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Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... That commission spent 3 years examining compulsory state health insurance and recommended in 1922 that there should be ... public opinion and business sentiment were in favor of health insurance, government would eventually want to bring ... In 1961, following the establishment of a government health care program in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Medical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2015
... accounts for a quarter of total mercury emissions.[ 2 ] Health Canada calls mercury a global contaminant because of ... which rapidly enters body tissues and causes various health problems, particularly neurological problems.[ 2 ] ... have had less opportunity to accumulate mercury. Currently Health Canada cautions consumers only about canned albacore ...
Obituaries / BY: Robert N. Meek, MD, January/February 2015
... time than usual talking to patients, not only about their health but about themselves. He didn’t suffer fools gladly. ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD May 2015
... in malls. Obesity has become one of the world’s greatest health concerns and threatens to undo the gains made in life ... expectancy during the 20th century according to the World Health Organization (2015). Despite strong evidence of adverse health events associated with obesity—diabetes mellitus, ...
News July/August 2015
... to wages or salaries. They may include coverage for health and dental benefits, life insurance, and disability ... to healthier employees. If your employees have solid health insurance plans in place there is a higher likelihood ... outweigh those costs. Doctors of BC offers a comprehensive health and dental benefits plan for members and their office ...
News October 2015
... acknowledge the contributions she’s made to the mental health of the people of Saskatoon. Dr Thakur came to ... role in the community as a volunteer for numerous mental health and mental illness initiatives. As president of the ... doctors were taking for their patients’ psychiatric health. When Dr Thakur moved to BC in 2012 she chose to ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Steve Martin, MD, CCFP, MScOH, FCBOM, DipSportMed March 2015
... and a variety of other agencies monitor the long-term health effects of commercial diving on workers in the ... illness, barotrauma, and dysbaric osteonecrosis. The health risks associated with these disorders can be ...
News June 2015
... scientists from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) were able to successfully stop swelling in ... MacVicar, co-director of DMCBH with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the study’s principal ... research was co-sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Brain Canada, Genome British Columbia, the ...
News September 2015
The 2015 winners of the Excellence in Health award are a Kelowna-based nonprofit that is teaching ... water safety and a Victoria clinic providing women’s health care services to its local community. The award is ... creativity and ingenuity to improve and protect the health and safety of British Columbians, and results that ...
Obituaries / BY: Lilie Hartwell, November 2015
... after he returned Dr Hartwell joined the City of Vancouver Health Department, and soon became the director of Vancouver City Occupational Health Services. He remained in that position until he ...