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News November 2018
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have devised a simple screening tool ( ...
News November 2018
Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed an ultrasound transducer that ...
Editorials / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC November 2018
Ehud Ur, MBBS British Columbia is one of Canada’s wealthiest provinces. ... Diabetes Association, in a report estimating that 29% of British Columbians (1.4 million people) are living with ... Indigenous peoples.[ 1 , 6 ] In addition, almost 15% of British Columbians are smokers, and almost 40% percent of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... chronic metabolic disease that is becoming more common in British Columbia, with predicted prevalence rates rising from ... intensify a beneficial therapy. Sources of recommendations British Columbia physicians’ management of diabetes is ... the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia “to provide physicians, pharmacists, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... and responsibilities formerly handled for Indigenous British Columbians by Health Canada’s First Nation and ... that were previously covered, which means Indigenous British Columbians do not have access to many ... of the Division of Endocrinology at the University of British Columbia and supported by an educational grant from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... 1.4 million people impacted by prediabetes or diabetes in British Columbia alone,[ 1 ] the need has never been greater ... in the Department of Physiology at the University of British Columbia (UBC).[ 2 ] Subsequent work by this group, ... including UBC Okanagan, the University of Northern British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University. Many notable ...
Obituaries / BY: Benedict M. Garry, MD, CCFP November 2018
... in Ireland. Not being afraid of challenges, he joined the British Army at the height of the Cold War as a physician. He ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Erin Fraser, DVM, MSc November 2018
... and defecating in parks, backyards, and other areas where British Columbians live, work, and play. While some may find ...
Letters / BY: Raymond Simkus, MD December 2018
... 30 years and observed on many committees and projects in British Columbia, Canada, and internationally. It has been ... put forward 20 or 30 years ago still not come to fruition. British Columbia has been a world leader in a number of areas ... and organizations. Over the years work has been done in British Columbia to define the requirements for facilitating ...
News December 2018
... and a family medicine residency at the University of British Columbia, where she is now a clinical assistant ... for WorkSafeBC. As education physician lead for the British Columbia Centre on Substance Abuse, Dr Sutherland ...