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Letters / BY: Rachael Bradshaw, MAS, MLIS March 2025
... need to pay out of pocket for subscriptions. While some health care providers have access to evidence-based resources through their academic institutions or health authorities, many do not. Most vendors do not permit ... is used to provide quality patient care and guide sound health care decisions.    —Rachael Bradshaw, MAS, MLIS ...
Letters / BY: Rashmi Chadha, MBChB, MScCH, CCFP (AM), FASAM May 2025
... the time to use this leadership to communicate about the health impacts of climate change, to contribute to short- and ... potential harms, and to actively make changes in the health care system for the good of our patients and our ... its current impressive leadership[ 1-6 ] by including health care sustainability in publication decisions. ...
Clinical Case Reports / BY: Sydney Sparanese, MD September 2025
... levels of inorganic arsenic can lead to acute or chronic health effects, including gastrointestinal distress, ... 14-16 ] Based on the results of the longitudinal Canadian Health Measures Survey, the upper threshold for total urine ... referral testing service, and was processed at the London Health Sciences Centre. Two weeks later, poison control ...
Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2025
... There has been excellent work done by British Columbia health care leaders Drs Gillian Hanley, Heather Stuart, and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP April 2025
... inherent worry that drives us to ensure that our basic health needs (food, shelter, and connection) are met. But ... “manufactured insecurity,”[ 1 ] which can have harmful health effects. These range from emotional insecurity fueled ... for healthy survival—food, shelter, education, and health care—are becoming commodities available only to the ...
Letters / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD June 2025
... of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) under the 2022 Health Professions and Occupations Act, we might want to ... Ten years ago, the CPSBC stopped supporting the Physician Health Program. In 2022, the CPSBC surveyed its registrants ...
Original Research / BY: Octavian Turner October 2025
... meeting increasing demand across BC’s five regional health authorities: Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health, Interior Health, Northern Health, and Island Health.[ ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2025
... can also be added sugars, although they may also have health benefits through antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and ... blood-glucose spikes.[ 5 ] Free sugars are what the World Health Organization (WHO) defines as all of the added sugars ... of celebration, but it doesn’t need to overshadow our health. As physicians, we can help families keep festive ...
News March 2025
... to open-up new pathways for treating mental health and neurological conditions that are centred on ... to learn more: Why is an Indigenous understanding of brain health important for neuroscience? What does incorporating ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD May 2025
... little support, few resources, and limited influence on health care policies. Their goal was to ensure physicians had ... physicians dedicated to influencing real change for the health care system and for patients. This milestone ... needs of its members, the profession, and the health care system. Whether negotiating contracts, advocating ...