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News December 2017
... the most vulnerable children in our province. In the past 5 years, more than 5000 children, pregnant women, and their ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2017
... Despite being in his 90th year, he still plays 4 to 5 times a week. George Bernard Shaw’s famous statement is a ...
Letters / BY: R.A. Rockerbie, PhD January/February 2017
... in Washington was associated with a net increase of 5.2% in fatalities. In view of the random annual variation of ... were found to be less culpable than nondrug users.[ 5 ] It is of some interest to note that no THC-positives were ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2017
... in court as a “non-expert.” My first time was as a 5-year-old witness in a Liverpool criminal trial. Someone had ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2017
... or loss of consciousness. The Concussion Recognition Tool 5 is a useful tool for parents and coaches to help identify ... an injury. The effectiveness of this tool diminishes 3 to 5 days after injury, although the concussion symptom ... coaches, teachers, and health care professionals.[ 5 ] The greatest risk for having a concussion is a history of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... to be 150 minutes per week (i.e., 30 minutes per day, 5 times per week) of moderate physical activity to receive ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD November 2017
... poor sleep, stress, and poor self-reported health.[ 5 , 6 ] Finally, the negative health effects of climate ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC November 2017
... with local transmission in Canada first noted in 2003.[ 5 ] Untreated, this infection often presents with hemorrhagic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rinette Badker, MSc January/February 2017
... energy in the present life and to free the mind.[ 5 ]  The understanding of mindfulness as present-focused and ... for potential positive and negative outcomes.[ 1,5 ] Although mindfulness is commonly associated with ... studying meditation under eminent Buddhist teachers.[ 5 ] Kabat-Zinn defined mindfulness as “the awareness that ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... of Opioid Use Disorder in early 2017.[ 4 ] As of 5 June 2017 this guideline will replace the College of ... Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Use Disorder[ 5 ] as the provincial guideline for the management of opioid ...