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Shared Care Committee / BY: Val Tregillus May 2017
... in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came from all over BC to share their experiences, ... meeting of the group, which now numbers more than 2600 people, including seven health authorities, three ministries ... the mental health and substance use needs of their young people and their families. Impact of childhood trauma The ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD June 2017
... say no? Kamloops has an increasing number of homeless people, and I’ve taken the time to discuss the issue with people from vastly different backgrounds. The director of a ... me his goal was to provide a safe, comfortable place where people can eat, learn, and interact. He feels that physicians ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2017
... to a variety of mood disorders particularly among young people. My patients often claim that marijuana is the only ...
News June 2017
People with multiple sclerosis can show signs of something ... according to a new analysis of health records from people with the condition. The new research is a first step ... disease. The researchers examined health records of 14 000 people with multiple sclerosis from BC, Saskatchewan, ...
Obituaries / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD June 2017
... are teaching the latest modern medical treatment to the people of Zambia. Sadly, Bill Nelems died suddenly on 31 ...
Obituaries / BY: G.B. Gowd, FRCSC June 2017
... Lake. He also loved photographing wildlife, scenery, and people, and never traveled far without his cameras and ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD June 2017
... but wanted to do something more directly involved with people. My dad urged me to consider engineering, but genetic ... favorite patients share? Grace under pressure—ordinary people dealing with difficult circumstances and just doing ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG July/August 2017
... on public transport will confirm this: count the number of people talking to each other compared to those fixated on a ...
News July/August 2017
... may improve the performance of daily activities for people afflicted with Alzheimer disease. The study’s first ... research articles about the impact of physical activity on people with Alzheimer disease. Some of the work explored how ... less likely to develop the disease compared to people who were inactive. The study is published in  BMC ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD July/August 2017
... with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA). Indigenous people are particularly affected by ACEs, and through meeting ... and modified through our medical training. Sometimes the people we work with come from such a different place that we ...