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Premise / BY: Roger S. Tonkin, MDCM, FRCPC, OBC December 2007
... are provided for by family physicians or community health nurses while those in social or emotional crisis or with chronic health conditions are less well served and would benefit from ... obstetrics and gynecology, psychology, psychiatry, public health, and epidemiology are among the list of contributing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
... tamoxifen is associated with beneficial effects on bone health and on lipid profile. Raloxifene, also a SERM, has ... therapy. The BC Cancer Agency has informed patients and health care providers of these policies by letter. Further ...
Obituaries / BY: Cliff Henderson, MD, July/August 2006
Dr David A. Clarke, longest-serving medical health officer of the South Okanagan Health Unit (SOHU)—1950 to 1984—passed away peacefully on ... General Hospital and was recruited as the medical health officer for the SOHU in the fall of 1950. In 1953 he ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Fawziah Marra, PharmD October 2006
... increasing and has become a significant threat to public health. Current evidence suggests that the use of antibiotics ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Kierans, BA, MA January/February 2006
... death among newborn infants but also of their subsequent health and well-being. Charts showing the distribution of ... hoped that these charts will provide physicians and other health care professionals with additional clinically ... mix in BC, the availability of medical care and other health-related services for newborns, and the context in ...
Editorials / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
The idea for an issue that focuses on mental health care in northern, rural, and isolated areas in British Columbia began with an article on health care in general in those areas  (BCMJ 2003;45[1]:16) ... al though it is difficult enough to provide good general health care, it is even more daunting to provide good mental ...
President's Comment / BY: Margaret MacDiarmid, MD, September 2006
... provide the citizens of BC with the highest standard of health care while achieving maximum professional satisfaction ... to consult with the BCMA on key issues affecting health care, and guarantees that physicians cannot be ... the BCMA is considered the authoritative voice on major health issues. The underlying issue for each policy paper is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Brooks, MD, November 2006
... experts to provide recommendations for improvement of health and safety of athletes who suffer concussion. Three ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2006
... to the premium paid on your behalf by the Ministry of Health for this benefit in 2005 will be included as a taxable ... initiative of BC Children’s Hospital, is a child-centred health promotion program targeting attitudes and behaviors ... which resulted in significant improvements in students’ health, such as an overall reduction in BMI and blood ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC June 2006
... in reactions of fear and concern about the potential health and safety impacts. Clandestine labs are essentially ... Clandestine drug laboratories--public and environmental health aspects ...