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Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Dooley, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2016
... TKA is appropriate. Obesity The Canadian Institute for Health Information estimates that 1 in 4 Canadians are obese ... study in our current environment of fiscal restraint in health care. Despite concerns about the impact of obesity on ... in the management of morbid obesity and its long-term health consequences. A recent systematic review indicates ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Karen Buhler, MD July/August 2016
... formal mentorship from a family doctor or a licensed health care provider who is registered with MC4BC as a ...
Letters / BY: Owen D. Williamson, MBBC, FRSCS, FFPMANZCA September 2016
... conditions which will further escalate the current public health emergency. We also hope that physicians do not ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... exceeds 200 becquerels per cubic metre (Bq/m 3 ).[ 3 ] Health Canada estimates that approximately 16% of lung cancer ... in BC. —Ray Copes, MD —Alex Summers Council on Health Promotion Reducing radon exposure in British Columbia ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB May 2016
... group, persevering toward finding innovative solutions to health care challenges and pushing our profession to new ... was addressing colleagues, stakeholders, and other health care providers at the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use learning session. It was rewarding ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Lukac, MPH October 2016
... syphilis screening or treatment, contact the BCCDC public health nurse at 604 707-5607 or physician at 604 707-5610. ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS June 2016
... relationships with patients, with one another, with other health care providers, and most certainly with society. As of ... combined with societal changes and changes within the health care system itself, are impacting the way physicians ... us feeling burned out and, yes, skeptical of the future of health care. We struggle with a fragmented system in which ...
News September 2016
Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute in Ontario have developed clinical ... at Parkwood Institute, part of the St. Joseph’s Health Care London family, and an international panel to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Smith, BFA January/February 2016
... and heartbreaking to families and communities. The World Health Organization recognizes the serious burden of motor vehicle collisions on public health and has reported that more than 1.2 million people are ... BC, clinicians in youth counseling and community health advocacy can be better equipped to counsel teens and ...
Obituaries / BY: Carol P. Herbert, MD, March 2016
... of a Canadian and international champion for adolescent health and a visionary leader for health care. Dr Tonkin graduated from the McGill University ... in 1969. He had a broad interest in child and youth health and a special interest in adolescent health. As a ...