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MDs To Be / BY: Arielle Roberts, MD July/August 2021
... (2% to 4%) combined.[ 2 ] The positive effects on patient health of a prescription to increase physical activity cannot ... as a whole are insufficiently active to achieve these health benefits.[ 3 ] With the recent publication of the ... key element of preventive medicine for optimal patient health, a concern identified by the Association of Faculties ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD October 2021
... from COVID-19; instead, I feared burnout, fatigue, mental health issues, and substance use would take their toll. Even ... has increased exponentially. Since 2019, BC’s Physician Health Program (PHP) has seen a 58% increase in the number of ... Wellness+ Initiative, which directs funds to address the health and wellness needs of physicians and medical trainees ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2021
... best an uphill struggle. Not by choice, I have sampled the health care system from the other side, initially during ...
News / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2021
... on different but overlapping aspects of Canada’s health care system. The book is extremely well written, and ... comes to diagnosing the systemic problems that plague our health system, he pulls no punches. In clear, simple ... premise that reducing the numbers of doctors would lower health costs by reducing the number of patients being ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Hasina Samji, PhD, MSc June 2021
... measures on the social determinants of young adult health while intensifying existing downstream effects on their health behaviors, care, and outcomes.[ 1 ] The BCCDC COVID-19 ... population. Young adults experienced peak rates of mental health and substance use disorders prior to the COVID-19 ...
Obituaries / BY: Alan Gow, MBChB September 2021
... for 28 years and dedicated himself to meeting the health care needs of all those he served. Alex was a mentor ... This group of initially 22 physicians challenged the health authority and Ministry of Health to solve the longstanding difficulties faced by rural ...
News November 2021
... smoked. When communicating with patients with lung cancer, health care providers should avoid bias based on assumptions ...
News, COVID-19 January/February 2021
Effective 14 December 2020, health authorities are accepting expressions of interest for ... transitioning to the contract should contact their health authority’s Medical Affairs Department to discuss next steps. The health authority will notify the Ministry of Health of the ...
Premise / BY: Christopher O.Y. Li, BSc May 2021
... endured appalling racist and insulting comments from health care professionals as she was dying in a Quebec ... continue to face discrimination and bias. The World Health Organization defines social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... country, and with support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), a UBC team is leading the ... will provide those who are pregnant and breastfeeding, health care providers, the PHAC, National Advisory Committee ...