BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
October 2018
... harm reduction is a pragmatic, safe,[ 1 ] cost-effective,[ 2 ] and lifesaving[ 3 ] response to address adverse health ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Peter Thorpe, PGDip
October 2018
... are dispatched after 9-1-1 calls are received ( Figure 2 ). How the app works Smart phone users who have downloaded ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD
October 2018
... jump in conflict. When the posting finally came, he spent 2 years in Malaya (Malaysia) caring for British Gurkha troops ...
News
October 2018
... fatty tissue surrounding brain cell fibres was loosened 2 weeks after an injury, even though athletes felt fine and ... they were concussed, they were rescanned 3 days afterward, 2 weeks afterward, and 2 months afterward. Eleven athletes were concussed during the ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
November 2018
... Way better to fight it off bedridden for a week or 2.” “Really?” “Oh yeah, always better to get the ...
Editorials /
BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD
November 2018
... in the Canadian Family Physician , January 2013, had a 29.2% survey return (unacceptable by Dr Richardson’s ...
Letters /
BY: Robert Shepherd, MD
November 2018
... editorial in the same issue asked for good studies,[ 2 ] and Dr Cadesky asked us to use science and stories to ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brenda Hefford, MD
November 2018
... within 12 months after claiming the incentive. Payment 2 ($1000) may be claimed after eligible family doctors ...
Editorials /
BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC
November 2018
... of diabetes prevalent cases from 2016 to 2026” of 46%.[ 2 ] This is a profoundly worrying prospect for a disease that ... taken some positive steps in the past number of years,[ 2 ] the initiatives resulting from these steps exist in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP
November 2018
... to patients, our medical system, and society as a whole.[ 2 , 3 ] Primary care physicians manage the majority of people ... reduce the risk of long-term complications of diabetes.[ 2 , 23-25 ] In large, randomized controlled CV safety ... for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada[ 2 , 3 ] and updates these as necessary.[ 23 ] The Guidelines ...