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News October 2012
... machines at the new Sadie Diamond Breast Health Imaging Centre at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre are providing BC women with 3D mammograms for the first time. The new ...
News April 2012
... and community service.  Dr Christilaw is president of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and is a well-known lead­er in wo­men’s health. ... more than 25 years of commitment to women’s health in BC, Canada, and globally. Visit Dr Christ­law’s  alumni ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... William Osler)[ 6 ] is still very much alive and well in BC and that improvements in testing, albeit challenging to ... and Stanley Wong. This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has not been peer reviewed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC, November 2011
In general, men in BC have poorer health outcomes than women. Traditionally, ... and associated metabolic syndrome are not routine in BC.  • Men age 65 to 84 consume the lion’s share of the ... group men’s health session in a fitness club or yoga centre.  Such sessions of 8 to 12 men, ideally all younger ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jack Teng, PhD, April 2011
... a human incidence rate of less than 0.1/100000 in all of BC.[ 3 ] However, there is in­creasing public concern and ... collected from humans for analysis at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), resulting in the ... their main disease host for the presence of pathogens. In BC, tick-borne patho­gens are maintained in the environment ...
News September 2011
... Shaw was recently appointed VP, medical affairs, at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. She previously served as medical director of the ... News Dr Dorothy Shaw new VP of medical affairs at BC Women’s ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, May 2011
... Board. The number of divisions of family practice in BC continues to grow, with four now representing communities ... desire to develop solutions that put the patient at the centre. The East Kootenay Division is looking forward to the ...
Letters / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC October 2011
We thank  Ms Souch  for her ongoing dialogue with the BC Centre for Disease Control about Lyme disease in British ... of the many Lyme-related studies that have been done in BC and was intended to provide physicians with an update and ...
Editorials / BY: S. Larry Goldenberg, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS December 2011
... the need for a compehensive men’s health program in BC, and the treatment of erectile dysfunction and ... issue are concerns of the Men’s Health Initiative of BC (MHIBC), a nonprofit umbrella organization that serves as a brand name and a single point of contact at the centre of a diverse network of stakeholders. The MHIBC was ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... the more I liked it. I used to teach regular sessions at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre in the Department of Pediatrics.  One month in six I ...