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Letters / BY: Bernie Littlejohn, September 2009
... it was intended is always a mistake. It’s hard to get people back on board after they have been turned off by ... lab techs at the time. It is absolutely essential that the people who are going to use a system are thoroughly involved ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James K. Lai, MD, CCFP, FCFP, April 2009
... to acknowledge the leadership and support of the following people, who all ensured the successful completion of this ...
Letters / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC October 2009
... the likely incubation period as a margin of error, most people may consider themselves “out of the woods” if ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... effect. The placebo effect has been proven to make some people feel better, decreasing their anxiety, pain, and ...
Letters / BY: George Kljajic, MD, November 2009
... to inspire and motivate citizens of BC—especially young people—to build their health on healthy habits. After these ... best legacy we could leave would be improved health of all people in BC. This is a great opportunity and now is the time ...
Letters / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, April 2009
The Faculty of Medicine, now numbering 3600 people across the pro­vince, includes those who are ...
Letters / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, November 2009
... other among average surgical-risk patients.  While few people ever challenge the wisdom of treating asymptomatic ... in the CEA literature.  Similarly, in the past, few people ever challenged the surgeons to do combined cardiac ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, May 2009
... the number of cases was already declining as a result of people leaving the area, Snow managed to reduce the number ... had numerous such organisms in their stools and healthy people did not. He described a “comma-shaped bacillus” ... But these factors are a gigantic challenge for millions of people living in pov­erty around the world. Thousands of ...
Letters / BY: Roy C. Schofer, MD, December 2009
... their patients for a safe flight. The cover will have many people looking inside for the article. Thank you for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... kidney disease (CKD). In BC, there are at least 145 000 people with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of less than 60 mL/min, and about 35 000 people whose physicians have actually identified CKD as a ... if you also include those at highest risk for CKD (people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or both), this ...