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Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... Each of these topics is dealt with in this theme issue, which was inspired in part by the 23rd Scientific ... Society of Hypertension, held in Vancouver in the fall of 2010.  During the meeting outstanding research was presented ... to therapies based on antihypertensive drugs, which may be perceived as “too powerful” or “less ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... profile, quantitation of the latter is less exact and may occasionally surprise a physician. As Barber proposes, ... outcome of a simple medical practice audit conducted in 2010 illustrates how such an approach might affect personal ... 19 ] provides a structure for assessment:  I. Question or issue created; assess resources. II. Acquire information and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, July/August 2011
... Two Health Canada re­calls of children’s jewelry in 2010 serve as reminders that avoidable sources of lead exposure for children are still an issue.  There is no known safe level of lead exposure. ... into cases of toxic exposures where the public may be at risk—for example those involving exposure in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... he drew to the problem of SCD as a whole. ICDs in 2010 Unlike the early prototypes, modern devices are much ... However, some individuals with better-tolerated VT may be amenable to antiarrhythmic therapy or to ablation ... presented in  Table 1 . ICDs for primary prevention The issue of which patients should receive an ICD for the primary ...
Letters / BY: Ray Baker, MD May 2008
... it in our practices with our patients. What we take issue with is a major trial (3000 patients by 2010) using a highly vulnerable population based on studies ... to pause and reflect that something intuitively obvious may not lead to the best outcomes. We did not ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2007
... became involved with the BCMA, were you motivated by some issue or problem that you wanted to solve? I was probably ... the BCMA. The societies are doing a good job, and in fact, may need more help to do things. They’re doing a huge ... We’re a long way from any further negotiations—2010, just for the reopener. So we’ve got lots of time to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... that the highest calling in medicine is to specialize and may unwittingly give the impression that general ... and that this number will increase to 3000 physicians by 2010. [1]  At present, Canada’s medical schools turn out a ... then migrate to the city. Lastly, there is the ethical issue of Canada recruiting (“poaching”) physicians from ...
Interviews / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
... of the public system by doing some of it privately. That may simply mean publicly funded procedures being done in ... Committee on revitalizing family practice will be a big issue. Increased funding going to general practice is a good ... a bit about the UBC Medicine site in the Okanagan? Yes, in 2010 I believe there will be 32 spaces, and everybody in the ...
Clinical Articles September 2001
... residents being trained in British Columbia to address the issue. Cardiologists fear these factors are currently ... in BC per 100 000 population was calculated for 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. The number of cardiology residents ... retention, and earlier or later retirement that may occur due to political or economic changes. Population ...
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