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Obituaries / BY: David J. Rhine, MD, FRCPC July/August 2025
... they shared the house and gardening for 12 years. Tony’s health declined over these years, forcing him to retire from ... daily activity, and his life focus. In the end, Tony’s health issues reached a point of no improvement. He ...
Letters / BY: Spencer Cleave, MD, CCFP November 2025
... who are stigmatized and profoundly underserved by our health care system. These patients suffer deeply, and their ... they face, fosters deep epistemic mistrust toward the health care system. Establishment of a longitudinal, trusting ... Pain Centre This letter was submitted in response to “Health outcomes of patients in the Complex Chronic Diseases ...
News April 2025
... content on TikTok often does not match mental health professionals’ views, while potentially influencing ... on social media Clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals could play a more active role in TikTok ... reputable sources such as medical websites, books, and health care professionals. See doctors, therapists, or ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD June 2025
... there are many programs and services across the health care, education, and social sectors designed to help ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Janene Erickson, Nak'azdli Whut'en, MPH, BKin September 2025
... in Canada and having distinct rights, including rights to health, that are upheld in international, national, and ... to review progress on the Calls to Action, and for public health to reflect and engage in truth telling about ... as well. In 2023 and 2024, respectively, BC’s Provincial Health Services Authority and BC Centre for Disease Control ...
Obituaries / BY: Gurdeep Parhar, MD January/February 2025
... and spent 2 years at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (then Grace Hospital) and St. Paul’s ...
Premise / BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC May 2025
... even fatal, side effects. The National Institutes of Health Genetic Testing Registry now maintains a database of ... likely some of this work will eventually bear fruit.  Health care system In 2000, I predicted that BC health care would come to be provided in a setting of more ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2025
... more than 20% of youth missed school because of mental health challenges, up from 15% in 2018. [3] The rate of ... and youth and the proportion who rate their mental health as fair or poor have been increasing for over a ... anxiety disorder, and 95 000 have a diagnosed mental health disorder. Less than half receive treatment. [1-3]   ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2025
... links nutrition to frailty, sarcopenia,[ 1 ] and overall health in older adults. Malnutrition is a common yet often ... (1 October). —Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP Council on Health Promotion Member Acknowledgments The author thanks Ms ... BOX. Additional resources on older adult nutrition. For health care providers Screening tools: Explanations of ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Annukka K. Lindell, PhD March 2025
... via the “Find a doctor” links on two large US health websites, with the portraits presumably chosen to ...