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Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts ... random occurrences and no one knows when another pandemic may occur. Influenza viruses replicate at a rapid and ... of Canada ( www.influenza.gc.ca ), where the most recent 2006 version of the national plan can also be found ( ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, June 2007
... director is nearing the end, with a decision expected in May. The successful candidate will oversee the implementation ... only 5% of the new funds allocated to GP Services in the 2006 Letter of Agreement. The GP Services Committee is also ... BCMA Benefits Correction: Mr Garth Evans In the March 2007 issue we incorrectly added the letters “MD” after Garth ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... Dr McManus was presented with the award on 6 November 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver for leading ... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Program, 16 March 2006). Since mild traumatic brain injury is associated with ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC May 2006
... health care-facility norovirus outbreaks have brought the issue closer to home. These events made it clear that ... horizontal, and non-hierarchical fashion. In May and December of 2005, PICNet held stakeholder summits, at ... on the PICNet web site at www.picnetbc.ca in the summer of 2006. Also on the PICNet web site are a number of key ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... excellent article on this topic appears in the 14 March 2006 issue of the CMAJ.) This means we all stand a better chance ... 30 but remain stable thereafter in both men and women. In May 2005, the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) released its ...
News December 2006
... Lam, MD and Colin Lee, MD. Mississauga: Doubleday Canada, 2006. ISBN 987-0-385-66277-2. Paperback, 344 pages. $14.95. ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ...
News / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd May 2006
... country to be worried about getting hepatitis (61%). The 2006 survey also revealed that young men (aged 18 to 34 ... in general, often characteristic of this age group, may actually put them at further risk of contracting ... is diagnosed with cancer within 90 days of the policy issue date, coverage will be rescinded and premiums will be ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
2006 Agreement news update The 2006 Agreement ratified by ... the monthly editions of e-News. Please note that as this issue of the Journal went to print, the Agreement was still ... which the Provincial Salary and Service contract ranges may be exceeded. Joint Standing Committee on Rural Programs ...
News January/February 2005
... If you are a newly practising physician or new to BC, you may not be aware that you can authorize CMPA to ... payment by direct deposit to your bank account, we will issue it to you in quarterly installments throughout the ... . McCormack named chief medical officer for Turin 2006 The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) recently selected ...