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Beyond Medicine November 2015
... was observed throughout most regions of the province. The BC Centre for Disease Control’s Influenza Surveillance Reports ... the proportion of visits to sentinel physicians and to the BC Children’s Hospital emergency room for influenza-like ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanzo A. Ho, BSc, April 2015
... and treatable with effective early screening.[ 2 ] Current BC guidelines recommend average-risk patients undergo fecal ... followed up with diagnostic colonoscopy within 8 weeks. In BC, population screening with FIT has placed increased demand ... colonography in a nonscreening population at an academic centre in British Columbia ...
News December 2015
... about common billing errors is available in the Resource Centre section of the Doctors of BC website ( ... If you have any general questions about the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees, contact Ms Lea Harth at 604 638-2827 or by ...
News March 2015
The Canadian Heart Research Centre (CHRC) recently conducted an online survey to assess the potential impact of BC Pharmacare’s changes to the coverage of DPP-4 inhibitors ... results are provided below: •    69% were aware of BC Pharmacare’s changes but 88% of those were not consulted ...
News July/August 2015
... Henderson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BC Association for Child Development. Dr Henderson is a ... founding member of the Starbright Children’s Development Centre and remains on the board to this day. Launched in 1966 ... visit  iwishimight.ca . For more information about the BC Association for Child Development, visit  www.bcacdi.org ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... the Communicable Disease Policy Committee, released the BC Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Prevention, Treatment and ... comorbidities, including country of birth. In a group of BC dialysis patients, interferon gamma release assays have ... Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, and the BC Centre for Disease Control gathered in 2014 to address these ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... deaths represent an emerging public health concern in BC. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is far more potent ... response to the increase in fentanyl-detected deaths, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) supported several ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2015
... 1987. The tradition of service to the physicians of BC runs in the family—this year marks lawyer Jack Webster ... from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, Doctors of BC, and the Law Society of BC. The committee ... Webster Jr. also volunteers his time with the YMCA, the BC Centre for Ability, and the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation. ...
News September 2015
... for the 2016 awards, visit  www.doctorsofbc.ca/resource-centre/awards-scholarships/health-promotion-awards . ... Federation and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. News Doctors of BC Excellence in Health award winners ...
News October 2015
... Observational Cohort (CANOC) Collaboration, housed at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), has found the overall life expectancy of people ...