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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin December 2019
... the process.   Simplified certification process Effective 1 November 2019, PSP introduced a simplified certification ...
News January/February 2019
... surname: Portal First name: GPSC Date of birth: January 1, 2013 ICD9 code: 780 For more details and the latest ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP April 2019
... can provide the same care as family doctors.[ 1 ] Naturopaths are legitimized through funding to treat ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM June 2019
... strain viruses that replicate in the human host. About 1% to 10% of vaccine recipients may experience a measles-like ... rash and/or fever of more than 39 °C, and less than 1% may experience cough and/or conjunctivitis. If a patient ... had measles or been vaccinated”), they can be offered 1 dose of MMR vaccine. There is no need for a provider to ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD October 2019
... as contributors to overall body health and wellness.[ 1 ] The most graciously aging person I know is my dance ...
News March 2019
... of dying. Robinson notes that globally there are 14.1 million new cancer cases diagnosed each year, 8.2 million ...
News May 2019
... of 2018. However, data analyzed by the BC-CfE showed 1 in 7 individuals living with HIV in BC could have been ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin July/August 2019
... Services Committee’s Phases of Panel Management.[ 1 ] As of May 2019, more than 1300 doctors around the ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2019
... hormone therapy and breast cancer risk in the Lancet .[ 1 ] The analysis included 58 studies, published between 1992 ... the number of women starting hormone therapy dropped from 1 in 12 to 1 in 20.[ 7-9 ] Furthermore, of the women already taking ...
Letters / BY: Thomas M. Roston, MD, FRCPC January/February 2019
... medications. Medical errors are not uncommon occurrences,[ 1 ] and most relate to human factors.[ 2 ] A variety of ...