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Editorials / BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh May 2016
... that are now helping us make informed decisions regarding health promotion, exercise training, and management of ... guidelines can lead to clinically relevant improvements in health status. The authors who have contributed to this theme ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD October 2016
... care in response to an enquiry initiated by an allied health care worker* specifically assigned to the care of the ... of the date of service, name and position of the enquiring health care worker, and the advice given. Alternatively, the ... White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee * Allied health care workers are defined as home care coordinators, ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD June 2016
... practitioner (Section 54). This means that the Ministry of Health is able to recover funds from doctors who order tests ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrea K.Y. Lee, MD May 2016
... obesity, and diabetes.[ 1 ] According to the World Health Organization, a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate ... aerobic activity per week is recommended to achieve health benefits.[ 2 ] Similarly, the American College of ... per day of vigorous activity conferred no additional health benefits. The Copenhagen City Heart Study observed ...
News January/February 2016
... Cancer Research Alliance, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The findings, “Barcoding reveals complex ...
Letters / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2016
... Immunization Bulletin from the Office of the Chief Medical Health Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health, dated 1 September 2015, and the Vaccine ... over 12 months of age. I recommend that Vancouver Coastal Health revise such a recommendation, and I advise immunizing ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Nicolson, MD May 2016
... imbalance between the escalating workload in primary health care and the dwindling human-resource base available ...
News November 2016
... of children developing weight-related physical and mental health problems later in life. Families can contact the MEND ...
News July/August 2016
A study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) scientist Dr John Best ... collaborated with US researchers and drew from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study (a large ... is a researcher at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, and a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Karen LeComte, MSN, RN September 2016
... pediatric to adult care is critical to maintaining patient health in adulthood. There are 15 specialized adult CHD ... at Shaughnessy Hospital in 1988 to respond to a gap in health services for adults with CHD, and moved to St. ... in 1993. The PACH team, a multidisciplinary group of health professionals with advanced training in adult CHD, is ...