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Health: mRNA vaccines safe for those with factor V mutation

webYour Good Health: mRNA vaccines safe for those with factor V Leiden mutation. Patient is at higher risk from a COVID infection because of their factor V Leiden …

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Your Good Health: Hip might be causing pain after knee surgery

webThe patient who has knee pain after a total knee replacement needs to have an examination and X-ray of the hip. I saw more than a few patients who had surgery on …

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Your Good Health: Paradox

webDear Dr. Roach: A friend told me that her husband, who is 80, is claiming that the French eat a lot of butter, cream, cheese, pastries and red meat, and have the lowest …

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Where to go if you don’t have a family doctor in B.C.

webIsland Health operates seven UPCCs — six in Greater Victoria and one in Nanaimo: • Downtown Victoria Urgent and Primary Care Centre — 1107 Pandora Ave., …

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Your Good Health: A fall can still do damage after hip replacement

webA.W. A hip replacement, or total hip arthroplasty, replaces the head and neck of the femur with a prosthesis, which will go into a cup in the hip. Modern materials, such …

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Your Good Health: It's safe to get pneumococcal vaccine twice

webThis one is called PPSV-23, or by its brand name, Pneumovax. The other, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, protects against 13 types (PCV-13 or Prevnar). …

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The Doctor Game: Vitamin C, lysine can help curb heart attacks

webVitamin C is required to manufacture healthy collagen, the glue that holds coronary cells together, just like mortar is needed for bricks. Lysine, like steel rods in …

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Emergency physician talks about medical system under stress

webCindy E. Harnett May 4, 2022 9:00 AMMay 4, 2022 2:22 PM. Print. Emergency physician Jeff Unger says capital region hospitals are often over capacity as problems with health care …

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Your Good Health: In 70s, estrogen treatment often has more risks …

webDear Dr. Roach: I need some guidance on the use of estradiol. I have been taking a low dose (1 mg) for the past 15 years, following a hysterectomy and …

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Thousands still waiting to find a doctor through B.C. registry

webIt took 30 months for Victoria’s Paula Leweke to be matched with a family physician through B.C.’s Health Connect Registry. Six months later, that doctor left to …

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Employers welcome increase in health-tax exemption threshold

webEmployers with payrolls up to $1 million will now be exempt from paying a health tax on their payroll. Carla Wilson. Feb 22, 2024 5:45 PM. Jeff Bray, executive …

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Campbell River detox facility to open in the fall, Island Health says

webIsland Health says it has secured a location for a six-bed detox facility near North Island Hospital’s Campbell River location that it plans to open in the fall. The clinic …

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Health: Coffee safe to have with prostate, bladder symptoms

webIn the case of your overactive bladder, there is pretty strong evidence that the caffeine intake of 2 or more cups of coffee can make symptoms worse. (Four or more …

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Your Good Health: Why is one ‘identical’ twin gay, the other straight

webNonetheless, the data is useful to look at. Studies have shown that in identical twins, if one twin is gay (the term “homosexual” is used in clinical studies but is …

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Your Good Health: Dandruff shampoo doesn't up risk of cancer

webDear Dr. Roach: My 61-year-old husband has had 24 squamous cell carcinoma (skin cancer) surgeries on his scalp in the past five years. He has used …

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Dr. Roach: Hair fullness often returns after estrogen

webHopefully you can find a dose that works without causing hair loss. In most cases, hair does come back to its former thickness once the estrogen is stopped. Dear …

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Safer-supply drugs too weak for most street-drug users

webFeb 8, 2024 4:45 AM. Dr. Randal Mason, regional medical director for Island Health’s Addiction Medicine and Substance Use program, said there’s a “huge gap” between the …

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VIHA rebrands itself as 'Island Health' to better reflect …

webThe Vancouver Island Health Authority has lost its authority — but in name only. The institution, which provides services to about 760,000 people on Vancouver …

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Ask Eric: Is it safe to eat imported basa fish

webEric Akis, author of the Everyone Can Cook series, answers your culinary questions in his Sunday columns. Send your questions by email or write to: Ask Eric, …

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Shelter head blames worker’s death on gaps in health care

webShelter head blames young worker's death on gaps in Nanaimo health care. Sophia, 23, died of sepsis after likely contracting an infection from her workplace. Sophia, …

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