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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2014
... increasing evidence that sedentary behavior is bad for our health, and this goes for adults as well. In my opinion, a ... think something is missing from this assessment. Where is health? News flash! The US surgeon general identified physical inactivity as the biggest public health crisis facing America—not obesity. And with such a ...
News November 2014
... and Recreation Committee, a subcommittee of the Council on Health Promotion. Through his clinical work, research, and ...
News January/February 2014
University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health scientists have developed a drug that appears to ...
News April 2014
... Brain Research Centre, part of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. Researchers suggest that the ...
News June 2014
To raise awareness about youth mental health issues, Doctors of BC is seeking submissions of ... postsecondary students that expresses what youth mental health and well-being means to them. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of physicians from the Council on Health Promotion and the Doctors of BC staff, with one winner ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mariana Brussoni, PhD, October 2014
... despite potential safety concerns and implications for the health care system. Our objective was to analyze ... male motorcyclist injuries from 2001 to 2010 differed by health service delivery area in BC. The highest rate was in ... it important to address this emerging medical and public health concern. Injury hotspots The geographic differences ...
News / BY: Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC December 2014
... or to discuss your patient’s treatment history with a health care professional from the BC Cancer Agency, please ...
News March 2014
... 14063, or 14075) has been billed for complex care, mental health care, palliative care planning, or COPD chronic ...
News May 2014
... would have on high-risk communities and the public health care system. He volunteered his time and expertise to ensure fellow physicians and other allied health professionals have access to current best practice ...
Premise / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2014
... pneumonia, and we talked a lot about her impressions of health care. She was firmly of the opinion that death was ... educators for our patients. We focus on clearly defined health benefits (treating high blood pressure will help avoid ... of this. It is not part of the common currency of health care decision making. And as a result we ensure that ...