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Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... primarily focused on morality. He established a student health service. In 1917, then age 55, he joined the American ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Rajan Bola, BSc
The overdose crisis, declared a public health emergency in BC in 2016, has worsened due to the ... overdose and death.[ 4 , 5 ] For example, BC’s public health orders regarding social distancing and self-isolation ... using drugs alone.[ 6 ] The question now is how can public health officials manage the overdose crisis while also ...
Blog / BY: Darryl Quantz, MFPH, MPH, MSc
... has seen increased framing of the climate crisis as a health emergency, accompanied by more effort from health systems and health care workers to address this emergency as we see ...
Blog / BY: Craig Stevenson
... be key instigators for increased, timely uptake of hearing health care. The project is co-led by researchers from the ... Centre for Communication Accessibility . Why is hearing health care important? Hearing loss ranks third worldwide in disability-related loss of years of health and is one of the most significant contributors to the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc
... who recently consumed shellfish, inform your local public health office and submit stool samples for testing.[ 4 ] ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Javis Lui, BA
... programs in partnership with primary care providers, health authorities, private clinics, and labs. Many cancer ... among asymptomatic populations and to allow the health system to focus resources on urgent and emergent care. ... put on a wait list. Colon Screening Program Colonoscopy: Health authorities have temporarily suspended non‐urgent, ...
Blog / BY: Husein Moloo, MD, MPH, CCFP, DTM&H
... channel, since 63% of patients want to email their health care provider. 4. Use virtual care with the right ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... sessions so passengers can remotely contact the ship’s health care staff, and the doctor might make a visit to the ... part of the care program. The common waiting rooms in the health care facilities will be gone. There will be secure ... or garments will be available. Most likely, medical and health care staff will be increased, and on some of the ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... SR, Durrant A, Tandon N. Insulin, the patient, and the health professional . Lancet 2021;398(10313):1785-1786. ... Why lowering insulin price is relevant to racial health equity . Lancet 2021;398(10313):1783-1784. Rosenfeld ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... in the development of relevant medical educational and health care programs for LGBTQIA2S+ people was sparked after ... asexual Canadians still experience disproportionately poor health outcomes because health care providers receive inadequate training in ...