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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2017
... multimedia application Snapchat is all the rage with young people, and apparently its use is more prevalent than ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD October 2017
... of a caring profession. Though we officially care for people, maybe if we let our hands get dirty, a garden may ...
Letters / BY: David D.W. Twa, BSc October 2017
... ways to evaluate how marijuana will affect Canada and its people. This means ensuring we have detailed baseline ...
News / BY: Shannon McDonald, MD October 2017
... provided for generations. Health outcomes are better when people are fully engaged in their own health journey and ...
News October 2017
... is far from over. Even with the programs in place, 780 people have died of illegal drug overdoses since the ... and other health care workers, as well as loved ones of people who use drugs. But the take-home kits rarely help people who use drugs on their own—a demographic that, ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD October 2017
... at the national level with other affected small business people. In August, I participated in a delegation that met ... these proposals in a way that is fair for small business people across Canada, including physicians, and for our ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Travis Holyk, MA, EdD November 2017
... services that meet their individual needs. First Nations people suffer from a greater burden of chronic disease than ... and issues by limiting access to healthy foods, placing people in inadequate housing, and making it impossible for ... care in the isolated communities where First Nations people in Northern BC often reside.  Benefits of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD November 2017
How people travel daily from one place to another has significant ... on their health and the health of their community. Most people travel by themselves in cars and trucks, and these ...
Editorials / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP November 2017
... health care. The health world is flattening as billions of people use online resources, social media, apps, and ... on what is most important: our relationships with the people and communities we serve. Even though all of the early ...
News November 2017
... survival from cancer between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in British Columbia, conducted jointly by the BC ... shows a lower incidence of the disease for Indigenous people overall but also lower survival rates for most ... to improve cancer diagnosis and care for Indigenous people in BC, which is why the First Nations Health ...