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Obituaries / BY: Carolyn van Schagen, MD, June 2010
... the Peace Arch Obstetrical Clinic and the Bridge Community Health Clinic, which provides care for refugees and refugee ... A scholarship supporting residents interested in global health has been started in Kerry and Sarah’s memory. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2010
Recent industry concerns over Health Canada’s backlog of roughly 10000 so-called natural ... awaiting pre-market review[ 1 ] have not gone unheeded by Health Canada.  In a move reminiscent of a Kafka novel, the nation’s foremost health protection agency has decided to address the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Kristin DeGirolamo, Pharm MD December 2010
... and medical procedures in conjunction with the Providence Health Care Palliative Team. Various medical, surgical, and ... October. Two other videos from the 2010 project, Hands for Health and Scrubbing In, both by Ms Jennifer Yam, Mr Steven ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) March 2010
... of many people, including the popular press and government health agencies, doctors are only experts at treating ... is a large part of medical practice. Entire public health programs and departments are headed by physicians ... population centres, almost all are delivered by public health.  Notwithstanding the fact that some prevention ...
News May 2010
A new report released in March by the BC Physician Health Program recommends better workplace arrangements for ... mutually acceptable solutions to ensure maternal and fetal health and well-being. The report notes that in the ... job fatigue (e.g., over 40 hours per week).  • Provide health-related leave lasting 6 to 13 (or more) weeks ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS July/August 2010
... and their dependants who are insured under the extended health benefit of the BCMA Health Benefits Trust Fund (HBTF) (either the Standard or ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD November 2010
... next 2 years.  The Division is also working with Fraser Health to develop a multidisciplinary primary care access ... physician and by nurse practitioners provided by Fraser Health. Recruitment of new physicians has also been a ... working here, but since recruitment was handled by the health au­thority and not locally, there wouldn’t be any ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2010
... think money spent on the Olympics is benefiting the health of our population. I have heard the many arguments for ... benefit is that a healthier population will likely reduce health care costs as the incidence rates of diabetes, heart ...
News April 2010
... or eliminate the virus’s ability to spread. Northern Health, Vancouver Coas­­tal Health, and Providence Health Care will lead the regional implementation of the ...
News June 2010
... to hospital with an injury, but according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, traumatic brain injuries account for ... For every dollar spent on a helmet, $30 can be saved in health care costs, an important consideration for the ...