Search

Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tom Warshawski, MD, May 2014
... risk factor for hypertension, stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. Unhealthy behaviors that ... obesity in children with a screening history using the 5-2-1-0 rule.[ 1 ] Protective factors include eating five or ... day, limiting recreational screen time to a maximum of 2 hours a day, getting 1 or more hours of moderate to ...
News / BY: Shannon Waters, MD, September 2014
... compared to every 5 years for the general population.[ 1,2 ] Aboriginal people are included in “populations with a ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD December 2014
... made. The addition of our newest family member, our 2-year-old grandson Riley, has certainly started a whole new ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2014
... “Um, this is Bob Smith and my mom is in room 408, bed 2, and I was wondering how she is doing?” “I will page ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP June 2014
... vibrating hand tools was 25 years, but ranged widely from 2 to 55 years. Mean latency—the time from first exposure to ... than the 24-year mean latency period for mechanics.[ 2 ] This likely relates to differences in the duration of ... before making a claim, while mechanics wait 3 years.[ 2 ] WorkSafeBC claims data do not provide an explanation for ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2014
... total fat intake do not always have more heart disease.[ 2 ] Current evidence suggests that the type of fat consumed ... organic coconut oil costs $40 compared with canola oil at $2 or olive oil at $9. Dietary patterns associated with ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI April 2014
... of the cancers detected by mammography was 19 mm, only 2 mm smaller than those detected by clinical breast exam. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH September 2014
... common cancer among Canadian women aged 20 to 44 years.[ 1,2 ] Each year in BC, about 175 women will be diagnosed and 50 ...
News December 2014
... between the ages of 50 and 74 to get a mammogram every 2 years to screen for breast cancer. Research shows a 25% ... cancer deaths among BC women who have a mammogram every 2 years. Despite the benefits of regular breast cancer ...
Obituaries / BY: Mary Ann Waldmann, RN, January/February 2014
... in Halifax after a rough trip across the Atlantic. After 2 years at Saskatoon General Hospital he moved to BC to begin ...