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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Erin Fraser, DVM, MSc November 2018
... their feces, raccoon latrines represent a health risk to people and their pets. Baylisascaris eggs take from 2 to 4 ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB July/August 2018
... administration of health care. Unfortunately though, the people charged with deciding how health care dollars are spent are not the people who actually provide the health care. Those of us on ...
Letters / BY: Zafar Essak, MD October 2018
... courage as a fundamental value at the company. We want people to speak the truth, and we say, ‘To disagree ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2018
... information is being given without genetic counseling to people who might not be ready to hear it or understand what ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... 2 , 3 ] Primary care physicians manage the majority of people living with diabetes, and more than 20% of a typical ... physician’s caseload will likely involve caring for people with either diabetes or prediabetes.[ 4 ] Not only is ... preferences and values are considered by consulting people with diabetes and reviewing the literature. Each ...
News May 2018
... neuroinflammation, which destroys neurons in the brains of people with AD. Dr McGeer’s team demonstrated that the ... disease commences at age 65, Dr McGeer recommends that people get tested 10 years prior, at age 55, when the onset ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2018
... post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). PHN is more common in older people, affecting 4% to 15% of zoster cases in people aged 50 to 59, 7% to 26% of cases in people aged 60 to 69, and 14% to 29% of cases in people 70 ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP December 2018
... suicide. The time we spend away from the things we love—people, nature, hobbies—can be both the cause and the ... of BC that cares about us not just as doctors, but as people. An organization that protects family time by ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Emma Cumming, MSc January/February 2018
... Beach on English Bay. Crowds have grown from around 10 000 people in 2012 to 40 000 in 2017.[ 2,3 ] After noticing a ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS January/February 2017
... with you. RAAs will help you connect with the right people and the appropriate resources at Doctors of BC to get ...