MDs To Be, COVID-19 /
BY: Leilynaz Malekafzali, BSc
September 2020
... listed by the BC Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organization are fever, dry cough, sneezing, sore ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lisa J. Zhang
November 2020
... review were Glow Ovulation, Fertility Friend FF App, Clue Health & Period Tracker, iPeriod Period Tracker Ultimate, and ... 14 ] Exercise Exercise is widely known to have numerous health benefits and is often recommended by physicians to ...
News
December 2020
... between communities wishing to address similar health care challenges. More than 100 projects are featured ...
Editorials /
BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD
March 2020
... or conduct risk assessments for potential adverse health effects. There have been numerous studies done to evaluate the health effects of fragrances. An article in Environmental ... a paper from 2019, “Fragrance inhalation and adverse health effects: The question of causation.”[ 3 ] The ...
News
June 2020
... of the Keith Award, Rural Education Award, and the Rural Health Champion Award. BC physicians have been recognized in ... community involvement continually advocating for the best health care available. Dr Onuora Odoh , Houston Rural Health Champion Award This award, new for 2020, is a ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD
September 2020
... of opioid or other substance use disorders, certain mental health disorders (e.g., personality disorder, somatoform ... increases the risk of adverse opioid-related health care events among those who already receive opioid ... systematic review sponsored by the National Institutes of Health reported a dose-dependent risk of serious harm from ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Sonny Thiara, MD
October 2020
... rapidly around the globe. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.[ 2 ] As of ... while mechanically ventilated, according to Provincial Health Services Authority data. Initially in March 2020, BC testing focused on sicker patients and health care workers. This led to concern that subsequent case ...
News, COVID-19
November 2020
... of intimate partner violence. According to the World Health Organization, one in three women will experience ... partner violence, Paul van Donkelaar, professor of health and exercise sciences at UBC Okanagan and the ...
News
January/February 2020
... is lead researcher and a professor with the School of Health and Exercise Sciences. He reports that there is ...
Premise /
BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
May 2020
... crucial to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Public health officials have instructed us to practise social ... the amygdala and proxemics. We are ordered by public health authorities to create distances between households, ... loneliness, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, or other health issues are likely to be vulnerable to even more ...