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News January/February 2014
... in consultation with BC Women’s Reproductive Mental Health, teaching cognitive behavioral self-help techniques ...
News April 2014
... by University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researchers has revealed how ... at UBC, and academic director of the Vancouver Coastal Health ALS Centre, suggests that by understanding how the ...
News June 2014
... study was led by Dr Zabrina Brumme from SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences in collaboration with scientists at the BC ... Blood Center, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. News HIV evolution traced in North America ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karen Takai, MSc September 2014
... of key information to the WorkSafeBC claim owner and other health care professionals, including the family physician ... contact with their family physicians or specialists. Health care providers on contract The new treatment model ... model affects your injured workers, contact WorkSafeBC's Health Care Services at 604 232-7787. For a list of current ...
Letters / BY: Mariana Brussoni, PhD, December 2014
... rates among younger males are dropping. It behooves the health community to do what we can to prevent these injuries. ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2013
... request was leaning against a No Smoking sign.  One of my health authority’s initiatives was to make all of their ... staff who smoke are forced to go elsewhere. I applaud this health-driven decision, but unfortunately it hasn’t quite ... safe injection sites, and needle exchanges. For the health of the non-smokers and care of our hospital, perhaps ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, May 2013
... Syphilis prevention should be in­cluded in sexual health counseling. Barrier methods such as condoms reduce ... can be ordered. The direct line for the syphilis public health nurse is 604 707-5607, and the physician contact ... British Columbia —Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, University of ...
Letters / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, July/August 2013
... position that physicians want to partner with other health care professionals.  You question whether pharmacist-administered flu shots have saved the health care system money. The answer is yes. Pharmacists are ... to patient care where appropriate and reduce costs to the health care system. Certainly it seems clear to pharmacists ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David F. Smith, MD, October 2013
... seniors reaching this age milestone will have identified health problems that could affect their driving ability, in ... negative effect on the doctor-patient relationship. When a health problem that could limit driving ability is identified ... This could lead the patient to a walk-in clinic, where health issues are more likely to remain unidentified because ...
News December 2013
... Cultural Competency Program was created by the Provincial Health Services Authority to educate physicians about First ... people may be reluctant to seek medical attention from the health care system.  The online program, available at ... additional training modules focusing on Aboriginal mental health issues. Advisors and contributors to the program ...