accessible marijuana will reshape the economy and health outcomes, particularly among underserved and ... restrictions on studies evaluating the economics and health effects of controlled substances, such as marijuana, ... characteristics on marijuana usage associated with mental health, fatalities, and organized crime, among other ...