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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 ...
News June 2014
... Faculty of Medicine at UBC will serve as the home of the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health (CEIH)—a single ... effectively with Aboriginal people and organizations. The centre will aim to boost research projects addressing ... across the province, and develop partnerships with the BC First Nations Health Authority and other indigenous ...
News December 2014
... of Physical Measurements. As head of pediatrics at UBC and BC Children’s Hospital, Dr Hall worked with physicians to ... of the Canadian HIV Trials Network, and director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s ...
News / BY: Jim Christenson, MD November 2014
... from a recent (13 May 2014 [revised 30 June 2014]) BC Coroners Service Preventable Death Bulletin:* Follow the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) protocol for the treatment of a methadone ...