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June 2009
... adult cystic fibrosis, high-order multiple pregnancies, e-health, atherosclerotic carotid artery disease, thyroid, lung ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH
September 2009
... air pollution and to help interpret public air-quality health messaging. The primer offers essential background on air pollution and its effects on health and provides a series of tips on how to decrease ... BC air-quality advisories and the new Air Quality Health Index. The primer, with its many web-accessible ...
Letters /
BY: George Kljajic, MD,
November 2009
... can achieve. I wonder whether the BCMA, the Ministry of Health, and the BC community have done enough to take ... and being physically active as the very essence of health and well-being. We have the opportunity to promote ... We need to engage our medical community, Ministry of Health, health institutions, universities and colleges, and ...
News
January/February 2009
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre has been designated a World Health Organization and UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital. ... Research has shown that breastfeeding provides significant health benefits for both babies and their mothers. Newborns ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,
May 2009
... or infrastructure to maintain these necessities of public health. According to Dr Robert Morris,[ 12 ] “around the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Tarek Khalil, MPH, MD, MCFP,
July/August 2009
... leads and sometimes the patient leads. Outcome In health care today, we are very aware of measurements and ... examinations offered by the Centre for the Evaluation of Health Professionals Educated Abroad (CEHPEA) in Ontario ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stephen Wheeler, MD
October 2009
... less subject to turbulence. Summary Physicians and other health professionals in British Columbia who provide care to ...
News /
BY: Ian Pike, PhD
December 2009
... direct costs. They are one of the largest burdens on our health care system, consuming funds that could be used elsewhere to address other critical health care issues. Visit preventable.ca, or e-mail ...
President's Comment /
BY: Bill Mackie, MD
March 2009
... hours ensuring that scope of practice expansion for other health providers is done in a reasonable way; chair of the ...