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Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... and the regional head of nephrology for Fraser Health, is coming in as vice president and is very prepared. ... this: it’s time to reengage. Why are you excited about health technology? I firmly believe that IT is going to ... in an educated fashion about what’s gone on with their health. What do you think about telemedicine? If telemedicine ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD October 2019
... do have control over these factors. Maintaining our mental health and limiting our substance use are increasingly being explored as contributors to overall body health and wellness.[ 1 ] The most graciously aging person I ... expectancy.[ 2 ] Exercise in general improves our mental health and contributes to control of or even elimination of a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah Munro, PhD December 2019
... feeding choices in a nonjudgmental way can support the health of infants and may help increase breastfeeding rates by improving the therapeutic relationship with health care professionals. While promotion of exclusive ... intentioned and based on evidence that it confers more health benefits for parents and infants compared to formula,[ ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... years ago that patients need to take charge of their own health. Expanding on programs studied at Stanford, he created ... their symptoms are more likely to take charge of their own health.[ 5 ]  Many physicians are not aware of ... program aimed at supporting patients in their homes, the Health Coach Program, which thousands of patients with all ...
News May 2019
... 2019. The PCNs and UPCC will recruit approximately 68 new health care providers over the next 3 years, including 10 ... 3 clinical pharmacists, and 45 nursing and allied health care professionals. The three networks will be the ... practitioners. The networks will partner new and existing health care professionals with the health authority and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Michelle Tan, MD, CCFP, MBA June 2019
Workers with accepted physical injury or mental health claims who present with concurrent substance use may ... Family doctors whose patients will benefit from mental health or addiction assessment and treatment can provide this ... Care Program For patients with concurrent mental health and addiction issues, addiction psychiatrists, ...
News September 2019
... in infertility, egg freezing, and women’s reproductive health, nicely rounding out the Board’s expertise in that ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD November 2019
... allowed to do so. The responsibility for knowing your own health history should be shared between you as the patient and your health care provider. Steps are being taken to allow patients ... worry and anxiety for patients. On the other hand, as health care providers, we often have to discuss sensitive, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Helena Swinkels, MD, MHSc, FCFP, FRCPC March 2019
As public health professionals at the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), which serves First Nations ... We would like to thank Dr Maheswaran and the Environmental Health Committee of the Doctors of BC’s Council on Health ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Elizabeth Wiley, MD, JD, MPH May 2019
... an increase of 1.3 to 2.7 °C projected by 2050.[ 1 ] The health effects of this warming are numerous and multifaceted ... have both direct and indirect implications for mental health and psychosocial well-being.[ 2 ] Specifically, ... climate change has been associated with numerous mental health conditions including posttraumatic stress disorder ...