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Obituaries / BY: Eldon Lee, MD, July/August 2008
... doctor; he accepted responsibility for his pa­tients’ health 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A telephone was by ... relative calmness in medical affairs. Time took its toll, health problems restricted his practice, heart problems cost ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Clifford Fabian, FRCPC, FRCSC, FACS September 2008
... not all have the same potential to become the kind of health professionals we hope to train. Evaluating applicants is critical to ensuring we educate health professionals who can serve the needs of the province ... has been instituted by many MD undergraduate programs and health care disciplines in Canada and abroad. Throughout the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2008
“ Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. But health literacy goes beyond the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), March 2008
... and lifestyle modification to treat disease and maintain health. Ayurvedic medicines, known as bhasmas, commonly ...
Letters / BY: A.S. French, May 2008
The Canadian Forces Health Services museum in Vancouver now has its own web ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... at least yearly by their family physician for a periodic health exam.  They should undergo age-appropriate screening ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2008
... lifestyle changes, counseling, addiction, mental health, and more, but then ignore our own advice. I wonder ... easily and I would recommend accessing the Phys­ician Health Support Program (604 742-0747, 800 663-6729,  ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Fawziah Marra, PharmD December 2008
... to antimicrobial agents has become a major public health threat.[ 1 ] Few novel antibiotics have been developed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... passive surveillance system (the integrated Public Health Informa­tion System or iPHIS) and the provincial ... indigent urban dwellers during 2006. The hospital and health authority involved in identifying the outbreak will ... with Dr Mark Romney, medical microbiologist, Providence Health Care, 16 August 2007). This study had at least two ...
Premise / BY: Jamie Graham, April 2008
... day. The Vancouver Police letter of support to the federal health minister has been inaccurately used by harm reduction ... we were promised would be complete in 2 or 3 years.  Health Minister Tony Clement has since advised the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, which operates Insite, that their exemption ...