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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC June 2025
... sacrifice, Dr Stowe was unwavering in her desire to heal people. I’ve heard more contemporary stories that echo this ... on medical school applications, I truly wanted to help people. We all do. But over time, experience has shown me ... excellent care, the system must evolve to support the people within it. Ultimately, a health care system that ...
Letters / BY: Karleen Gribble March 2025
... and “fathers” that would make the sex of the people involved clear. This avoidance of referencing sex ... is being described. In summarizing the research, “people” is used to refer to mothers only; to mothers and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ashini Dissanayake, BSc May 2025
... cervix screening programs. However, approximately 1300 people in Canada are diagnosed with cervical cancer yearly, ... every 3 years, or HPV screening every 5 years, for people with a cervix who are aged 25 to 69, 37% of those ... these barriers.[ 6 ] They aim to attract large numbers of people, increase health literacy, and provide culturally and ...
Obituaries / BY: Owen Frank Tyers, PhD December 2025
... continues with his family, his medical innovations, the people he mentored, and the countless hearts still beating ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD March 2025
... opioid prescriptions were dispensed to 565 776 people within BC. This equates to 155 MME for every person in ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2025
... provides comprehensive mental health services for young people aged 12 to 24 years, virtually and as walk-ins, with ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP April 2025
... with chronic insecurity are well documented.[ 3 ] People experiencing poverty face a greater risk of mental ... poverty. The elderly, residents of rural areas, Indigenous people, and those living with disabilities are also ... the Canada Emergency Response Benefit lifted millions of people out of poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 4 ] ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC November 2025
... rates, without evidence of suicide displacement (i.e., people considering suicide do not choose alternative means of ...
Letters / BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP June 2025
... pain and palliative care. In 2022, more than 237 000 people in BC were living with cancer,[ 3 ] and many rely on ... ] shows that prescribed opioids can reduce mortality among people with opioid use disorder. Prescribing metrics that do ...
Original Research / BY: Amina Moustaqim-Barrette, MSc April 2025
... Vancouver Coastal Health region, which serves 1.25 million people. The facilities are located in the Howe Sound, North ...