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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2011
... could be formed between physicians, government, and the health regions. Then, “thunk.” I read outgoing president ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, October 2011
... contract, lobbying for increased access, promoting better health care, or remaining optimistic in times of uncertainty, ...
News / BY: Arlene Cristall, MSc, December 2011
... peers through surveys, chat rooms, and message boards, and health professionals respond to questions posed in the Q&A ... bullying, weight loss camps, yo-yo dieting, parents, and health professionals are all part of the conversation. ... that they are overweight. What does this offer to the health professional? This book offers an unprecedented ...
Council on Health Promotion April 2011
... May 10 is the annual day proclaimed by the World Health Organization to draw attention to the importance to our health of being physically active. This event began last year ... event is sponsored as a formal project by the Council on Health Promotion with the goal of having an event in every ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2011
... seized at its borders contains levamisole.[ 7 ] Public Health in BC continues to receive reports of agranulocytosis ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2011
Last year, CTV News reported, “Health Canada says an unauthorized health product called West Pharm Therma Lean Fat Burma ... death when combined.”[ 1 ] It was sold on the Internet. Health Canada advised the company to stop selling and ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, September 2011
... predicator of adult obesity—and that can lead to serious health issues such as heart disease, hypertension, many ... their quality of life, and will be an added strain on our health care system. Societal and economic costs are huge and ... their lives, which can result in poor mental and emotional health, including depression. In March of this year, the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Devina Wadhwa, November 2011
Global health gap The current global state of health is one of great disparity: on one end of the spectrum, ... of science and technology to revolutionize the scope of health care, thus improving the quality of life and its ...
News January/February 2011
... Service of Canada to observe, listen, and share with local health care practitioners.  This is the second Canadian ... spend an average of 4 weeks working directly with lo­cal health care practitioners and pa­tients. The Canadian ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... surveillance forms, and cases reported on the public health information system) to estimate the annual number of ... diagnosed and treated than are reported to public health. Clinical picture  Ticks are most likely to transmit ... to test for evidence of Lyme disease is used by the Public Health Laboratories of the BC Provincial Health Services ...