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News April 2012
... Dr Christilaw is president of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and is a well-known lead­er in wo­men’s health. The award recognizes her more than 25 years of commitment to women’s health in BC, Canada, and globally. Visit Dr ...
News June 2012
The Fraser Institute recently released two new health care studies. The first, on the drug approval process ... process of authorizing reimbursement.  Data show that Health Canada took longer to approve new medicines than the ... . The second study, on Canada’s health insurance system, provides data indicating that ...
Letters / BY: John Walton, MD September 2012
... This is an outrage. Imagine what the province could do in health care with another $661 million a year. Surely, as Dr ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2012
... and to emphasize the importance of nutrition for improving health. Here are some useful nutrition re­sources that are ... Healthy Families BC, an initiative of the Ministry of Health, is a reliable, evidence-based resource where ... resources to help your patients achieve the 1500–2300 mg Health Canada target: •     Sodium Sense:   ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD March 2012
Recent changes to the Health Care (Consent) and Care Fa­ci­lity (Admission) Act ... and physicians of the benefit of planning for future health care wants and needs. Advance care planning is the ... or her beliefs, values, wishes, or instructions for future health care with trusted family and health care providers. ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Malthouse, MD, May 2012
... homeopathy [Homeopathic medicine (arsenic and aconite) and Health Canada,  BCMJ  2012;54:66 ] in which he quotes ... by 22%. This remarkable study should make Canadian Public Health officials sit up and pay notice. There have been ...
Letters / BY: Michael J. Passmore, MD, July/August 2012
... enormous toll on function, quality of life, and caregiver health.[ 1 ] As emphasized by Drs Fok and Dian, the treatment ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... then referred for post-landing surveillance with public health.[ 3 ] Post-landing surveillance is passive, and up to 50% of individuals fail to attend public health clinics after landing.[ 3 ] Loss to follow-up of ... may reveal subgroups on which to focus our limited public health resources.   The BCCDC, in collaboration with ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2012
... First, do no harm. —Lloyd Oppel, MD, Chair, Council on Health Promotion Council on Health Promotion Getting the flu shot: Protecting ourselves ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... seek help from multiple specialists. Unfortunately, many health care providers do not feel comfortable or competent ... and interventions, these patients often receive health care they do not perceive as helpful.[ 3 ]  Provoked ... condition is deleterious to emotional well-being, sexual health, and intimate relationships.  The cause of PVD is ...