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Obituaries / BY: Dorothy Shaw, MBChB, April 2014
... Hospital until obstetrics moved to Grace Hospital (now BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre) in 1982. His practice also included the Elizabeth ... He was instrumental in setting up the CARE program at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre 20 years ago and ...
News November 2013
... of their fellow citizens in the province. This year three BC physicians were presented with the honor: Drs Finley ... Columbia and establishing the Breast Health Fellowship at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre.  Dr Gordon has worked with the BC Women’s ...
News January/February 2013
... across Canada to participate. The Vaccine Evaluation Centre at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital is recruiting 3609 participants from BC. Girls participating in the study will complete an annual ...
News April 2013
... are: •    Dr Xuesen Dong, Vancouver Pros­tate Centre. Dr Dong’s research fo­cus is androgen receptor ... •    Dr Anthony Joshua, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto. Dr Joshua’s research focus is exploiting ... , or read our  BCMJ  blog post on Movember . News BC researcher wins prostate cancer research grant ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Debra A. Kent, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT January/February 2013
Each year, over 25 000 poisonings are reported to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) and nearly half of these involve children. In ... materials and resources are available by contacting the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at www.dpic.org . ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, May 2013
... several global jurisdictions over the past two decades. In BC, the recent numbers are alarming. In 2012 the rate was the ... adults. The most recent congenital syphilis diagnosed in BC was in 2009. Neurosyphilis, however—which can lead to ... is 604 707-5606.  — Richard T. Lester, MD, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Chelsea Haines, RN, BScN, November 2013
... is a collaborative project of the Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, regional health authorities, and ... and the public, along with tools to make it easier for BC families to get immunized.  British Columbians rely on ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... we be concerned about commercially harvested shellfish in BC? Definitely. Three separate outbreaks of shellfish ... sought care in hospital emergency departments. Thus far in BC, marine biotoxin illnesses have been limited to paralytic ... Contact the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre for inquiries around unusual toxic ex­posures (1 800 ...
News October 2013
Five recipients in BC have been awarded grants totaling $1 million by the Arthritis Society, BC and Yukon Divi-sion. The grants will fund research ... Co-lumbia and research scientist at the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, received the Young Investigator Operating ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC June 2013
... requires an integrated, interdisciplinary approach at a centre offering advanced diag­nostics, a full range of ... 5 , 11 ] In recognition of the need for such care, the BC Wo­men’s Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis was ... in the province has been provided by two gynecologists at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. Over time it has ...