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Secondary prevention techniques (e.g., screening mammography) allow for early detection of cancer and reduction in mortality at the population level.[1] In Canada, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends that average-risk women aged 50 to 74 years be screened for breast cancer with mammography every 2 to 3 years.[2] Despite well-documented evidence of the benefits of screening mammography, uptake often falls short of targets.[3]

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As a health care professional, you provide essential services for our community, and WorkSafeBC is committed to supporting you. We want to help you get paid as quickly as possible for treating injured workers. Here you’ll find invoicing requirements and tips to ensure accuracy and efficiency for prompt payment of invoices.

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Large-scale public health crises offer unique challenges in adaptive practices. Medical education in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. SARS in 2003 is one of the most recent examples where important lessons were learned in preparing medical schools for potential disruptions.

Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, each day has come with new announcements of measures to contain its spread. One by one, universities and schools, businesses, and even our Canadian borders have closed in the spirit of public health and safety. In the midst of these changes, the strength and anticipated strain on our health care system have become a national focus.

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“So, what have you been doing to keep active during the lockdown?” I asked during our virtual health connection.

She hesitated before she replied, “Well, not too much. Maybe taking the dog out for a walk every day.”

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