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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2015
... Smoking rates continue to fall and are now down to 18.1% of Canadians age 12 and older (males 21.4%, females 14.8%) but still totaling about 5.4 million people.[ 1 ] BC (14.3%) and Ontario (17.4%) are the only two provinces ... The self-reported rate of obesity in men increased from 20.1% in 2013 to 21.8% in 2014, and in women from 17.4% in 2013 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE, December 2015
... as he or she would under natural circumstances.”[ 1 ] Simulation has been used extensively and has had positive ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD January/February 2015
... On Home,” the concept of the Patient’s Medical Home[ 1 ] is built around the ongoing relationship between the ... family doctor, and requires the following key supports:  1.    Patients have personal family physicians who provide ... family physician practices. There are four main issues: 1.    Clarification of scope of practice and roles ...
News June 2015
... of preventive health services such as cancer screening.[ 1 ] With a focus on promoting cancer screening, the BC Cancer ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... the BC Adolescent Health Survey reported using ecstasy.[ 1 ] In a convenience sample of adults using illicit drugs ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI March 2014
... for breast cancer.” They should have been more specific. 1. Early detection allows breast conservation. Women need to ... reduction among women who chose to be screened in BC.[ 1 ] That is not a slight decrease. 4. Overdiagnosis is not ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014, June 2014
... environmental, socioeconomic, or health effect.”[ 1 ] The chief medical health officers of Vancouver Coastal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mariana Brussoni, PhD, October 2014
... injury and mortality rates for older male motorcyclists.[ 1-3 ] Although Canadian statistics are not as readily ... increase not found among women or younger men ( Figure 1 ). In 2001, the hospitalization rate for older males was ... rate for males age 20 to 44 years dropped from 50.0 to 39.1 per 100 000 during the same time (average annual rate ...
News December 2014
... the Sun Life Ombudsman’s Office. Three helpful tips: 1. Be timely. Submit your claim immediately. 2. Be thorough. ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2014
... guidelines, and medical databases in patient care,[ 1 ] a percentage that has almost certainly risen since then. ...